SpaceCadet
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I'd heard about these matches, but never seen any. This is a great clip!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkBedBUjcgI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkBedBUjcgI
Lendl playing doubles...Mixed doubles!!!
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SpaceCadet
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Yup! Did a big double-take on that one!
Did you see how Emilio and Ivan tagged each other, but still smiled through it?
Mick
Legend
i think it's because it's an exhibition match -- if it was a regular match, they probably would not have taken it that well
SpaceCadet
New User
Yeah it was an exhibition
But what racquet is Lendl using???
Is it a Prestige Pro paintjobbed as a Mizuno?
It certainly had lots of lead at 3 and 9 oclock, whatever it was (as can be seen right at end of clip)
I think it's the same as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4GVllyLWhU
I've long wondered as well. If it is indeed a custom Bosworth frame, was there a non-custom sibling and did it ever hit the stores?
Lendl German Speaker?
I had heard many years ago that Lendl spoke Czech, Slovak, Polish, German and English. I had never seen him speak German before.
He seems to not need any translation (unlike Sanchez) to the interviewer posing questions to him in German and seems to respond quickly.
I had heard many years ago that Lendl spoke Czech, Slovak, Polish, German and English. I had never seen him speak German before.
He seems to not need any translation (unlike Sanchez) to the interviewer posing questions to him in German and seems to respond quickly.
jimbo333
Hall of Fame
He's definitely using a Bosworth Fox frame in the clip you have just shown, and there are a few retail frames that are similar, in mold at least!
The one he is using with Steffi is a different frame to that one, anyone else have any ideas?
Darth_Timmaayyy!!
Banned
Wow, I forgot just how high Steffi's skirts were.. No leg-in's in those days guy's..
As for frames. Lendl was using his modified Mizuno frames, and Steffi looked like she was still using a blacked out 200G...
As for frames. Lendl was using his modified Mizuno frames, and Steffi looked like she was still using a blacked out 200G...
SpaceCadet
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Another clip from the same tournament. This time it's Lendl/Graf vs. McEnroe/Garrison-Jackson.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk3uuhPGLa4
What racquet is McEnroe using? It's no longer the Max 200G. It looks different from Graf's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk3uuhPGLa4
What racquet is McEnroe using? It's no longer the Max 200G. It looks different from Graf's.
jimbo333
Hall of Fame
Great to see this
Lendl was definitely using the Bosworth Fox Mizuno, Steffi definitely using the purple/green Max200G. I just can't clearly see what McEnroe was using but I agree it doesn't seem to be a Max200G, possibly one of the Snauwaerts he was trying out around that time!
Whatever it was he didn't like it:shock:
jimbo333
Hall of Fame
I think it was a Fox frame modified by Bosworth with a Mizuno stencil, but I could be wrong.
Also it's interesting that nobody can work out which racquet McEnroe is playing with!
SpaceCadet
New User
Hard to believe that the board is stumped! :shock:
Somebody's gotta know what stick McEnroe's using. Didn't he swtich to Volkl after the 200G? Could this be the Volkl prototype?
hoodjem
G.O.A.T.
Watch this video http://www.youtube.com/user/stehag1#p/a/u/0/t7MRuln582k
around 2:30-40 and you will see the strangest backhand--McEnroe's chop.
around 2:30-40 and you will see the strangest backhand--McEnroe's chop.
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SpaceCadet
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Glad you liked the vids! I had fun watching them.
Lendl did win 6 doubles tournaments, and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of 20. Not too shabby!
Great Uncle Bulgaria
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If memory serves he also played the Hopman Cup with Mary Jo Fernandez. The only time he represented the US I think.
Nadal_Power
Semi-Pro
Yeap, in 1994
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