McEnroe is correct. Forget about his 'temper tantrums'. He was right more often than once.
@kennyblackburn38194 жыл бұрын
I played junior tennis for many years. Mac had a temper, but the majority of the calls he argued he was right.
@firstnamelastname80603 жыл бұрын
Yep, twice.
@sandr67693 жыл бұрын
The issue is that nobody wouldn't forget his temper tantrums, especially umpires. You could throw a tantrum once, or twice, but not throughout whole carrier. Imagine if he would say the same words but without all this aggression. Superb tennis player, but he got played way too much because of his hot head.
@jeffreylara38353 жыл бұрын
@@theconservative1967 No, no tennis player should behave the way John did. He was a disgrace and should have been banned from the sport long before he retired. And watching him now on ESPN is really bad.
@sandr67693 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreylara3835 watching him play is worth it. It's just his anger moments are just game spoiling.
@thomashugus56862 жыл бұрын
One of the most talented and entertaining players in history! I loved watching tennis back then!!!!
@iggypopisgod95 жыл бұрын
Supervisor made the mistake of basically admitting he cant do anything...Mac: then what can u do?
@gepisar3 жыл бұрын
yeah, Sup' should have said, "i can take another point from you douche bag!"
@lawrence13182 жыл бұрын
That's a fault in the system. A referee should be always sitting above the umpire (on a seat above him) so that he can overrule if need be. No use sitting somewhere behind the scenes.
@123Pucki-Soey-Birds4 жыл бұрын
Love it and can remember all the matches with John, jimmy, Björn, Ivan, Boris, André, Henry, mats, Stefan and more. Great Times of Tennis , great Entertainment for the whole Family..
@anthonymensingh19892 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right they had cheekenees and charisma about them no like the robots of today love old time players love Anthony Fed ex lol
@margaretlavender96472 жыл бұрын
Don’t forget Ilie Nastase…another brilliant but ‘bad boy’!
@margaretlavender96472 жыл бұрын
Ivan was so boring…..the first one who changed from Serve and Volley to the utterly boring slam bang from the back of the court all the time which is what they call tennis today….citing that it’s the ‘new equipment invented’ as the reason,
@9and75 ай бұрын
Best era hands down.
@theivory1 Жыл бұрын
Those were the glory days of tennis. I remember watching all the Tennis majors during the summer before I was old enough to drive. I looked forward to those more than the golf majors. Both those two were my favorite players. I'm sure I watched this live. I was probably in middle school.
@Danymity16 жыл бұрын
I cant imagine this guy getting a traffic citation.
@michaelkieling88205 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂👍
@iggypopisgod94 жыл бұрын
Ofcourse not. He rides in limos
@scott75214 жыл бұрын
I was clearly within the lines!
@Stiitchjones6 ай бұрын
I'd pay money to see that....
@geraldbasso17825 ай бұрын
LMAO!
@wolfgangmarkusgstrein85225 жыл бұрын
Classic Johnny Mac! Today's robot players matching infront of a robot Crowd...
@veronikahk18265 жыл бұрын
Wolfgang Markus Gstrein i domt know tennis players in present
@jeffreybeshears82114 жыл бұрын
Mac is an original not a hackneyed automaton
@zoklev3 жыл бұрын
how are players&audience 'robotic'? are the players too respectfal, skilled, or all-rounded? are audiences too quiet?
@sachaw.423620 күн бұрын
You mean players with discipline and self-control?
@rochstan1235 жыл бұрын
I need mac to deal with virgin media customer services for me.
@bobstevens32654 жыл бұрын
LOL
@SirBorisHayter4 жыл бұрын
I tried it but they say they won't talk to me if I am angry and hang up. The cowards.
@matthewatwood86416 ай бұрын
😆😆
@Slashhead1232 жыл бұрын
Tennis was great in the 80’s! Just the whole atmosphere in the stadium is so much different compared to today.
@jozefu87264 жыл бұрын
I'm willing to bet that these umpires made these bogus calls just to make McEnroe have a tantrum. It makes for good viewing.
@michaeldevaney57282 жыл бұрын
I wud totally agree with you
@finjay21fj Жыл бұрын
Heehee yX-D ❤️🏆🥇🏅
@PeterBrown-mz4nv7 ай бұрын
That wouldn't surprise me.
