(Why) did Edberg trouble Sampras more than Becker?

[barone]

And I don't know where did you see that I was calling Edberg's backhand mediocre.

Dolgopolov wins todays competition in missunderstanding everything, haha. I think he red "was" instead of "wasnt" in the last one

 

[Dolgopolov85]

And I don't know where did you see that I was calling Edberg's backhand mediocre.

You said both were kind of mediocre on the BH side.

 

[Dolgopolov85]

I really can't see that. As far as I can remember, both were kind of mediocre on that side. Top spin backhand at least.

Here you go. To the other poster, no, I misunderstood nothing. Skaj unable to keep track of self's posts.

 

[skaj]

Here you go. To the other poster, no, I misunderstood nothing. Skaj unable to keep track of self's posts.

Sweetheart, I was talking about Becker and Sampras, I even boldded it in the comment I was replying to. Check the post #43 again

 

[Dolgopolov85]

Sweetheart, I was talking about Becker and Sampras, I even boldded it in the comment I was replying to. Check the post #43 again

Oh dear, sorry about that, terrible goof up, eeesh.

 

[jrepac]

I agree with posters who pointed out Becker's wrong tactics of trying to outhit Sampras from the baseline, he was slower and had less power off his groundies (off the forehand side obviously, his backhand was better though), so it was a losing strategy.

Edberg kept Pete out of his comfort zone by rushing him and making him hit as many passing shots as possible (similar to what Navratilova did to Graf), so Pete never felt as comfortable as against Boris, who usually gave him enough time to properly react.

This is what Pete said about Edberg in his book which nicely summarizes his struggles against him.

"He was always trying to rush you. The most deadly thing you can do to a guy is take away his time—make him rush or feel like you’re swarming all over him. Stefan was very good at that. His volley was superb, especially on the backhand side, and he was a tough guy to lob."

That's exactly it. While Pete had a bigger serve than Edberg, overall, Edberg executed the S&V game better than Sampras, who was more of an all court player. The best S&V guys like Mac & Edberg take away time....even Rafter, at the top of his S&V game, gave Pete trouble.

 

[thrust]

isnt the h2h 3-1 in slams

Edberg beat Boris in 2 Wimbledon finals and 1 FO semi final.

 

[Dane_is_Finnish_OJ]

I think there is. There would have to be because Edberg's forehand was much weaker than Sampras or Becker. He had a great slice too but the backhand being that great was important too. I don't even know where you're coming from calling Edberg's backhand mediocre. Can you point to what it is about his backhand that you find mediocre? At the time stamp I mentioned in that video, they show a slo-mo of his backhand. What exactly is the problem with that shot?

Nobody called Edberg's backhand mediocre, everybody knows it's one of the best in history. So along they way someone misunderstood. The comparison is between Becker's and Sampras' backhand, ok? And Becker's was better than Sampras'.