Boris Becker v Ivan Lendl Full Match | Australian Open 1991 Final

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@Eric0816 Жыл бұрын

After this match Becker became No1 in the world. Way too late I would say.

@frankie3591 Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Plus this is where he also started loosing it. Became number 1 and it was end of road for him. He runs outside after winning they found him sitting outside on a bench. They had to drag him inside for ceremony. A good man, extremely talented but needed mental help. In the end, bad marriages, but financial decisions and then jail. My favorite player, wish people around him had taken better care of him. All the best for him now. Hopefully he uses therapy and good financial advice.

@charlesvasanth7720 Жыл бұрын

You mean at 23 years of age

@ירוןארד Жыл бұрын

I still don't know how he didn't finish 1989 as the world number 1

@MultiStar83 Жыл бұрын

@@ירוןארד Well, there was a general consent about Becker being the best tennis player in the world at the end of 1989 and even Lendl agreed. But just not at the computer rankings.

@Donan777 Жыл бұрын

@@frankie3591 agreed! But Boris is simply to stubborn to take other people´s advices or accept their help (unless it´s financial). I don´t think the time in jail helped him maturing, but I hope to be wrong in this case.

@angelatanurdzic7508 Жыл бұрын

Incredible performance by Boris. 👍

@adolfosanchez7447 Жыл бұрын

QU GRANDES TENISTAS HAN EXISTIDO EN LA HISTORIA DEL TENIS , BECKER , LEND Y BORG , MC ENROE , STEFAN EDBERG , VILAS , ADRES GOMEZ, PECCI, GILDEMEISTER, CONNORS , AGASSI, SAMPRAS, MICHAEL STICH , LAPENTI, TOMAS MUSTER, ETC, ETC, ETC QUE PLEYADE POR DIOS !! Y ESO EN CUANTO A VARONES !!

@Fitabernichtmehr Жыл бұрын

Das waren noch Zeiten. Top. 👍

@jackydope5246 Жыл бұрын

for me Becker is the greatest of all time...

@yugiohfanatic1964 Жыл бұрын

the biggest debts yes

@naysayer1238 Жыл бұрын

@@yugiohfanatic1964 Yawn.

@JK-vc7ie 11 ай бұрын

Me too

@marilou20091 11 ай бұрын

The most charismatic and exciting to watch, certainly!

@AtlanticDNA 11 ай бұрын

Possibly the greatest peak of all time. Playing his best indoors he’s unbeatable and also on the old Wimbledon grass. He’s the greatest Celt of all time. Well him or McEnroe.

@tamilinfomite 2 ай бұрын

Becker had a nice stylish serving action. Best of all time

@tob8848 Жыл бұрын

Cool! Finally more stuff from the 90s.

@narcyznarcyz-uv4td Жыл бұрын

Good old days when men tennis outfitts looked really beautiful..

@kwulfe Жыл бұрын

Becker, the prototype of a competitor!

@duckydrummer6331 Жыл бұрын

I never noticed Becker had such massive legs for a tennis player. He probably could have been a tight end in the NFL.

@blake7871 9 ай бұрын

Yeah he had the build to easily gain 30 lbs without losing much athleticism.

@ProgrammistMusic 9 ай бұрын

in fact he was about to become a soccer player and then decided to go for tennis.

@duckydrummer6331 9 ай бұрын

@@ProgrammistMusic That makes sense, because he used to warm up his legs like soccer players do.

@BigTimeShowdown 7 ай бұрын

😂

@6DoctorJ Жыл бұрын

Becker at his peak !! He then started declining from 1992.

@tommytk72 Жыл бұрын

...one of the BEST S & V Player on the Tour EVER (together with Sampras and Edberg)!!!

@tommytk72 Жыл бұрын

...i think he was on his peak in '89 and '90! He made Wimbledon (for the 3.rd time already) AND also won the US Open (also against the boring Lendl)! And also in '90 he take 5 titles (but no GS)! (...in '88 he won 7 titles...) ... Anyway - he will be always the BEST german player EVER! There will be never no other in germany (also not this stupid Zverev - maybe HE will never take 1) who can win 6 Major Titles...