@ralphfurley1233 жыл бұрын
McEnroe vs Becker duels has always been enjoyable and fascinating! Two very aggressive players and styles as they are both serve and volleyers! ☮️🖖🏽
@zoklev3 жыл бұрын
what does this 'Becker' have to do w/ this vid?
@switch123456783 жыл бұрын
@@zoklev Well, I was confused like you with this title, but Richard Ings is just the referee and Boris Becker his opponent. They mentioned 'Becker' a couple of times in the 2nd half of the video.
@ynotttt Жыл бұрын
@@zoklev….Becker managed to play the victim. The gullible referee bought it.
@PeterBrown-mz4nv7 ай бұрын
My buddy and I went to see an exhibition match between Becker and Mac in Trenton, NJ. My buddy yelled Come On Jimbo right after Mac tossed the ball for a serve. It was funny. Mac wasn't pleased.
@tchevrier6 жыл бұрын
I thought McEnroe had a valid point. The umpire handled it very poorly.
@andreinekrasov20364 жыл бұрын
tchevrier Nobody likes a whiner. Umpire was too kind, letting him make a spectacle. His rant wasn't even entertaining.
@habs7986934 жыл бұрын
To me, it looked like the umpire jumped the gun on the pace of play warning because he was too chicken to call him on the outburst prior.
@luisrueda44764 жыл бұрын
No point at all, why does Boris Becker had to wait several minutes due to McEnroe's tantrums?, then when he's got to serve is logical that a few more seconds to adjust and resume play are needed, but Mac just wants him to start right over, like if nothing happened, McEnroe is a spoiled brat.
@ARedMotorcycle4 жыл бұрын
@@andreinekrasov2036 Shut up. If you don't assert yourself, people will walk all over you. Things need to be disputed sometimes. Not everybody is a submissive pushover like you.
@willnill79463 жыл бұрын
@@ARedMotorcycle looks like that’s why umpires need to stand up to McEnroe
@juanpablodonosoaedo32164 жыл бұрын
This guy would have LOVED slo-mo instant replay cam!
@slyjokerg3 жыл бұрын
When the slo-mo cams started coming out, they were commonly called them the "Mac Cam"s.
@parmbirsingh84146 жыл бұрын
Love this .. before the robot generation arrived on earth 😂😂
@mickwallace99495 жыл бұрын
Very true
@preciousdevere2883 жыл бұрын
To right!!!!!
@brad45713 жыл бұрын
Robot Generation??? What about Kyrgios, he’s not a robot.
@katercasimir64232 жыл бұрын
@@brad4571 a lot of talent, he become number 1?
@clubadmin38902 жыл бұрын
Really, Federer is a robot is he? Kyrgios? Serena? Barty? Osaka?
@kraftwerk974 Жыл бұрын
At that time I was such a Borg fanatic that I understood only too late how good McEnroe actually was.
@kraftwerk974 Жыл бұрын
@gehteuchnichtsan8306 I know. But I was still a BB fanatic anyway.
@kraftwerk974 Жыл бұрын
@gehteuchnichtsan8306 boom boom 😆
@fjccommish Жыл бұрын
He didn't realize his potential - his anger and drug use derailed his career.
@deemariedubois49165 жыл бұрын
No one could out argue John especially when he’s right.
@anne-mariemaraninchi65643 жыл бұрын
Why not ?! Fr.A.
@RogerMentol5 ай бұрын
Nobody was that batshit crazy back then. So he won.
@orangeoceanmonkey3 жыл бұрын
We need more McEnroe’s in all sports
@Metfan19862 жыл бұрын
We need more McEnroes’ in Congress. Shit would get done.
@mikeb.35942 жыл бұрын
Yeah, get off their entitled, stinking , dead asses and move some REAL, GREATER WORLD, SOCIETY POLICIES...
@andrewdaley30812 жыл бұрын
You cannot be serious. 🇬🇧👍
@andrewh6367 Жыл бұрын
That’s why eagle eye was invented. To stop the McEnroe’s of the world.
@Namal236 жыл бұрын
video from 80s has higher resolution that the one from 2000s
@bobstevens32654 жыл бұрын
"Oh u can't. What do u do then?"
@kreemkrackered37553 жыл бұрын
He was absolutely right imho..
@robertwoods37503 жыл бұрын
i've played tennis most of my life , this umpire had a hard on for mcEnroe , who was completely in the right from what i saw on this tape .
@ozik19125 ай бұрын
i agree with you. although mcenroe had been very patient, gentle, kind to umpires, the umpires were arrogant to him. they always insulted him.
