February 11th, 2012 by admin
This is edited highlights from a French TV of the 1979 final. No. 1 King Borg ,arguably the greatest tennis champion, was up against Roscoe Tanner seeded #5 (McEnroe the #2 seed was eliminated in the fourth round). Tanner at that time had the fastest serve in the business and also a fine grasscourt game [...]
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October 27th, 2011 by admin
Third set action of the 1985 final between the two number 1 co-seeded. Look for some awesome backhand volleys by Martina. They bring back a time when Womens tennis was FUN and with great Variety ! Note: I do NOT own the copyrights. It is NBC. Am merely a fan and felt that this memorable [...]
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August 23rd, 2011 by admin
This is highlights of the second women’s SF of the 1995 Wimbledon championships - a rematch of their 1993 final . Methinks Steffi Graf and Jana Novotna’s rivalry was underrated back then. Their head to head matches was 29 wins to Graf and 4 to Jana Novotna however two of their Wimbledon matches (1993,1995 ) [...]
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July 27th, 2011 by admin
Connors wins 6-1,6-1,6-4, in 92 minutes. However this match was not one sided as the score reads, apart from the first set, which was 20 minutes. Fact - The Australian Tennis Legend - then aged 39- had a long road to the final including a 5 -set SF. win over Stan Smith, the 1972 winner. [...]
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June 20th, 2011 by admin
Continuing with Jimmy Connors Greatest Hits - This time it’s the 1987 Round of 16 at Wimbledon.. Trailing 1-6,1-6,1-4, Jimmy stages an remarkable come-from-behind win on the hallowed centre court. His opponent, Mikael Pernfors was the 1986 French Open runners- up who had incredible speed around a tennis court. Final score Connors way , 1-6,1-6,7-5,6-4,6-2 [...]
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March 20th, 2010 by admin
Classic mcenroe outburst. John mcenroe v Tom Gullikson at Wimbledon in 1981. Umpire was Edward James.
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