Bjorn Borg vs Ivan Lendl FINALE Roland Garros 1981 cinquième set (5 sur 5)

vidéo provenant d'une cassette vhs enregistrée sur la TV française
video from a vhs tape recorded on French TV

[@aliabensellam1869]

Que de beaux souvenirs cette finale entre ces 2 champions

[@jeffreylara3835]

So proud of Lendl! He took Borg, the defending champion at Roland Garros and five time champion there, to five sets. He was barely 20 years old.

[@maartijff144]

Yes and imagine what kind of a match it would have been against a Lendl in his prime.

[@JD-jc8gp]

@@maartijff144 Borg had a lot of success against Lendl and was still dominating him in exhibitions in 1982. Older Lendl definitely became tougher, but still lost crucial matches to Mats Wilander (a poor man's Borg) at the French in 1985 and US Open in 1988. So doubt Borg would be baffled by him.

[@SuperHammaren]

@@maartijff144 And a Borg in his prime, he isnt here, he had played very little before the tournament due to injury in early 81.

[@DeanSaul]

21 at the time of this match

[@stuartcallaghan3285]

@@SuperHammarenabsolutely. And Borg didn’t even want to play tennis in 1981. He had to be talked into playing by his coach and girlfriend. So I’d say he was well past his prime here in this match. And still won 😝

[@johnmchugh8962]

How Borg won on clay with most of his groundstrokes landing inside the service line? Different era, different racquets, and his excellent footwork.

[@alainzanotti877]

Deux immenses champions au grand fair-play

[@Atome58]

Roland Garros, juin, période des examens en Belgique... Je les ai regardé le noeud au ventre en me disant que je ferais mieux d'étudier les maths, mais c'était plus fort que tout... Bjorg la machine, Lendl qui verrouillait sa prise comme un étau avec la magnésie sortie des poches... Le temps "perdu" à regarder ces matches c'était génial. J'ai retrouvé ces sensations avec Justine et Kim des années plus tard.

[@saidmokrani6528]

Ivan le terrible!✌💟

[@z1az285]

Wow, Lendl was sweating bricks while borg still appeared fresh in the 5th set. Unreal

[@maartijff144]

True, but Lendl wasn´t in his prime. I think it would be really exciting to see them play both in their prime. Borg maybe a little faster but Lendl more powerful groundstrokes.... we will never know!

[@z1az285]

@@maartijff144 Borg was incredibly fast and while Lendls strokes were certainly more powerful/ flat, Borg's serve was just as good, highly underrated. At Ivan's peak it would have been a huge battle but I think Borg would still have the advantage on clay and grass and Ivan on hard courts. Wilander was able to beat Lendl at the French on more than a few occasions after 1981.

[@jerrywallace2063]

Borg's resting heart rate was 33bpm. It was impossible for his competitors to tire him out.

[@overkongen34]

@@z1az285 Only beat him twice. '82 and '85. Lost twice too.

[@z1az285]

@@jerrywallace2063 yes, I read about this a long time ago, but completely forgot. Thank you.

[@arseneleela5335]

Le revers de Borg est somptueux. Magnifique gestuelle.

[@alanchong7513]

A glimpse of how good Lendl was going to be in the future! This was a great French Open final!

[@SuperHammaren]

See the final in 82 and compare...

[@alanchong7513]

@@SuperHammaren Well '82 was probably even more exciting. Is that what you see?

[@SuperHammaren]

@@alanchong7513 The game was slower was my point. But Wilander clever of course.

[@alanchong7513]

@@SuperHammaren I got my years mixed up. '82 was when Wilander beat Vilas. That went way too long. Then '83 was the exciting final when Yannick got over Mats. '83 was exciting for Noah's attacking game. They speeded up the court in 1983, didn't they? Good for the spectacle, I think.

[@SuperHammaren]

@@alanchong7513 Yep, the 83 final made Wilander realize he had to play a bit more offensive and take initiative. He ttook revenge versus Noah in the following year I think.

[@invest48]

Borg avait un enorme avantage sur son revers, les points importants ont ete gagnes sur cette diagonale. Aucun joueur de cette epoque des petits tamis n a eu un tel revers. Egalement le jeu de jambe, dont Mc Enroe a dit qu aucun athlete de ce niveau n a joue au tennis.

[@christianmusique7947]

Le physique...De quoi tuer moralement Lendl, borg courant comme en début de match...Meme si lendlt court bien encore, a de l'endurance, mais moins que Borg, ce qui compte beaucoup dans ce match. Mais lendl quel mental!!! il le montrera contre Mc Enroe en finale plus tard.

[@charleshenri5847]

C'est bien quand il y a peu de commentaires! Bref c'est bien quand il n'y a pas Jean-Paul Lotte:!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@3883melange]

So incredible!!