@tobiastorres-ly7lb Жыл бұрын

@@tommytk72 His decline of sorts imho started after the wimbledon final of 1991. And this decline was largely limited to Grandslams (1992 - 94), because he was still a top ten player 1992 - 96 and won a lot of tournaments. On Carpet he was still a great player who could and would beat the very best. Then late in his career he had a run of three good GS events 1995/96 that led to his 7th Wimbledon final and his 6th GS title. Between 1992-94 he was in a GS draught, he didnt reach any finals. I believe it was mental (loss of focus) after having reached the No 1 spot in 1991. It also bore 2 names: Agassi and Sampras, these two hold a combined 7-1 edge in Slam matches over Becker, denying him many titles and/or runenr ups at various GS events. (1990 US Open SF, 1991 FO SF, 1992 Wimbl QF, 1993 Wimbledon SF, 1995 Wimbledon Final, 1995 US Open SF). His peak year imho was 1989, a shame he didn't finish No 1 that year as Lendl held on to the top spot by winning a series of minor events. But the ATP acknowleded Becker and named him player of that year at least.

@andretim75 Жыл бұрын

@@tobiastorres-ly7lb absolutely superb analysis !

@christianjersch3252 4 ай бұрын

I think the decline starts After Wimbledon 91 with a very frustrating final defeat against Stich. 92 and 93 were his weakest years especially ad the GS. He has mentally and privat issues. In late 94 he slowly regained motivation and Fitness and peaked in 96 with his win of the AO. That time Agassi an Sampras weren‘t in best condition. So Becker had a great chance to win Wimbledon 96, but sadly he got injured with his hand. Showing great Indoor Matches with Sampras in late 96 he had a strong believe to become no 1 again in 97… But he lost first round against next gen player Moya. He lost all his Motivation and had no Chance against Sampras at Wimbledon 97. Overall best and typical Becker was in 89 and peaked again 96 but in a more powerfull way.

@wisanu99 3 ай бұрын

Lendl racket head is so tiny. I played with it once and couldn’t get anything out of it. Seeing Lendl playing at the highest level with that racket just amazes me.

@LazerFloppyDisk 3 ай бұрын

reminds me of an old squash Racquet

@ManojShetty-x4u 3 ай бұрын

For me the greatest tennis player of all time Novak jockovic of serbia

@LazerFloppyDisk 3 ай бұрын

okay

@steeel Жыл бұрын

Very annoying not being able to see the score

@arunthomas4652 3 ай бұрын

Becker had the skills and talent to win 20 Grand Slams but he was inconsistent.

@FrederickJohnSebastian Жыл бұрын

Lendl was your classic bully on thecourt, and he admitted as much on many occassions, deliberately hitting opponents who came to the net as hard as he could, all in an attempt to intimidate his opponent. With Becker, he was up against a player who was bigger physically than him and could hit the ball as hard if not harder. Becker, however, was mentally stronger than Lendl. In Grand Slam meetings, he owned Lendl

@ForGoodnessSake3G Жыл бұрын

The grand slam head to head between Lendl and Becker is majorly impacted by the fact Becker never faced Lendl at the French, mainly as he only once progressed to the business end and never reached a final. Clearly Lendl was a far better clay court player, one of the greatest ever as his multiple tournament wins testify. As for the 5-1 head to head, 3 were at Wimbledon where 2 of those were incredibly close and one of tbose was only won by Becker thanks to the rain delay. At the US Open it's 1 each and at the Oz another tight match that Becker won. None of that amounts to owning another player at a slam. It amounts to squeaking past and avoiding meeting on GS clay, a surface where Lendl did 'own' Becker outside the slams. Just clarifying! :-)

