FULL VERSION 1984 - McEnroe vs Lendl - US Open

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September 9, 1984 - Less than 15 hours after winning knock-out, drag out five-set semifinal over Jimmy Connors that ends at 11:13 pm the previous evening, John McEnroe wins the U.S. Open for a fourth time, defeating Ivan Lendl in the final 6-3, 6-4, 6-1.
”I feel unbelievable and terrible at the same time,” says McEnroe following the final of his physical and mental state. ”My body said, ‘That’s enough,’ but the fact that I was tired made me concentrate better. The more tired I felt, the better I thought I hit the ball. It was a mental thing - push, push - and I didn’t get angry at anything because I needed every ounce of energy I had…I learned certain things about wasting energy.”
McEnroe, whose victory earns him a 66-2 record for the year, says he learned from his five-set loss to Lendl in the French Open final earlier in the year of the importance of conserving energy and that his famed temper tantrums are only physically counterproductive.
It was McEnroe’s fourth U.S. Open singles title and his seventh - and final - major singles title. Back in the day, when the two best-of-five set men’s semifinals were played on consecutive days, conservation of energy was a major part of pre-event preparation and match strategy and McEnroe better channeled his energy than he did before.
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