END-OF-YEAR GIFT! - US Open 1976 R16 Ilie Nastase Vs Roscoe Tanner - Fourth Set

[@SyncopateTheShot]

You've become my favorite KZbin channel in 2024. Please keep up the great content.

[@billydee8051]

Those guys were wizards. Thanx for the video!

[@miguelbarahona6636]

Thank you for the gift, Incredible, entertaining set. Great shotmaking by both.

[@simonerastelli5874]

What a terrific gift! Thanks so mutch!!! 🙏🙏🙏🎄🎄🎄

[@mjguerin63]

Tanner had an extraordinary serve. He hit the ball at the top of its trajectory.

[@capricornmagic63]

i'd be happy to watch matches from this era everyday rather than the soul-less tennis of today.

[@Fiero425]

I've been calling it "mindless aggression" that's prevalent on both tours. I used to get so much out of women's tennis w/ strategic point construction went on. Now it's just "whack away." 🎾

[@purveyoroffinefoodslaszlo9955]

Couldn't agree more, game today is so dull, the lack of equipment technology from this era allowed these players to exercise their athleticism and creativity so much more than today. Today it's just spin and power.

[@jdm839]

Nastase could do it all. Magical wrist and timing

[@danguee1]

3:54 my god - that is MONSTER serve!

[@-Munditimum-]

An amazing gift indeed. Thank you so much and wishing you an amazing year ahead. M

[@horaceball5418]

Great stuff! Most people don't know this, but Roscoe Tanner was from Lookout Mountain Tennessee where in 1863, the great Ulysses Grant defeated Braxton Bragg, 6-3 6-2 6-1.

[@Eddie-o3e]

THE Bucarest BACKFIRE!!!

[@charlesdegeneffe4982]

Wow, Nastase is such a marvelous tennis player.

[@cerph]

Very fluid- (like Roger). Also, he didn't work out at the gym, just played tennis.

[@DNA2000-8bit]

Arguably the most natural player ever. He had every shot with comfort.

[@fabriziomontaguti2077]

When tennis was much better

[@drobson8004]

Nastase had some pop on his 1st serve

[@davidVincent-l2f]

unbelievable the power they can generate with those little soft wooden frames !!!!

[@DNA2000-8bit]

Tanner is a truck and he's banging serves here in '76 with essentially a frying pan. And Nasty is getting them back with wood. People have no idea how demanding tennis used to be with these racquets. Not to sound anti-modern, but you can hit late all day now with current racquets. You don't really construct a point anymore. In 1976, you had to.

[@davanmani556]

But to beat an Alcaraz or Djokovic, you have to construct.

[@dougmilesmedia]

Ilie Nastase was one of the most talented all around players of his era. His antics at times took away from the appreciation of his abilities.

[@fplat]

Thank you!!!

[@lancer3412]

Amazing that this footage exists, This match was not televised in the US. There was no night coverage in 1976. I guess the men's final extended a little into night. Other than that, zip. The nightly highlight show was 15 minutes, I think. This goes far beyond that, What a howitzer Tanner had for a serve.

[@pelehound]

wow fantastic thx

[@bradleywilber3498]

thank you so much and can't wait for what 2025 has in store for us

[@JuanLozano-t4z]

el hermoso y elegante tenis de Ilie Nastase en su último gran año !!

[@takbliving]

love this ERA of tennis

[@JuanLozano-t4z]

grateful gift!!!thank you!!!

[@curtislund8322]

Great comments everyone! This was the best period of tennis, wooden rackets and unique, colorful players.

[@turradi1126]

Thank you and happy new year.

[@alberts2208]

Loved watching nastase. Dibbs was good too. Weird strokes.

[@jdalidis]

A strong guy vs master of the game.

[@allenboyer2207]

Tanner and that serve. If he were transplanted to today's game, players would still have trouble reading it with that low toss.

[@michaelbush58]

Tanner was a strong kid but could you imagine hes serve today with today's racquets and conditioning.

[@henryfong3471]

This is going to be entertaining!

[@charlesdegeneffe4982]

Tanner's serve is just as good as any of today's players. Its makes you wonder what he could do with the racquets and strings the pros now use.

[@terrenceolivido741]

yeah, this is really a gift, both at the peak of their careers. I learned to imitate tanners serve - in my own way. basically i made contact with the ball at or before it's peak going up. worked beautifully for me. tanner was a player of indescribable potential, but his personality was a little unbalanced off the court. had lots of trouble with cheating and finances and relationships. from my experience with his service motion it is still the best to be copied. this was the era of wooden rackets with small heads and the players rarely did any physical training. Nastase was particularly famous for partying the night before. each era has something to recommend it ...

[@cdimitriadis807114]

Great gift but pity final set wasn't shown 😢

[@horaceball5418]

You get that next Dec 31!

[@fplat]

Today

[@stephenomalley3616]

tanner, fast and left

[@davidr2802]

Nastase is seen arguing with a large fellow Frank Hammond. In his 1979 match against McEnroe he so disrupted the match that it ultimately humiliated Hammond, in the chair that it ended Hammond's long career. I wonder if they mentioned that at Nastase's HOF induction ceremony.

[@lancer3412]

He kept working after this, but never at the same stature, Like you said, humilated. Nastase should have been disqualified, but I could empathize with Mike Blanchard, the tournament referee. I really think the crowd would have rioted that night if the match ended there. But Hammand didn't do anything wrong. He tried, he pleaded with, implored Nastase to continue play, At some point, why have the rules? He had to enforce them at some point,

[@michaelbush58]

Nasty vs the jailbird

[@mattroland5943]

Typical New York tennis crowd.

[@Ronnie-k6m]

Tanner would beat nasty in a fight

[@billydee8051]

Hmm...I don't know about that. I guess we'll never know for sure.

[@TesterBoy]

Nasty Nastaste

[@gabrielcanada7145]

como juegan estos tipos... viendo estos partidos de hace años uno se da cuenta de como ha involucionado el tenis... se ha perdido por completo la sensibilidad del golpe actualmente ... desaparecieron las voleas , los efectos ... los cambios de ritmo el reves con slice mas aproach.....hoy es vomitivo ver un partido en la actualidad....mas sobretodo con el retiro de Federer, el ultimo heredero de la vieja escuela.. es solo para entendidos....

[@tomscott3]

Wow, the game has come a _long_ way; it's really not even the same. These guys move slower than Isner. 🤣 Very Best Regards, Tom Scott 🗽 Author ● Speaker ● World's Leading Expert on the Corrupt U.S. Legal System _Our American Injustice System_ _Stack the Legal Odds in Your Favor_

[@ThorD4602]

Weird take