@joaopedronascimento15595 жыл бұрын
This guy,mac deserves my respect.
@Betterthangoldandsilver5 жыл бұрын
Yup, McEnroe is totally right on this and the supervisor should have overturned the chair umpire's decision. There was no need for McEnroe to be in the ready position if the other player has a very slow, predictable rhythm.
@Floodland-bn3ol3 жыл бұрын
@@antskangro9020 Yep. Histrionics was his tactic whenever he was losing momentum in a match.
@PeterBrown-mz4nv7 ай бұрын
I love that word.
@nadeharry6 ай бұрын
No… Becker weit 4 mcroe. The junge is right
@tedkier32646 жыл бұрын
love this. thank you. Boris Boom Boom Becker arguing on, probably, his heroes (McEnroes) behalf.
@rocknral3 жыл бұрын
No he wasn't!
@mickwallace99495 жыл бұрын
No wonder John lost his hair early , a lot of stress
@luismiguelfqpinto2 жыл бұрын
This is me at work. Every day. Only difference is I do not go home with big bucks.
@BassByTheBay Жыл бұрын
I feel your pain 😂.
@gantz0949 Жыл бұрын
And u always lose the argument 😂
@thinghammer3 жыл бұрын
I love Johnny Mac...my all time favorite
@margaretlavender96472 жыл бұрын
Plus Ilie and Jimbo.
@ozik19125 ай бұрын
i also love him. he had been always right when he insulted the umpires. i had never seen him being wrong.
@thinghammer5 ай бұрын
@@ozik1912 he's a legend
@ozik19125 ай бұрын
@@thinghammer i agree with you
@Lauren-vd4qe3 жыл бұрын
I cant IMAGINE him as a child!! can u imagine yourself as his parent? OMG...
@matthewatwood86416 ай бұрын
My daughter loves tennis and is starting to learn how to play. I called her Jane McEnroe one day and she threw down her racket and screamed at me exactly the way he does. It was like watching Wimbledon '81 footage. She got her temper from me.
@Lauren-vd4qe6 ай бұрын
@@matthewatwood8641 oops! sounds like you definitely need to tone down your temperous outbursts etc....she wont b popular at the tennis club acting like that; people that exude angst a lot at any club ive been in, are NOT asked to be on teams or wanted on the court, generally.
@matthewatwood86416 ай бұрын
@@Lauren-vd4qe wow, presumptuous and judgmental much? My daughter is a kid, who said I have tempestuous outbursts? I have an idea for you, interpret a comment for what's good and positive about it, instead of looking for things that you can criticize and tear a person down for. Just a thought.
@Lauren-vd4qe6 ай бұрын
@@matthewatwood8641 presumptuous? you sd she got her temper from YOU!! and described her macenroe type outburst....
@matthewatwood86416 ай бұрын
@@Lauren-vd4qe I didn't say I went around throwing fits. I learned to control my temper. I'm finding humor & insight seeing myself in my daughter. It'll be important to teach her how to tame that wild thing.
@bigjimcrinkler71932 жыл бұрын
McEnroe was always right. Just like Federer. Brilliant players, played to the rules. Just not everyone's cup of tea. Legends
@PeterBrown-mz4nv3 ай бұрын
And a diva.
@Lambdamale.4 жыл бұрын
Imagine McEnroe dealing with a border patrol checkpoint 😂😂
@michaelireland72393 жыл бұрын
wow i could watch this forever love you john mcenroe
@punanny1233 жыл бұрын
I don't even watch Tennis on TV nowadays, really miss the tennis gangster McEnroe.
@allahousalami2 жыл бұрын
now he is commentating matches and giving lessons of good behaviour live ...
@johnlark65832 жыл бұрын
Why? For showing kids how to act entitled and behave badly when things don't go their way? He was a great player but he was not a great sportsman. He had no control over his emotions and missing someone like that seems to me like you're missing the wrong things.
@matthewatwood86416 ай бұрын
@@johnlark6583you don't know what acting entitled looks like. He was sticking up for himself. He was right most of the time - like 99% of the time. He had to get the crowd and the media involved so that it wouldn't be ignored. He was smart as hell. Watch his face while he's arguing. The man knows what he's doing.
