Boris Becker v John McEnroe Full Match | Australian Open 1992 Third Round

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Ай бұрын

Watch the full match of Boris Becker v John McEnroe in the third round of the Australian Open 1992.
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@My40Love Ай бұрын

Thanks for another full ATP match from the past

@danguee1 Ай бұрын

Two of my favourite players. Underdog win against the odds. Johnny Mac being brave again. Beautiful

@ArthurVerhulst Ай бұрын

Nice to see those matches. A lot of netplay, S/V and taking the balls very very early. Very little UE. That's so different to today's tennis.

@RafaelSale Ай бұрын

The slow courts killed the serve and volley game. As an old school tennis fan, it was my favorite strategy.

@john_mckinney Ай бұрын

@@RafaelSaleactually it was the slow balls

@ledorzejean-etienne3747 26 күн бұрын

And nowadays the sweet spot of the racket is so large, you can throw missiles or block very easily...

@vinceventura2393 Ай бұрын

Much more fun to watch than monotonous bashing nowadays

@ST-xg3gy Ай бұрын

Come on man.

@jcisme Ай бұрын

I remember watching this back in the day. Thanks you.

@jdoesmath2065 Ай бұрын

A superb presentation of an amazing match! Thank you!

@skylaxx Ай бұрын

One of the Mac's last hoorays. Amazing victory.

@gheffz 13 сағат бұрын

Good win, Mac.

@nvraman Ай бұрын

Cannot see such shots nowadays

@wave1468 Ай бұрын

Which shots?

@nvraman Ай бұрын

@@wave1468 staying close to the net and backhand offensive shot

@wave1468 Ай бұрын

@@nvraman Backhand offensive shot? Do you not watch Djokovic, Sinner, Alcaraz, Zverev, Medvedev or most players?

@wave1468 Ай бұрын

@@nvramanThe fact that McEnroe was getting passed left and right is probably why they aren’t staying as close to the net

@peterhammer4644 Ай бұрын

@@wave1468 both these guys had much more touch and feel to the ball than any of those names you mentioned.

@kewsiyehboah9514 Ай бұрын

Rolling Back da Years..

@Goopie-gz4tc Ай бұрын

Cannot wait! 🙂

@WONGLER Ай бұрын

MÄC on Fire

@zeljkocrljenica7135 Ай бұрын

i remember the score board graphic with green ball, i loved it as a kid :)

@Eric0816 Ай бұрын

One of Becker's worst and most unexplainable losses. 1990 against Wilander, 1993 against Jarryd and this one. Becker's game had a lot of upside but he was very inconsistent. Either hot or cold. In contrast Lendl and Edberg rarely had any bad matches.

@jeremycostello4007 Ай бұрын

The “limousine liberal” as Ivan Lendl referred to him, was very hot and cold! Boris could beat anybody on his day, however he was horribly inconsistent! If only he played the same way to what he demonstrated during the 1996 ATP Masters (Hannover) or 1996 Grand Slam Cup (Munich) on this night in Melbourne! Boris was in a form slump during this section of his career, with his marriage in my opinion being detrimental to good quality tennis from him!

@peterhammer4644 Ай бұрын

@@jeremycostello4007 well he won 6 Slams. I agree he should have won 10 at least with his talent but there are many super talented guys out there, who have won zero.

@martydav9475 Ай бұрын

@@peterhammer4644It was a tough era he played in though wasn't it. McEnroe, Connors, Lendl, Wilander, Noah, Leconte, Cash, Mecir, Edberg, Stich, Agassi and Sampras. Hard to win Majors with that lot to beat.

@badabing8884 27 күн бұрын

That reflected his character.

@jeremycostello4007 27 күн бұрын

@@peterhammer4644Boris admitted that he lost his desire for Tennis during the early 1990s! I get what you’re typing, it’s just that he did little in the big tournaments after Wimbledon 1991 until his come back during Wimbledon 1995! Unless it was the indoor European Masters during those years, he was going nowhere!

@nvraman Ай бұрын

Aussie women are not asking, BORIS- will you marry me please 😂

@nvraman Ай бұрын

McEnroe is sweating, Temperate Australia

@nosysuarez Ай бұрын

Edberg did too indoors, boreal Sweden

@masters.1000 Ай бұрын

I can't remember the last time we had a great match in a slam before the quarterfinals.

@fundhund62 Ай бұрын

That's because 2003-2024 has been the weakest era in tennis history (on the men's side). There is no competition whatsoever. Having essentially only three players good enough to win major titles is just laughable. In Grand Slams, the tournament for the "Big 3" didn't really start before the semifinals, when they faced each other. It's like women's tennis in the 1980s, when Navratilova and Evert won everything.

@thb1091 Ай бұрын

@@fundhund62 How do you feel about the game itself, competition level aside (on both the men's and women's sides)?

@fundhund62 Ай бұрын

@@thb1091 I quit watching tennis around the early 1990s. When I came back for a couple of matches around 2008/9 I was shocked how much the game had detoriated. I rarely sit through a whole match nowadays, it's just too one-dimensional for me. Once in a while I enjoy a nice women's doubles match (like Hingis' 'third career", for example), but other than that, I prefer rewatching older matches (80s for men's and late 90s/ early 2000s for women's). What about you?

