Interesting Mats Wilander insight

[BaseLineBash]

From Mats Wilander, asked to name the top 5 tennis players of all time; he placed Agassi, Sampras, Federer, and Borg in the top 4 (in no order) and tied McEnroe, Lendl, and Connors for fifth place): ON AGASSI: “He has some limitations, like he can’t serve and volley, yet he has won all four Slams. He has a very high energy level, quite like Borg. He is on fifth gear from the very first point. There is some abnormality in his eyes, otherwise he wouldn’t have had such a phenomenal return. He sees the ball like none else and just guides it wherever he wants to. He’s just played a Grand Slam final at 35, that tells me he wasted the first five years of his career, otherwise he couldn’t have lasted this long. No one has done more to tennis than Agassi and Borg.”

 

[Alexandros]

Tis true, there has never been a player who sees and hits the ball as cleanly and returns as effectively as Agassi.

 

[ohplease]

Is that top 5 in terms of accomplishment or influence? If he means the latter, he's right - Borg and Agassi have absolutely defined the tennis that came after them.