@felixreali7101 Жыл бұрын
You can say whatever you want, but McEnroe was right. (as he most often was). With today's modern technology he would have won most tournaments he played in. one of a kind
@jimllfaxit5 жыл бұрын
Never seen this one. Could be one of my favorites. Maybe even better than"answer my question !!!!! "
@ikaikamaleko83705 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@vanjaeriksen4263 Жыл бұрын
Gloria a te John 🥂
@johandeboer93256 жыл бұрын
I miss a player like him.
@csabakereszturi9453 жыл бұрын
I don’t.
@ryuke793 жыл бұрын
@@csabakereszturi945 you can't be serious
@charlesriley27173 жыл бұрын
Made the game so much fun to watch
@silviui.wagner69673 жыл бұрын
I miss those times în tennis....!!
@MrTopsecretagent2 жыл бұрын
@@ryuke79 _YOU CAN NOT BE SERIOUS_ McEnroe, 1981 🤣
@alainconnelly88705 жыл бұрын
99% of the time, John was RIGHT.
@janankaremus5 жыл бұрын
And yet 99% of the time lost the argument :)
@maxipaz55975 жыл бұрын
Sadly , won only 7 slams , should have at least 12
@gopalkulkarni17824 жыл бұрын
yes , the piece of shit was usually right
@Hlpus1nall4 жыл бұрын
He was wrong arguing about the out call though. It's clearly out.
@slyjokerg3 жыл бұрын
He was most often right, but not always. He far too often acted out of line, even when he was right. I love him to this day. He is great for tennis. His outbursts wouldn't have happened if he didn't have the passion that is within him. His 1984 season is probably the greatest of all time. He is a mixture of intelligence, a lack of self control, fire, talent, immaturity, insight, and a million other conflicting things.
@temp850 Жыл бұрын
Mc Enroe was often right about calls. However as he has often admitted, he couldn't control his violent outbursts. His good friend Mary in commentary also states how poor his behaviour was. A legend of a player and a suberb tennis commentator - with a violent temper that did real damage to those around him - he admits it himself. ✌️
@plavine993 жыл бұрын
Ings was incompetent, McEnroe was correct
@michaelireland72393 жыл бұрын
john mcenroe was 100 percent right on this one
@hughwhitla79302 жыл бұрын
I love this old fashioned Tennis
@nicolasbodiguel26624 жыл бұрын
Imagine if John McEnroe had the hawk eye. Poor referees
@JARLIV2 жыл бұрын
Richard Ings was only trying to make a name for himself, he was totally wrong with that decision!
@teurypotter12187 жыл бұрын
The John (You Cannot Be Serious) McEnroe Show
@jackspickphone66565 жыл бұрын
McEnroe was completely correct on this. And Richard Ings was a horrible umpire.
@seoulman27436 жыл бұрын
incompetent supervisor
@Bruce-19562 жыл бұрын
Which of these two players is now in prison?
@garycolageo57092 жыл бұрын
Mac would make a good lawyer. Mac is only exposing the weaknesses (gray areas) in the rules of the game of tennis. Instead of learning to improve the rules with the help of Mac, they go against Mac and any change to the rules like a bible. This happens everywhere, not just on the tennis court.
@whodidit992 жыл бұрын
McEnroe was right. He was just standing there waiting for Becker to serve.,
@chriswylie2534 жыл бұрын
Mcenroe was absolutely on the line ready to return, just relaxed until the server goes into his motion. Umpire didn't have the balls to call a code of conduct violation seconds before, then his ego kicked in so he made up a violation.
@erikrupp6924 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Ings clearly regretted not giving McEnroe a warning for verbal abuse, so he used the delay as an excuse to give him one. Becker really controlled the pace there and played the umpire AND McEnroe. I don't see people criticizing Becker for that, but they should.
@stevenjohnson74425 жыл бұрын
John McEnroe, was 100% correct.
@clausbecker49325 жыл бұрын
can you please explain!? The only thing is that I wouldn't have waited for MacEnroe to take whatever position after the first argument between MacEnroe and the umpire/supervisor. Despite I still would not consider holding the racket by the frame shows "ready to receive", that was deliberate provocation...!
@Chekmate993 ай бұрын
lot of photographers there - I wonder where all those pictures are today?
@johnny-r Жыл бұрын
The tennis world wasn't quite ready for Johnny Mac. Or vice-versa.
@tjwash23 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of how unclear the picture was in the old days. I was vaguely aware of where the ball was landing with each shot.
@enzonapolitano36656 жыл бұрын
John McEnroe the best. The king !!
