Great skills for a 50 year old but...he still has his temper
You would think that would have faded away.
His temper won't leave him, but it's certainly a bit of a gimmick on the seniors tour.
Great skills for a 50 year old but...he still has his temper
You would think that would have faded away.
He lost in 3 sets 7 times and won 2 times out of 27 matches. So at least 1/3rd of the time, he was very competitive at the Challenger level.
Not bad for an old guy whose game is based on dominating the other player physically.
Of course McEnroe's game translates better to being old.
I've also hit a few times with TonLars on this board. He is a 5.5+ player who plays In a few satellites. We played seriously once 2 and a half years ago and he cleaned my clock 0-1. The games weren't super close, we maybe went to deuce 4-5 times. I came away feeling that if I wasn't so nervous (50+ people watching) I might have served better and at my very best won a couple more games.
The thing that sticks out looking back at this is that both players (Chang and Larson) is that both were extremely impressive and daughnting to play. The difference between the two was I felt I had a chance to win points and even games against Larson, whereas during my brief hit with Chang I felt as though I had no chance. I was at his mercy, a puppet on a string.
I'm a big McEnroe fan but let's be serious: he didn't look that good against Agassi nor Rafter. I'm taking Serena in a best of 3 match 4 times out of 5.
Just want to give another perspective. This sort of discussion has been on this board several times. Mac is indeed, still at his age, a great player, and amazing for his age. This is because he is one of the all time greats from his younger prime days.
However, in these exhibitions with Sampras and the like, they are taking it easy on him. If you think otherwise you just dont understand the true nature of the exhibitions. Eric Butorac and I were somehow talking about this over a month ago. He also finds it laughable how some people still believe Mac can beat current professional players, even the low ranked.
He's prob about a 5.0 now
He's prob about a 5.0 now
The court coverage between a top woman and top man/ex top man/ex top 300 is night and day.
Mac played a local 5.0 after a charity auction bid and Mac won the set 6-0 and only lost TWO points. This was a couple years ago.
And Mac was probably taking it easy on the 5.0
He's prob about a 5.0 now
Uhh.. Serena has no chance against one of the best men's tennis player of all time.
I think she'd smoke Laver, easy.
Serve off? Mac wins 6-4, 6-4 vs Serena.
Any D1 singles player? It's a complete joke... Mac wins hitting second serves only and staying back.
Mac's current game is predicated more on his 1st serve than ever before. His back court strokes still do well, but are not his strength. I have seen him play lousy (for him) when he had to live on his second serves and still 1st serve/put away volley when his serve is on.
Serve on, Mac wins 6-2, 6-2. Serve off? Mac wins 6-4, 6-4 vs Serena.
Any D1 singles player? It's a complete joke... Mac wins hitting second serves only and staying back.
Serena vs a guy who pretended to be John McEnroe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKJ6e4y-tSk
in the last 3 months, mcenroes beaten courier, chang, lendl, and sampras in the seniors matches, and i dont think sampras let him win