@FrederickJohnSebastian Жыл бұрын

@jonmortimer5831 thanks, but what did you clarify which the 5-1 record didn't already communicate? Many self-serving excuses for Lendl were offered, I'll grant you that. At Wimbledon, Becker wins routinely in straight sets in 1986, a comfortable four sets win, which just as easily could have been straight sets win in 1988, and the rain delay match you speak of in1989, a rain- delay which affected both players, yet Becker wins comfortably 6-4 and 6-3 in the fourth and fifth sets. You cite the French, and it is true, Becker was not as effective on clay, but Lendl? His win in 1984 was a fluke: McEnroe self-destructed at the crucial moment of victory in the third set . Something Lendl could appreciate as he choked against a badly cramped Michael Chang who beat him serving underhand. Lendl put forth a bully facade to cover his mental fragility in key moments. In 1982, 1983, 1984 it was not uncommon for him to mail-in the last set like he did against Connors anc McEnroe at the US Open. When he was bullying players around the court and his forehand was on, he looked imposing to be sure, but against a player who was not intimidated, like Becker, he lost. Mentally, Becker knew he could beat Lendl and Lendl knew it as well. The Aussie Open was tight? After spotting Lendl a 6-1 first set, Becker wins the next three 6-4. 5-1 Becker head to head in Grand Slams says it all.

@diegofrancescocalvisi6935 10 ай бұрын

Becker was too weak on clay to face Lendl in Roland Garros or other tournaments on clay, otherwise the statistics would have been different. He always met Lendl in his favorite surfaces...

@FrederickJohnSebastian 10 ай бұрын

@diegofrancescocalvisi6935 clay was lendls favorite surface? Don't think he'd agree. Surely hard courts were his favorite? 8 US Open finals in a row, winning 3 of them. On carpet he was very happy: his high ball toss was not bothered by wind so his serve was effective. Think he made the finals at the year end championships 9 years in a row? The French Open was home to one of the greatest upsets in modern tennis history: his loss to Chang, who was cramping and served underhand. Clay blunted his power forehand and serve more than the other surfaces mentioned above. Becker played him on carpet and hard courts and beat him at the AO, USO, and Masters finals.

@diegofrancescocalvisi6935 10 ай бұрын

@@FrederickJohnSebastianYour message is correct, but also mine. The point is that on clay Becker was very weak (although paradoxically he was raised on this surface), whereas Lendl was very strong. Lendl won three Roland Garros (he could have won more, for sure, including the year in which he lost by Chang, and he did not play another one to prepare Wimbledon) and many tournaments on clay. To conclude, the head to head balance could have been more clear if Becker was better on clay, but he was not competitive on this surface. Exactly the same happened with Edberg.

@yacovmitchenko1490 3 ай бұрын

A great match. Some inspirational stuff from Boris. It's interesting to see how much the game has evolved since then. While the match certainly looked modern, a notch or two above the McEnroe/Borg rivalry, the top players nowadays generate more power and are far less clumsy.

@danguee1 3 ай бұрын

There's always some m*ron who will come on and make a genius comment like this. Always.....

@yacovmitchenko1490 3 ай бұрын

@@danguee1 I'm well aware that I stated the obvious and it certainly wasn't my intent to knock either player. The truth is that the comment section is not for genius statements. Those are best reserved for other contexts. Besides, when it comes to tennis, I've noticed that pretty much everything has been said. The only real genius lies with the players themselves, their strategies and ability to execute. Perhaps with the coaches as well. I should add that labeling someone a "moron" on the basis of a single comment, without knowing anything about the person, is itself a moronic display. Before coming to any conclusions you need to get to know the person. Barring that, you suspend your judgments.

@peterhammer6915 Ай бұрын

Clumsy?? In contrary, especially Becker had incredible coordination and timing.

@zeddeka 10 ай бұрын

Lendl very fortunate to be in the final. Edberg had match point against him in the semifinal.