@deedeemerry12956 жыл бұрын
drama-king. the guy was a pussy...
@geofreyr4 ай бұрын
Brilliant, and funny. I'm not sure if McEnroe's conduct is proper, but it's hard to fault his logic!
@mtshishimbi12 жыл бұрын
McEnroe was absolutely right on this one - Becker always took a long time to go into his service motion, and just because he wasn't into a ready/crouch position doesn't mean he wasn't ready to receive, and I think Becker incited this by looking behind him as if McEnroe was delaying due to something going on behind him. Even Becker tries to tell the supervisor that he takes a long time to go into his service motion.
@uncletony62107 жыл бұрын
but, if mcenroe had crouched for EVERY other serve in the match, don't you think it natural that Becker would think John's not ready if he's now not crouching for the first time in X amount of serves?
@bonhamhouse11697 жыл бұрын
Mac knew the kid was better. Creating a distraction was his thing.
@ivanboesky15206 жыл бұрын
mtshishimbi Oh shut up! McEnroe was one of the very biggest stall tactic servers in the history of the game. Maybe the biggest!! Take a look at some of his matches against Lendl. There are service games where he is taking a good 30 seconds over the allotted 30 seconds, 60 seconds in total and he did it over and over mostly in the most crucial games. This big mouthed asshat crying about stalling tactics is the biggest joke in tennis history.
@dangermouse_6 жыл бұрын
What year was this?
@michaelkeyes58136 жыл бұрын
McEnroe behaved like a little baby. I would've slapped a game penalty on him.
@spuwho3 жыл бұрын
Remember Johnny Mac always played the long game with chair umps. Challenge them in the smaller venues so he had leverage in the big ones. The announcers mentioning Ings and the US Open is a classic example. 80's tennis put a large amount of pressure on chair umpires to get their work up to snuff and rightfully so. Up until the 80's most chair umpires never really took the time to improve themselves. With Connors, McEnroe, Wilander, and a few others putting on the pressure, they did. Now the pressure has flipped back to the players by giving them a chance to overrule via the computer.
@kahlesjf Жыл бұрын
The major change regarding tennis officiating came in 1978 when Dick Roberson was hired to train professional chair umpires. The "pressure" from the players was in the form of on-court tantrums (often justified) which resulted in lower attendance and the loss of tournament sponsors.
@stevefowler21126 жыл бұрын
Mac is 100% correct...Johnny Mac never did suffer fools.
@gaztop653 жыл бұрын
Just like in the "You cannot be serious incident" McEnroe was absolutely right!
@fennecbesixdouze17942 жыл бұрын
McEnroe was always 1000% right when he made outbursts. That's why he considered these incidents such injustices: because not only did he know he was right, he was so obviously and clearly right everyone in the entire venue knew it too. There were plenty of calls against him, even bad calls, that he didn't make any outburst about. He only called out injustices when they were truly egregious and deserving of it. Good for him standing up for what's right. He was literally standing there at the line ready to play. Ings clearly made a bad call motivated more by "standing up to McEnroe" than calling the game properly.
@p.g.4881 Жыл бұрын
I only speak for this episode, he was intentionally delaying the game. Ings was on point.
@chocolatetownforever7537 Жыл бұрын
Disagree, and its Becker's right to start serving, to start the point. Everyone who knows about Boris Becker, knows about his ritual before he serves, which John is right, is about ten seconds. Had Boris done that, and McEnroe was looking another direction, THEN there could be a legit argument made that John was delaying. Instead, Boris was doing this dramatic schtick, of looking behind him, then forward, then behind, looking for John to acknowledge him that hes ready. You can say John was a lil rude for not sticking his racquet up, to signal hes ready, but he doesnt HAVE to do that to prove hes ready for the serve. Instead of Hollywooding it, Becker should have went into his routine, and McEnroe would have played the point. Simple as that. Regardless of all of this, I think the way it looked, and how John stated his side, I think Ings should have been able to admit he was wrong, and waived the penalty.
@thomasfoley1699 Жыл бұрын
Well said and you too are exactly right.👍🏻
@fjccommish Жыл бұрын
Sure, but his anger helped derail his career.
@virginial75332 жыл бұрын
McEnroe is completely in the right and justified for contesting the umpire’s ridiculous rulings. Even Becker knew the ump was making unjust power move type calls to try and put McEnroe in his place. Absolute hack of an umpire. Glad Mac challenged the calls regardless of the outcome.
