Agassi was an SPECTACLE. His returns were the BEST ever; nobody, ever, has returned like him. And his play..I mean...it was like if he was playing ping-pong. Incredible! My favourite for ever!
@@gnghngnvbnb7479 That isn’t so much technique as much better strings. Agassi had to play before Luxilon changed the game by facilitating heavy, easy topspin.
Becker's look during the handshake sums it up..it's the beginning of the end for him career wise. With the exception of the Australian open in 95, he mostly came second best to Sampras and Agassi.
I'm watching this because of that story. Agassi said about Becker if it keeps his tongue, and the center its down the middle. If he moves it way off to the left, it goes wide I'm gonna check that out.
Still amazed by the power and accuracy of Agassi's passing shots, sometimes Becker didn't even have time to move a finger or blink an eye, and the ball was already screaming past him.
These matches were crucial in the history of mens tennis as they signalled the change of guard in the tennis order. The game had moved on from the Lendls/McEnroes/Connors to Edberg/Wilander/Becker to the likes of Agassi, Sampras, Courier. Some of the older lot still remained competitive till the mid 90s , but not consistently so.
Extract from the 'The Diary of Boris Becker' (June 2022): Monday 27th: Porridge for breakfast. First day of Wimbledon. Watched a couple of matches in the TV room. Evening: Had a shower (held onto the soap very tightly). Stayed in. Went to bed early. Tuesday 28th : see Monday. Wednesday 29th : see Tuesday. Thursday 30th: see Wednesday.
I just lused to love the clashing of their styles.. they were my fav players and I always dreamed that my game was the perfect balance between the baseline strokes of Agassi and the S&V of BoomBoom
This was the beginning of his greatness I will never forget when he finally broke through I was on cloud ⛅️ nine truly on of a kind I miss him dearly They need more Aggasi in today’s tennis 🎾
Just saw an interview of Agassi, where he revealed that he used to observe Becker's tongue movement when he tossed up to serve, and thus anticipated where he'd serve. Brilliant stuff.
The 90's was the decade of the most efficient tennis. On surfaces like grass it reached the point of not getting any further. When they put new grass on the Wimbledon courts in 2002 that drastically changed and players like Federer and Nadal made great success. Nadal wouldnt even considered attending in that tournament in 1992. Well he was 6 years old 😄 but if he was an active player back then. The achivement that Agassi did was an out of this world achivement👍
Back then the likes of Corretja, Albert Costa, Moya, Muster, Bruguera, Rios, Alberto Berasetegui and others often didn't bother to turn up. These are Top 10 players. In 2001 Kuerten was number 1 in the world and took a holiday instead!
Those days edberg backhand no. 1 courier forehand no. 1. Aggasi backhand and forehand no.2. return on service is aggasi no. 1 great combination of backhand forehand and return on service.
Is it just me or is the aspect ratio for this video wrong? I can't seem to find a way to fix it either :/ Agassi has never looked so WIDE in my entire life lol
Compte tenu des circonstances ,je considère que Becker a fait un très très bon match face au futur vainqueur...Boris était clairement le meilleur sur gazon cette année là derrière André et Goran...Stefan Edberg, aussi, a été héroïque face à Ivanisevic, en quart...en fait ,en 1992,Edberg et Becker étaient du niveau d'Agassi, Ivanisevic et Sampras !!!
How Lucky I am. I watched this match live, as I used to follow tennis at that time. Later on I stopped watching tennis when Pete Sampras and Venus Williams started to rule the court. In my eyes, the Men’s tennis lost its ‘art’ after Agassi, and Women’s tennis lost it after Steffi Graf. Too much of power play was introduced by Pete Sampras ,Monica Seles and Williams Sisters . I returned to watch tennis again with Djokovic and Sharapova.
Agassi said Becker tips his second by sticking his tongue out when he hits a kick serve and bits his lip on a slice serve. That’s how he beat Becker, because Becker was tipping his serve and not realizing it!
Agassi still here had what I think was his greatest weakness - extremely inefficient service games. So much energy expended to hold serve, while serve-and-volleyers he faced had relatively easy times holding theirs. This was often too much to overcome in big matches against Sampras. Still in Wimbledon '92, Agassi managed to survive slightly "lesser" serve-and-volley talents in Becker, McEnroe and Ivanišević. Mental errors also always marred what could've been such transcendent shot making from Agassi. I feel like both Agassi and Sampras benefitted from new technology, but while Sampras flourished with his serving skillset and the balls/racquets/courts of the time, Agassi had more bugs to work out. His ground strokes were far more compact than those who played before him, benefitting from the racquet, and were definitely the way of the future. But he still hit so flat that balls tended to spray or slap the net cord. Later on, he got more consistent as he emphasized taking the ball much higher to get the ball over, but I think Federer and Nadal provided the real breakthrough. Federer, I think, eliminated the need for much lobbing by simply becoming extremely accurate with passing shots from all angles. In Agassi's time, still so many of those passing angles seemed impossible. But Nadal especially, I think, fulfilled so much of Agassi's promise. He was a baseliner but upped his serve power to avoid draining service games, while cutting down on unforced errors and being far more mentally tough all around. His ground strokes used more topspin for control, while his fitness ensured no loss of power.
