Miloslav Mecir vs Boris Becker - Australian Open 1990 R16 - Ausschnitt

Australian Open 1990 R16 - Ausschnitt - Miloslav Mecir vs Boris Becker

[@thierrytheodose9005]

Thanks a lot to share this. Everybody remember Boris Becker but few people remember Milos Mecir a fabulous player able to play disguise shots with absolute finesse while moving like a cat.

[@JohnnyKonoko]

Miloslav was an original...in every sense of the word......Hit the ball with tremendous disguise...especially on the backhand up the line.....Was a joy to watch...I do think he was a bit frail mentally...and that def cost him in this one

[@ProBloggerWorld]

Mecir’s last season so one of his last matches. I liked him. Always sad to hear athletes leaving due to injury.

[@My40Love]

Thanks a lot

[@zeddeka]

Until he won it in 1991, Becker never shone at the Australian Open. Hw had only reached two quarter finals. This seemed surprising as it was held on grass until 1988. The grass courts at Kooyong were weird - slower than at Wimbledon and with a strange drainage system that meant the courts were built on a slope. You were actually serving up hill. It was much commented on at the time that big servers like Becker seemed to be really throwm by it.

[@hussTennis]

2 huge talents 👏

[@jdoesmath2065]

Mercer was my role model ... so cool and smooth. Sebastian Korda reminds me of Mecir.

[@prinzessindianavonbaden787]

Miloslav Mecir - die Katze !

[@MichaelJamesLorinReviews-wg8br]

If you use Andre Agassi method you can actually tell where Boris is going to serve.

[@romainc577]

Mecir genius

[@peterpetersen2210]

6:17 Das glaub' ich jetzt nich'. 7:48 Man schaue sich bitschei mal diesen Rückhand-Drive DTL an; B bekommt den nicht mal mehr ins Feld zurück. Das sieht slo-mo aus, iss es jedoch nicht. 8:06 r u sure? Ich sehe M überall vorne, außer im Lamentieren, Rumheulen, serve. Er ist jedoch schon n bisken zu phlegmatisch. B kann sich mit Rumheulen usw noch ins Match zurückbringen und Dinger drehen, die andere verloren hätten. Das zeichnet B aus; dieser unbändige Siegeswille. Wie bitte? Er gewinnt nach 2 sets down? Note: Das waren die Achtel, i d 'the mouth' disqual wurde. (Mc Enroe dachte, erst mit der 4ten Verwarnung wird er rausgeschmissen. Code violation rule wurde jedoch kurz zuvor von 4 auf 3 reduziert. Der Ami lag in Führung. Warum gewann er nie die AO (bis incl 1987 auf Gras gespielt)? Die AO hatten (obwohl GS) nicht dieses 'standing' (zumindest aus Sicht einiger Spieler). 1990 soll erst seine 2te Teilnahme gewesen sein. by the way: Der Flegel (natürlich Genie, am Ball) wäre bei mir schon zig-Mal vorher geflogen. Ich meine in Stockholm räumte er mal, mit dem Schläger, den 'Saftstand' ab. Der wäre sofort sofort ... . Das hawk-eye hätte auch dafür gesorgt, daß der die ...... hält. [Petersen, Sie schweifen ab - hier spielen andere.]

[@MrGaditana]

Mecir _ The Cat

[@emilianoroncagli7035]

Big cat

[@SpeedIng80]

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[@denishoffmeister9719]

Super danke für den Hinweis

[@MultiStar83]

Ja, hatte ich mal hochgeladen...

[@leliondescavernes1747]

🎉🎉❤

[@WONGLER]

Mecir still playing with a wood racquet here

[@nicedoggy2744]

no, I think its just the grip that was brown

[@monceau27]

You can wonder how Mecir lost this match when he was leading 3 to 1 in the third set with two sets in his favor.

[@z1az285]

@@monceau27 Lack of conditioning. He couldn't sustain the longer rallies and there were many. On a hot day the rebound ace transformed into sticky green mud. Extremely slow

[@nicedoggy2744]

@@z1az285 I think Mecir was known as someone a bit 'mentally fragile'. Imo, from a technical standpoint, I think Mecir had a very unusual stroke production. His strokes are very flat, even for a player of his era. His forehand is almost a contintental grip, so its very flat with a bit of sidespin. Unlike someone like Connors, who also hit very flat strokes, Mecir didn't hit the ball on the rise. He appeared to take the ball late. Almost like Wilander, but without the topspin (crucially). So his game was all about timing (a modern equivalent is someone like Tomic, but Tomic doesn't have the speed/footwork that Mecir did and Mecir's serve isn't as good). And if you're feeling stressed/it's a high pressure situation/ you're facing someone as good as Becker, then you're going down...

[@z1az285]

@@nicedoggy2744 Excellent analysis 👍

[@GoettingenundUmgebung]

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[@a66789]

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