@sajayannair6750 9 ай бұрын

Our school days ❤️

@pianoking8878 9 ай бұрын

체코는 유난히 레전드가 많은듯. 이반 렌들, 페트르 코르다, 토마스 베르디히, 마르티나 나브라틸로바, 하나 만들리코바, 야나 노보트나, 페트라 크비토바 등

@chrisf8855 2 ай бұрын

Ivan Lendl❤

@rajeetguha Жыл бұрын

Please upload the Becker v Patrick McEnroe 1991 Australian Open semifinal

@massimocosma7202 Жыл бұрын

Il momento più alto di Becker divenne n.1

@prinzessindianavonbaden787 3 ай бұрын

The day, Boris became Nr. One in the World…👌🏻🤗

@peterbreidenbach9523 Жыл бұрын

Lendl should have won the 2nd set. And it would turn in a victory for him.

@loganpadayachee6048 5 ай бұрын

Boris at his very best❤

@DavidLecuona-y6v 7 ай бұрын

Tiny raquet frame for Terminator. He won't shed a tear despite people actually showing love for him.

@gus4281 6 ай бұрын

That Ivan Lendl t-shirt though

@C_AVATAR 11 ай бұрын

What did Lendl say to the ref when he shook his hand? And yes sad this was the last image of prime Becker...Becker used a 18x20 racquet so he could hit the ball on the rise for more control,too.

@radiohead2206 10 ай бұрын

Not prime but he won AO again in 1996.

@vickyle4722 4 күн бұрын

Lendl said "did you think I had no play on the ball?" Umpire said yes, so Lendl said "you are wrong" (it was an ace called out but umpire corrected the call.

@mikimallek3572 11 ай бұрын

For me not, but I agree he was great and had a fantastic playing style

@peterhammer4644 Жыл бұрын

Lendl was kind of a sore loser. In his speech he didn't even mention Becker even once. Typical Lendl and very poor sportsmanship.

@prinzessindianavonbaden787 3 ай бұрын

Das stimmt. Lendl wirkte ja immer sehr ernst und miesgrämig. Kann mich nicht erinnern, ihn auch nur einmal lächeln gesehen zu haben. Ich glaube von all seinen Kontrahenten konnte er Becker am wenigsten leiden…

@jeromepedron4910 Ай бұрын

There was a lot of frustration I think. Lendl always refused to say who was the toughest opponent in his career. But I think Becker was. To loose a grand slam in 3 different surfaces versus the same player was hard to accept. Lendl congratulated Becker after his loss at US Open 1989.

@luvdasitar 10 ай бұрын

The play from Becker at 30:30 at 5:4 in the second set was masterclass in big point play. Just went for broke at the right moment. Lendl won way more points than Becker in this match and still lost in 4 sets. What does that two you…

@danguee1 3 ай бұрын

1:41:19 you can see Boris doing that thing Andre had spotted - pointing his tongue to where he was about to serve

@rodrigocirino6597 4 ай бұрын

It was impressive how slow this tennis was. Nowadays the athletic side and the power of the balls make the sport much more interesting! The athletes sometimes didn't even run on the balls. I recognize their technical quality at the time, but neither of them would have had any chance against a current player, like Carlos Alcaraz, for example.

@LazerFloppyDisk 3 ай бұрын

you cannot compare eras. Just the Same Fred stolie wouldn't have a chance vs Becker or Lendl.

@overkongen34 2 ай бұрын

@@LazerFloppyDisk I don't know. Becker beat Agassi who beat Federer.

@MrVoodemar Жыл бұрын

upload also Becker vs P.McEnroe a round before

@wheel631 4 ай бұрын

Lendl was always angry about something .. never liked him

@gforcekaras 27 күн бұрын

I idolized his playing style but disappointed in his character. Always tough to watch ....

@sudharshansinger Жыл бұрын

Bad day for Lendl again

@ProBloggerWorld 3 ай бұрын

33:22 Well delivered commentary, won’t tease, just too funny. 😂

@DivisionStreetDrums 3 ай бұрын

Lendl was angry because she missed the frogging calls, if it were me I would walk off the court and put them to the test. Have a final or forfeit, see what the Australian open thinks of that.