McEnroe v Borg at the Newport 2010 wood racket grass event

Mac v Bjorn at Newport 2010 grass tournament using Wood Rackets

  • I will watch it and may even attend

    Votes: 17 94.4%
  • I do not want to see this rematch that is past is time

    Votes: 1 5.6%

  • Total voters
    18

joe sch

Legend
TBD ...

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McEnroe v Borg at the Newport 2010 grass event
Special exhibition with Mac and Bjorn both playing wood rackets
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John McEnroe will play a Maxply McEnroe Fort or Wilson Kramer PS
Bjorn Borg will play a Donnay Borg Pro.

Negotiations are in progress.
Will try to get The Tennis Channel to sponsor and broadcast this event.

Cheers,
Joe
 
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That should make some very interesting television. To play tennis the way those guys do at 50+ is outstanding. Both are still fit, and their tennis IQ's are through the roof. I'm curious to see what kind of "action" they can get on the ball with the wood frames, and I'm also curious to know what strings/tension each will use. I can't wait to watch it, at least on replay. Thanks for letting us know Joe!

Bjorn-Borg-McEnroe-1980.jpg
 

joe sch

Legend
That should make some very interesting television. To play tennis the way those guys do at 50+ is outstanding. Both are still fit, and their tennis IQ's are through the roof. I'm curious to see what kind of "action" they can get on the ball with the wood frames, and I'm also curious to know what strings/tension each will use. I can't wait to watch it, at least on replay. Thanks for letting us know Joe!

Bjorn-Borg-McEnroe-1980.jpg

Will be interesting to see if they go with poly strings now or go with the classic natural gut that they both played soo great with in the past. John played real loose like 50 lbs and Bjorn was way tight like 70 lbs.
 

Jonny S&V

Hall of Fame
Will be interesting to see if they go with poly strings now or go with the classic natural gut that they both played soo great with in the past. John played real loose like 50 lbs and Bjorn was way tight like 70 lbs.

A little lower and a little higher, actually, John was in the mid 40s and Bjorn was in the 80s (with some reports of 90s). :shock:
 
D

decades

Guest
I think Johnny Mac has been beating him pretty regularly as a senior no?
 

Mick

Legend
I think Johnny Mac has been beating him pretty regularly as a senior no?

yeah. the kind of game that borg plays loses its effectiveness the older he gets whereas, the kind of game that mcenroe plays doesn't lose much, especially when he's playing against a player his own age.
 

hoodjem

G.O.A.T.
Will be interesting to see if they go with poly strings now or go with the classic natural gut that they both played soo great with in the past. John played real loose like 50 lbs and Bjorn was way tight like 70 lbs.

I believe that Borg was even higher, closer to 80 lbs. I think Mac started out around 60, but then became a convert to low tensions in the upper 40s.
 

joe sch

Legend
I believe that Borg was even higher, closer to 80 lbs. I think Mac started out around 60, but then became a convert to low tensions in the upper 40s.

Yes, agree Borg strung even higher and Mac went even lower than my "like" estimates. Ofcouse today, Im sure they will be both closer and if they decide to go with a hybrid using poly or copoly then the tensions will really change. With wood rackets, it will be interesting to see what they would decide to use ?
 

Carsomyr

Legend
yeah. the kind of game that borg plays loses its effectiveness the older he gets whereas, the kind of game that mcenroe plays doesn't lose much, especially when he's playing against a player his own age.

Yep - McEnroe wasn't as reliant as Borg on his lateral movement, so that would certainly favor the former at this stage of their lives. However, as another poster said, Borg did win their last match, so hopefully it will be a competitive affair between the pair. I'm excited to see some wooden rackets in action in high definition!
 

kishnabe

Talk Tennis Guru
Borg changed he wrist motion when he changed to graphite... He used to do that technique because of his experience with Table Tennis. Coming back to wood might be harder for Borg than McEnroe. Since McEnroe is the best with a wooden racquet. Hopefully someone posts this match on youtube since I can't get there. It would be a nice addition to all of their other matches.
 

Inner Game

Semi-Pro
cool.
i think mcenroe will still win.

It would be a good match if Borg had any foot speed left...but he doesn't...Mac's game has slowed...but not at the same decline Borg has experienced...If Mac puts out 100% it will be very ugly...
 

pc1

G.O.A.T.
It would be nice to get the top current players to play an event like this but that will never happen.
 
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