@ppm120667 yeah besides the ball, surface change, and string technology, I'd also add the nutrition, strength training, and recovery methods have benefited modern players Nadal and Djokovic.
Boris’s big booming serve against Agassi the master returning. The perfect match up in my opinion. Looking back I did think the 80s and 90s were a bit too dominated by the big servers. When they softened the balls around about 2002, I did welcome it. However, I have to say now I don’t think it was the right move. It has taken serve and got volley out of the game. I find the modern back court play a bit monotonous and uninspiring.
The modern-day forehand mechanics are different from these 1992 players, even for a base-liner like Agassi. What happened? The racquets used here already can be considered as modern technology, unlike the equipment of mid 1980s' Borg and McEnroe. Did the sports innovators discovered new and more effective body mechanics?
the commentator said when he saw this match he hadnt seen so many ground strokes been hit in one match, whereas thats a joke actually the amount on ground strokes they hit in this match is nothing compared to now i mean these guys were coming into the net alot and these days they dont or hardly do and 1 point can be 40 shots or more amazing differnence hhahaha
Why do I remember Andre Agassi using an abbreviated service motion during this Wimbledon? Did he only do it during the early rounds? Do I have the wrong tournament? He had an injured shoulder, and started the motion with his arm already cocked up by his head.
Wimbledon 92 had insane match ups (just like the US Open). Becker vs Agassi, Edberg vs Ivanisevic, Sampras vs Stich and McEnroe vs Forget, that's 7 former Wimbledon champions and 5 all time greats in the QF. Just amazing quality.
Agreed: some or many think the Big 3 ( Nadal, Fed & Djokovic) dominated Better opponents than the Top players in the 80's / 90's era that was packed w/ Parity & Depth, but I'DONT think that's the case; if u put all these guys in w/ the Current Players, w/ the Racket Technology, Nutrition, & Tennis IQ, it's More likely the 3 GOATS have a Less Slams; ALSO just 4 fun , I'd be interested in experimenting @ a couple of events w/ Wood rackets; just 2 see what happens; but 2 your Point, this is a "Stacked" Era of Monsters
@@csracingreport2024 They definitely didn't dominate better players but it's a THREE players, each of which dominates two others that have 20+ Grand Slams. Also Federer did dominate some of this era greats. So it's not easy to discard the miracle of the big three.
@@yanair2091 Correct; even though Sampras & Agassi were @ Career Tail Ends, they were still playing well: this may be strange 2 some, but Fed probably adapts & adjust the best of the 3 to all of styles of the 80's / 90's group: they all blast the 70's early 80's bunch, & Nadal conquers all on clay, though I will say Kuerten, Bruguera, Courier, AgassI, & Thomas Muster could have challenged: And maybe Lendl "post" Borg Final, & Wilander: On the Flip Side, if u put those guys into the "new" era of racket technology & better nutrition, Sampras, Lendl, Becker, & Edberg, would arguably be the most dangerous, w/ some of the others mentioned; throw in Michael Stich, lol: very possible w/ those suspects, the Slam count possibly could be different, but no doubt their trophy cases would still be stuffed:
YES AGGASI FAN 30 YEARS BEFORE .. I FOLLOWED TENNIES FROM PRIME OF AGGASSI, JIM COURRIER, MONICA SELES , STEFFY GRAPH PRIME .. THEN SOME WHERE AFTER THEIR ERA INTEREST WAS IN DOWN TREND UNTIL RAFA PRIME . ANY WAY THEY ARE ALL IN DOWN TREND NOW AND SINNER , AND CARLOS CAARYING THE MANLTE ALIVE ..
He had literally every shot in the book. Better groundies than he gets credit for, and in my mind, quite a bit better groundies than other top serve and volleyers of his day. Edberg had a good backhand, but I think Boris had much better groundstrokes than him.
I was at this match. Bought a General Admission ticket after queuing in the line for 1.5 hours. Met a nice British guard handling the exit row that I tried to sneak in at. He was really cool and allowed me to sit in various open seats throughout this 5 set thriller. What a match and great memory!
@@pauloliver1842I went to Wimbledon 12 years ago and had similar experience. Security very sound, basically just there to try and watch some tennis themselves and manage the crowds of drunk people on the mound if they get larey. Hope it’s not changed since then!
@@Funeral_Tango nobody was moaning about those old commentators... can't u read? in fact we just said these old commentators were better than today's..
He was born for that tennis court. Becker was solid to great on other surfaces, but on grass, his game just expanded. He was known for his power, but he had a lot of finesse as well. Boris had every shot in the book, and was so clever on grass.
i enjoy watching the really old matches..wooden racquets with a sweet spot the size of a pea... part of the amazement of how they played or were ranked. McEnroe hung onto his wood racquet for a bit.
Yeah, it was here. Unfortunately, Agassi had an up and down career due to lack of motivation and not liking tennis. An overbearing father was a large contributor. He learned to get his head together though and had a late peak in the late 90s and early 2000s.
