Moose Malloy
G.O.A.T.
Lendl d. McEnroe 6-4, 6-4, 7-6(8-6)
This ended McEnroe's 26 match win streak at the USO(he was the 3 time defending champion)
It was Lendl's 6th straight win over McEnroe.
Lendl won 110 points, McEnroe 99.
Lendl served at 53%(56 of 105)
McEnroe served at 49%(51 of 104)
Lendl won 47 of 56 points on 1st serve(84%)
He won 28 of 49 on 2nd(57%)
McEnroe won 36 of 51 points on 1st serve(70.5%)
He won 33 of 53 on 2nd(62%)
Lendl had 29 non service winners: 10 fh, 9 bh, 3 fhv, 4 bhv, 3 ov
McEnroe had 20: 1 fh, 5 bh, 9 fhv, 4 bhv, 1 ov
Lendl had 11 passing shot winners(4 fh, 7 bh)
McEnroe had 2, both bh
Lendl had 9 aces, 4 df's
McEnroe had 15 aces, 3 df's
Lendl had 19 unreturned serves, 2 I judged service winners
McEnroe had 20, one I judged a service winner
Lendl was 2 of 8 on break points
McEnroe was 0 of 2
McEnroe served and stayed back on 16 2nd serves, which was a rather startling sight, he was really spooked by the Lendl return(but if you look at the stats he won 62% of 2nd serves, should have just stuck with the gameplan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvn5oHDtEhY
stats from CBS
at 2-1 in the 3rd, McEnroe with 24 unforced errors, Lendl 17.
In the post match interview on court, John Tesh asked Lendl about the final vs Connors. Lendl, with no expression on his face, said "did he win?" Tesh seemed a bit taken aback, & paused before answering, "yes."
I can see how stuff like this would make Lendl somewhat unpopular with the media, Tesh only had a few seconds for a brief interview & Lendl gives him a hard time instead of answering a perfectly reasonable question.
Guess there was no 'media training' back then.
This ended McEnroe's 26 match win streak at the USO(he was the 3 time defending champion)
It was Lendl's 6th straight win over McEnroe.
Lendl won 110 points, McEnroe 99.
Lendl served at 53%(56 of 105)
McEnroe served at 49%(51 of 104)
Lendl won 47 of 56 points on 1st serve(84%)
He won 28 of 49 on 2nd(57%)
McEnroe won 36 of 51 points on 1st serve(70.5%)
He won 33 of 53 on 2nd(62%)
Lendl had 29 non service winners: 10 fh, 9 bh, 3 fhv, 4 bhv, 3 ov
McEnroe had 20: 1 fh, 5 bh, 9 fhv, 4 bhv, 1 ov
Lendl had 11 passing shot winners(4 fh, 7 bh)
McEnroe had 2, both bh
Lendl had 9 aces, 4 df's
McEnroe had 15 aces, 3 df's
Lendl had 19 unreturned serves, 2 I judged service winners
McEnroe had 20, one I judged a service winner
Lendl was 2 of 8 on break points
McEnroe was 0 of 2
McEnroe served and stayed back on 16 2nd serves, which was a rather startling sight, he was really spooked by the Lendl return(but if you look at the stats he won 62% of 2nd serves, should have just stuck with the gameplan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvn5oHDtEhY
stats from CBS
at 2-1 in the 3rd, McEnroe with 24 unforced errors, Lendl 17.
In the post match interview on court, John Tesh asked Lendl about the final vs Connors. Lendl, with no expression on his face, said "did he win?" Tesh seemed a bit taken aback, & paused before answering, "yes."
I can see how stuff like this would make Lendl somewhat unpopular with the media, Tesh only had a few seconds for a brief interview & Lendl gives him a hard time instead of answering a perfectly reasonable question.
Guess there was no 'media training' back then.
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