lendl borg 1994 - nice rare video

[big ted]

and borg seems to be hitting pretty decent here
this was the year after his second retirement from the regular tour..
borg was 38y.o. here and stilll very fast

 

[jxs653]

borg was 38y.o. here and stilll very fast

Yeah he should have because he retired so young and must've had fresher legs.

By the way, this is one set match. Very unusual.

 

[big ted]

i think its nice because its the closest there is to see how he would play with modern equipment without being too old

 

[jxs653]

Right. I read before that even after comeback he stubbornly sticked with wooden racquet, and in this video I guess he's playing with one of the Head's Competition series racquets (102 si size head) and he's doing himself a huge favor.

 

[big ted]

Right. I read before that even after comeback he stubbornly sticked with wooden racquet, and in this video I guess he's playing with one of the Head's Competition series racquets (102 si size head) and he's doing himself a huge favor.

yea i think its a prestige mid. toward the end of his comeback he was playing with a donnay pro one mid but i havent really seen any videos
of that on youtube. i remember seeing him on tv during his comeback and he seemed to play tentative. here he looks more sure of himself
mabye because hes settled in more or its an exhibition..

 

[NicoMK]

yea i think its a prestige mid. toward the end of his comeback he was playing with a donnay pro one mid but i havent really seen any videos
of that on youtube. i remember seeing him on tv during his comeback and he seemed to play tentative. here he looks more sure of himself
mabye because hes settled in more or its an exhibition..

Yes. He played with the Prestige Mid in 1993. The Competition series came later, in 1996 I recall.

Great video. Ivan was at the nearly end of his career.