Thomas Muster comeback?

[jokinla]

Originally Posted by Mustard

Well, Muster did better in his 2010-2011 comeback than what Borg managed in his 1991-1993 comeback. Muster managed to win 2 matches whereas Borg won zero.

Muster was playing mostly Challengers, which is where he got his two wins, against guys ranked outside the top 100, versus Borg, who was playing tour level events, not Challengers, and almost beat a guy in the top 20, something tells me he could have won some Challenger matches as well, especially against guys ranked in the 500's.

[Leelord337]

Originally Posted by Mustard

Well, Muster did better in his 2010-2011 comeback than what Borg managed in his 1991-1993 comeback. Muster managed to win 2 matches whereas Borg won zero.

beating leonardo mayer was impressive,and going 3 sets w/haider maurer too

[mattennis]

Originally Posted by jokinla

Muster was playing mostly Challengers, which is where he got his two wins, against guys ranked outside the top 100, versus Borg, who was playing tour level events, not Challengers, and almost beat a guy in the top 20, something tells me he could have won some Challenger matches as well, especially against guys ranked in the 500's.

Borg, Muster, Wilander....they are not going to beat current top-10 or top-20 players in their forties or fifties because their game relied heavily on fitness and physical prime.

Connors is very different, he played inside the baseline, taking the balls on the rise and hitting very flat.

McEnroe, Edberg, Sampras...they can still play at a very high level (for a single set) in their forties, fifties (McEnroe) for the same reason, they don't rely heavily on fitness and physical prime.

[jokinla]

Originally Posted by mattennis

Borg, Muster, Wilander....they are not going to beat current top-10 or top-20 players in their forties or fifties because their game relied heavily on fitness and physical prime.

Connors is very different, he played inside the baseline, taking the balls on the rise and hitting very flat.

McEnroe, Edberg, Sampras...they can still play at a very high level (for a single set) in their forties, fifties (McEnroe) for the same reason, they don't rely heavily on fitness and physical prime.

Borg's comeback was in the early 90's, which is what I was refering to, not today.