@AlexLopez-rx8lw5 жыл бұрын
The good ol days of tennis. Was way better back then. LoL!
@AlexLopez-rx8lw5 жыл бұрын
@@kk7420 Get a life buddy.
@Ronnie-k6m7 ай бұрын
Mcenroe classic new yorker speaking pattern
@philfrank92266 жыл бұрын
Love to see McEnroe act.He was such a elgante player. He is my all time favorite, but not against Borg in Wimbledon.
@T9RX35 жыл бұрын
Lol
@KingCast655 жыл бұрын
Complete shit. Mac was usually right and he was definitely right this time.
@erikrupp6924 жыл бұрын
He was right more often than he was wrong. He didn't handle it well, usually, but he didn't go into a tirade for no reason at all...
@helgaratbone16916 жыл бұрын
John is correct.
@JTDutch3 жыл бұрын
1:24. "The whole time, I was ready to play. I've got ten more seconds after he's looked up before I even have to be ready to hit the ball!" 100% right. I don't know what the argument was even about. He was standing over there waiting for Becker to serve. What else is he supposed to do?
@sealand0003 жыл бұрын
"He was just trying to make a point." And that cost him a point.
@Condors553 жыл бұрын
McEnroe was the first Karen.
@bak-mariterry51802 жыл бұрын
He's a Darren . Karen's husband.
@bodhisattva996 жыл бұрын
When you get the long angle, you can obviously see he's ready to go and Becker is stalling. He's shrugging his fucking shoulders saying LET'S FUCKING GO!
@spjfrat13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload. I watched a lot more tennis years ago with different styles of play and personalities. Too many rallies and hugging now.
@berndeigner88377 жыл бұрын
exact my opinion ! It' so boring today!
@alecmorariu62915 жыл бұрын
I don’t understand why people find rallying boring. I don’t think you guys have a smart enough understanding of tennis
@pierreg25836 жыл бұрын
in a way, whatever McEnroe is doing, Becker has to serve.
@briandoerr77895 жыл бұрын
The Earl Weaver of tennis
@jackw33026 ай бұрын
His opponent even says "He guys, I took too much time"
@iknowthatsrite60092 жыл бұрын
The crowed making noise proves their Ignorance. Mac is correct.
@user-ll7fv6tu7k5 жыл бұрын
Was McEnroe ever actually wrong? Every clip I've seen, I agreed with him.
@bobstevens32654 жыл бұрын
Why he is a good commentator
@SirBorisHayter4 жыл бұрын
In his autobiography he asks did I get angry with officials because I had such high standards myself and I expected them to be at the same standard? No! I was just an asshole.
@scott75214 жыл бұрын
I was wondering the same thing. That would be the first question I'd ask him if I ever met him.
@DM-rc4yu3 жыл бұрын
I mean he was wrong for the very first ball here.
@rachelgibson18582 жыл бұрын
I've read somewhere that analysis was done on the old match videos of his games, and the calls he argued about were proven as him being in the right. I've looked for where I read that at and for the life of me I can't find the source. So if anyone else has heard this too, if you have a source please share. Thanks.
@nubesock52312 жыл бұрын
Disgusting when refs/umpires choose to get personally invested. It doesnt matter if john was talking smack about his family, part of the job is to be entirely impartial/ objective. Always pathetic when the ref needs his presence felt (joey crawford)
@slyjokerg3 жыл бұрын
Mac was completely right in this case. He was standing in place to receive serve. There was no reason for Becker to not serve. Mac wasn't preventing Boris from serving. There is no rule about how you have to stand to receive serve. Becker ALWAYS took forever to serve, even after starting his routine. With the clock now, Becker would have been penalized over and over again, and Mac would have been getting freebies for violations. John was over the top way too much in his career, but there were a lot of cases in which his outrage was justified. This is one of them.
@MultiStar833 жыл бұрын
Well, McEnroe himself normally took a lot of time before he served. But I personally believe that in this case it was basically a misunderstanding. Becker thought apparently that there were people moving in the stands, that's why he turned around to the crowd, who were delaying things and preventing McEnroe from being ready to receive. So, he obviously thought at least that McEnroe was not ready to receive. Maybe this was just acting from Becker's part in order to provoke a code violation for McEnroe. John normally stood very upright when he played and hardly bent his knees on his strokes. But I am not sure, what really was the case.