@thb1091 Ай бұрын

@@fundhund62 Intrigued by 80s being your favourite era for men's and late-90s/early-00s being your favourite for women's, very different styles between the 2 eras. I personally feel that both tours have regressed over the last 30+ years.

@markmurray7043 Ай бұрын

About six months after this match. Wimbledon 1992 second round McEnroe v Cash.

@nvraman Ай бұрын

First Ace

@shankewang5802 23 күн бұрын

I miss the old cute UI...

@nvraman Ай бұрын

Present players don't take risks I feel no defensive shots.

@CindyValerie-mn1fm Ай бұрын

Hello, how are you doing?

@wave1468 Ай бұрын

They don’t take risks? They hit the ball significantly harder than these players. That in itself is a risk, that as well as the fact they are a lot faster so it has to be a winner

@masters.1000 Ай бұрын

@@wave1468They can do it because of the modern rackets. Try hitting harder with a tiny 85' frame and land it on the court. Nowadays they don't risk at all.

@wave1468 Ай бұрын

@@masters.1000 It is still a risk because they still have to control the ball and put enough spin to keep it in. Hence why they do hit the ball harder but not at full power all the time

@martydav9475 Ай бұрын

@@wave1468Today's tennis is much more of a baseline grind than this type of tennis. Compare almost every match between Djokovic v Nadal and that acclaimed, spectacular feast of all-court, relentlessly attacking tennis between Becker v Sampras at the 1996 ATP Masters Final in Hanover and the contrast in styles of play is stark and there for all to see.

@danielchetman9889 Ай бұрын

Becker et Leconte fantastique 2 géants du génie ❤ c'est pas les guignols d'aujourd'hui 👎👎👎 et Mac sans plus trop énervé pour rien il surjoue . Dany 54 ans

@mrbungle7586 9 күн бұрын

A slower Mac in every way beat BB. More talent

@danielchetman9889 Ай бұрын

Du lourd très lourd puissant chefs d'œuvre absolu immense du grand art du génie ❤ c'est pas les robots d'aujourd'hui à vomir 👎👎👎. Dany 54 ans

@georgesalmeron5055 Ай бұрын

For somebody who could not rally effectively from the baseline, McEnroe had a pretty good career.

@user-mv7ej3nq5q 3 күн бұрын

Lol

@massimocosma7202 Ай бұрын

Peccato per Boris....ma grande mc

@brocanova Ай бұрын

Mac in his prime, witty and relentless

@CindyValerie-mn1fm Ай бұрын

Hello

@fundhund62 Ай бұрын

This is a far cry from his prime.

@steeel Ай бұрын

His prime was in 1984. This is a juiced up MAC

@Jimbo-qd5zz 28 күн бұрын

Tennis in a tank top.

@uncletony6210 Ай бұрын

Relax. Becker was injured.

@snickaren111 Ай бұрын

You sure? Do you have any source for that statement?

@uncletony6210 Ай бұрын

@@snickaren111 no, other than my memory. I specifically recall going to work the next day and telling my co-worker that Mac beat Becker, and her responding with yeah, but Becker was injured, and I recall already having that knowledge. I also just went on to the Talk Tennis forum, and one of the posters referenced a "leg injury" that Boris had going into the match, and I believe that was it. I don't think it was bad enough that it was made an issue (if you're on the court, "you're not injured...") but if one were to simply look at the results, something clearly appears amiss, i.e., of their combined six matches played before and after the AO, Boris won TWELVE of the 13 sets.

@snickaren111 Ай бұрын

@@uncletony6210 I see, tnx! Sometimes people wright comments out of thin air, but this proves(to me at least) that Becker wasn't 100% fit that day. But let's not take anything away from Mac, hes volleys and passing shots had almost an "1984-ish" Mac-quality to them. Maybe even a full healthy Becker would have difficulties beating him that day. We never know. Upsets are exciting anyway, they tend to stay in our memories. 🙂

@uncletony6210 Ай бұрын

@@snickaren111 Mac played great, no doubt.

@aaronlombardi2567 4 күн бұрын

@@snickaren111 Mac was injured as well. Leave well enough alone. Mac won this one fair and square.

@BesterPflegerderWelt Ай бұрын

What Raquet Boris is using

@blake7871 Ай бұрын

An Estusa racket that was a replica of the old Puma rackets he used.

@jdoesmath2065 Ай бұрын

@@blake7871 I wonder if it still had the bolt in the grip to adjust length.

@blake7871 Ай бұрын

@@jdoesmath2065 That’s a great question. I'm not sure, but I’m going to figure it out because now i wanna know.

@icomment2226 Күн бұрын

Where is the *serve and volley* ?? John McEnroe played the game beautifully, but Boris Becker did not serve and volley. If you do not play your game and McEnroe does not shout at empires, then you are facing *SUPER-MAC* instead of *ANGRY-MAC* .... Despite his age, McEnroe was still one of the best players in the World...so the result of this match was never in doubt...