[@johnnyquest6115]

40 years later and I'm still hoping Ivan Lendl wins the game!

[@renaudpontier]

Sur la fin de ce cinquième set, il est clair que Lendl n'a plus aucun déplacement, ni aucune accélération...Il lève mollement la balle. La force de Borg est de ne pas être entré dans son jeu et simplement d'attendre la faute. Borg pensait il que ce serait sa dernière victoire sur un majeur ??

[@badabing8884]

Night and day compared to today’s modern racquets can generate in terms of spin and power.

[@treborob]

Was it the wooden rackets that made them "balloon" the ball so high over the net? today the speed and aggression and low trajectory is another world.

[@MATTETRUEFACT]

No..but the raquets had a little sweetspot..so hitting more flat was more standard back then..But balloning on clay was more standard to wear the oponent out and to find an opening. It was more fun to watch back then..but the tempo was way slower:)

[@leliondescavernes1747]

Ah si seulement ce Borg là avait pu disputer Roland Garros 1982

[@renaudpontier]

Eh bien il aurait certainement gagné, car Wilander n'a jamais eu la même puissance que son ainé...Quant à Villas, on connait le résultat de leurs rencontres.

[@danielhkhk7283]

Beautiful tennis.

[@leliondescavernes1747]

Borg très heureux à l'issue de sa 6ème victoire...mais pourquoi donc a t'il manqué de motivation quelque mois plus tard ?...

[@miguel6440]

on oublie qu'il avait commence trés tot en jouant la coupe Davis à 15 ans donc une usure mental compréhensible rajouté à son style de jeu et le fait qu'il ait presque tout gagné

[@jeffreylara3835]

Parce qu'il a réalisé qu'il ne pouvait plus battre McEnroe, tout simplement.

[@miguel6440]

@@jeffreylara3835 c'est ce qu'on a dit mais bon la finale de wimbledon de 81 ne s'est pas joué a grand chose, Borg a 4 balles de 2 manches a une pour lui (sauvées magistralement par Mcenroe) et celle de US open il est perturbé par des menaces de mort..La lassitude et l'envie d'autre chose pour le suédois est à mon sens plus vraisemblable

[@魚-c3d]

@@jeffreylara3835 il a reçu des menaces de mort, je comprends qu'il ait préféré se retirer après une telle carrière.

[@ringoderudder4306]

Il. à declare un jours qu il avais perdu sa motivation à l époque statistique et records n etais pas recherché comme maintenant si il avais su il se serait remotiver pour écrire lui aussi l histoire , c est ce qu il a déclaré

[@ThePature]

Borg, l'homme aux nerfs d'acier

[@guill37]

Merci beaucoup d’avoir proposé l’intégralité du match. La remise du trophée n’est pas disponible je suppose ?

[@tennis80sfrenchtv62]

vidéo de la remise du trophée + interviews a voir ce week-end ;)

[@guill37]

@@tennis80sfrenchtv62 magnifique merci 🙏🏻

[@christianmusique7947]

Lendl pour un 5ème set est encore très fringuant à 92 % mais borg lui est à 100% physiquement.

[@cedricgombert7111]

Un cadence infernale ?! Lol... tu joues comme ça maintenant le public s'endormirait au bout de 10 min😏

[@jgwatson6651]

C'était pas le match le plus relou de tous les temps ?

[@miguel6440]

un modele de jeu d'attaque comparé a la finale de 82

[@Nikos83300]

La finale la plus relou reste celle de 82... Wilander Vilas : des ronds pendant 4 heures....

[@notJohnRambo]

Il y a aussi le borg vilas de 78

[@maiermuch1]

beginn der stopsler

[@baladinbaladin2549]

Mes 20 a 2 champions

[@rockpayet6524]

Apres mac enroe,no1,Mendel no1

[@richardsimplon8772]

Quel jeu ennuyeux vs maintenant.

[@TheWinezen]

if they played like this today, the women will eat them alive.

[@kloatlanta]

It’s wood and standard size racquets

[@julienravier9875]

Stefan Edberg in 1991 and world Number one : "if the world number one lady would play against men she would be around the number 100th man standing..." And Steffie Graf was number one...

[@danguee1]

If the women played with wooden racquets, ropey strings, small heads, plimsolls, ditch their coaching/diet/physio teams - then a fairly top male club player could beat almost all of them with modern racquet and hitech strings and shoes. But you are clearly not a tennis player of any quality who also played back then - so you're all Dunning Kruger about it.

[@nala3038]

@@danguee1 really, do you need to insult somebody???

[@Erik-tq4xr]

You need medecine Jonathan C