@slyjokerg3 жыл бұрын
@@MultiStar83 McEnroe taking a lot of time to serve is absolutely irrelevant to this. He wasn't serving. This is about what happened in this incident. In this incident, Becker MIGHT have initially thought there might be people moving around in the stands, but after one look, that possibility was gone. THEN, he KEPT acting like it might be people moving around in the stands, when he knew that wasn't the case. McEnroe never indicated that people moving around in the stands was an issue. He never hinted at it. Becker was playing into Mac being pissy, and it was just as bad as Mac overreacting to the previous line call. Being dishonest in your actions is not justified by the other player overreacting to a call.
@MultiStar833 жыл бұрын
@@slyjokerg Yes, I agree that this code violation (time violation) warning was not justified all in all. But you also have to consider the context. Prior to this there were several other verbal abuses by McEnroe the umpire had not penalized. This is also what the commentators Fred Stolle and Cliff Drysdale were referring to. So the umpire seemed to look for something to punish him for.
@slyjokerg3 жыл бұрын
@@MultiStar83 The whole point is, there was nothing for which to punish him. He was standing in position, ready to return serve. He was penalized for failing to reasonably play to the server's pace. It was bullshit, and Becker knew it.
@MultiStar833 жыл бұрын
@@slyjokerg I am not so sure if Becker was really playing McEnroe into being upset in this case. But in his younger years Boris did things you could call "gamesmanship". For instance in the Wimbledon final 1985 against Curren he really did NOT play to the pace of the server in quite a few cases. Curren was just about to serve and Becker as a return player would turn away, completely disrupting the server's rhythm. But he got away with it not receiving any code violation warning. He did things like that at many other occasions, too.
@cesarjom3 жыл бұрын
McEnroe was completely correct in this case. The umpire clearly is holding a bias against McEnroe. Disgusting how the match commentators don't have the courage to call out Richard Ings for his unprofessionalism.
@danztastic5 жыл бұрын
This is good shit....tennis needs more players like John...it’s so boring now maybe even some biff....more rackets smashed and maybe a all in brawl with the crowd......
@stevesnellgrove15182 жыл бұрын
McEnroe, Borg, Conners.. when tennis was awesome 👍😎❤️👍
@paulsteezo1772 Жыл бұрын
Richard Ing's HAIRCUT IS PUNISHMENT ENOUGH!
@hermannw263 жыл бұрын
Where was this match played?
@lizclegg75563 жыл бұрын
Which tournament was this?
@alexmerel9924 Жыл бұрын
Johnny had a temper but 9/10 times hes right
@bigjoeb71482 жыл бұрын
Mac was correct on this one
@jamesbondiv4072 Жыл бұрын
Richard went on to become a very good tv commentator for EuroSport, I believe 🤔 Did Mac end up losing this match?!
@handeyecoordinationskills2 жыл бұрын
I want to know what happened the next point that they played
@michaelweston22852 жыл бұрын
McEnroe: "i'd like to see your manager"
@pauljohnsonish2 жыл бұрын
lmao....."Karen McEnroe"
@bak-mariterry51802 жыл бұрын
Darren McEnroe......🤣
@davidhoward20073 жыл бұрын
This is classic mac
@thomasmartin7425 Жыл бұрын
The umpire has to remember and watch eternally that he was petty and wrong and used poor judgment. Mc gets to chuckle and sit back with pride that once again he was right and stood up for himself and the game.
@steveturner6093 жыл бұрын
McEnroe makes a fair point here and yet the idiots just want to boo hiss and whistle at him??
@terencehill39725 жыл бұрын
It's so satisfying to see McEnroe destroy these technocrats
@TC.....3 жыл бұрын
please correct the title, it's McEnroe vs Becker
@Rang76er3 жыл бұрын
It appears the umpire missed the opportunity to call JM on misconduct and then decided to “find” something else
@rickcreighton97145 жыл бұрын
Those were the days. It added spice to the game. Now if you look wrong its a ten thousand dollar fine. The only thing I can say is at times he took it to long. But he rules. Fantastic. Him and Connors. True rivalry. Now its political correctness. Just money and prestige. It was more real back then. Everything meant more. Now its fake. Money, power along with talent, but its not the individual anymore. Not a personality. Just a wheel in a cogweb of greed.
@defaultYTchannel5 жыл бұрын
McEnroe is the single biggest reason why tennis is so big now.