I miss those days too, tennis was fun to watch then. McEnroe, Borg, Connors, Edberg, Llendl, Roscoe Tanner, Mats Wilander, Vitas Geruliatus were all fun to watch. Also miss Bud Collins, Donald Dell and Barry Mackay who teamed together on PBS to broadcast all the summer satellite tournaments, every week, in the US that led up to the Open.
Both finals should be really good. Djoker Del Potro has a chance to be epic, they are both on their games.
wait really? I think him and McEnroe are incredible together. What is it you don't like about him?
Lol. Yes, remember them well. Gottfried was a great singles player as well, and IIRC many of his matches against Bjorn Borg were not at all one sided. I will never forget watching Gottfried destroy Borg 6-1 6-1 on an outdoor hard court during the late 70's. Also remember them playing a titanic 5 setter at the Open where Gottfried won the first two sets and Borg came back and won the next three. Enjoyed watching those two play because their styles were so different.
The ump didn't taint the final, Serina Williams did. I thought her on court meltdowns in 2009 and 2011 were behind her, but I was wrong. In baseball if you argue with the ump and berate them, you're gone in 2 seconds. Shut up and play the game. A 36 year old grand champion of the game should have showed more class, especially toward her opponent who clearly out played her.
It wasn't a crucial point in the match, she was losing badly, already had dropped the first set 6-2, and was struggling in the 2nd. So her coach starts giving her signals. What umpire is not going to give a first warning in that case? But Serina wouldn't quit, a smashed racket, a second warning and a one point penalty. Then 5 minutes of berating the ump for the docked point, abuse of the chair, a one game penalty.
I wouldn't call it a "horrible call" but will say he should have let it slide. He didn't though. Refs and Umps make bad calls all the time, but you can't argue with them, if you do you're gone. You suck it up and keep playing.