By now, many forget what an "enfant terrible" he was as a teenager. (It upsets me that Kyrgios similarly has not turned that page) What joy for us that he matures before was too late, winning 8 slams. And when he and sampras were #1, #2, many classic matches tween em for us to enjoy.
@@Marcel-f1 Grass was much faster than today and clay was much slower. It was almost impossible to win both Wimbledon and Roland Garros due to the different tennis styles required. Today's surfaces are much more similar to each other so it's possible for big 3 to have career grandslams. It was not that "easy" back before 2000.
Agassi was able to take the ball very early. His Groundstrokes on both side had very compact swings so he always had enough time. Especially on the Backhand he´s playing with an open grip to handle all the sliced balls an create excellent passing shots. AND: He had the best Returns of all time!
well....to be fair, MANY experts kept saying that Agassi was actually suited to grass when he was skipping it prior to 91. Everyone knew his return, his ability to improv, and take strokes early, and ability to take compact swings, would mean he could potentially do much better than many baseliners. Of course, whether they thought he'd be beating people like Becker and Mcenroe on grass in a couple years - is another issue.....
Boris Becker, although he lost this match, was an impressive torrent of technical powers, regardless of the image of a gunship tennis player playing too direct for most people. A spectacle to see him play ...
Wanted to watch this, but can’t be bothered to watch it in stretched 16:9 aspect ratio instead of the original 4:3. How is this so hard? It looks stupid!
These guys are two of the cleanest, hard ball strikers who ever lived. I’ve seen Agassi hit with the Big 4. He’s a cleaner, bigger hitter than those guys, but his movement declined at the end of his career. Becker was a huge ball striker as well. 6’3”, very strong. Plus both these guys hit a flatter ball than we see today.
@@brandnew9834lendl and becker were the first true power hotters in the men's game. contrery to popular belief, the trend towards modern power tennis started towards the late 80s and mid 90s. agassi,courier, sampras, stich, krajicek were the next generation of big power hitters and all court players really.
I love watching Becker when he comes to the net. When he plays Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Stefan Edberg, and Thomas Muster - it gets even better! All these guys are amazing especially with hitting volleys and returning them!
This was one of the few times in Agassi's earlier career that his play matched his heavily marketed image. Beating an in-his-prime Boris Becker at Wimbledon was not something anyone really thought he could do.
@@masmas6463 22 in 1989, his birth year is 1967. Also, he started at 17, everyone has a life and a choice how they want to live it. Everyone has a different body, Becker was mostly injured after 1991. He wasn't motivated after a certain point in time to win more Wimbledons and it was evident. The point is while he was at his peak, he was a sheer force, he changed Tennis forever. He played most of the matches against Agassi and Sampras, after his prime.
Agassi was an SPECTACLE. His returns were the BEST ever; nobody, ever, has returned like him. And his play..I mean...it was like if he was playing ping-pong. Incredible! My favourite for ever!
Connors was just as good at returning serve.
players have become way better with returning serve.
it feels that Djokovic nadal etc would toy with players like Becker Edberg etc
@@gnghngnvbnb7479 Considering that Connors at age 40 broke pistol Pete's serve twice in a best of three sets match in Florida, I doubt it.
@@lawrence1318 this happened in the early 90s, I am talking about nadal federer djokovic. their service return and baseline game is 2 steps ahead.
@@gnghngnvbnb7479 That isn’t so much technique as much better strings. Agassi had to play before Luxilon changed the game by facilitating heavy, easy topspin.
How is it possible an official Wimbledon video is not in the right format/ratio??
AA beat BB on CC
Excellent !
CC=Clay Court ?
@@choongta Central.
CC = Centre Court
AA beat BB on CC on a Dark Day in Eastern England as Fascinated Fans Gazed Gayly and Hollered Happily at the Inspired Intensity. etc...
Becker's look during the handshake sums it up..it's the beginning of the end for him career wise. With the exception of the Australian open in 95, he mostly came second best to Sampras and Agassi.
Becker play final 7 time
I think Becker is more talented than 3 Wimbledon title
No disagree
Becker beat Agassi in 1995
In 1996 hw withdraw with injury
In 1996 he won Australia open
Beat Pete Sampras in carpet
Champion 1996 2 time
Dabnd
I'm watching this because of that story. Agassi said about Becker if it keeps his tongue, and the center its down the middle. If he moves it way off to the left, it goes wide I'm gonna check that out.
I remember watching this so so long ago. Thanks for posting
Unusual colour on Agassi's racquet.
Indeed the playing styles of tennis evolved from decade to decade.
Still amazed by the power and accuracy of Agassi's passing shots, sometimes Becker didn't even have time to move a finger or blink an eye, and the ball was already screaming past him.
I remember watching the match. It was hard to me. I supported both.
The best part of the old school matches. No staring at three balls before each serve and chipping one back to the ball boy.
These matches were crucial in the history of mens tennis as they signalled the change of guard in the tennis order. The game had moved on from the Lendls/McEnroes/Connors to Edberg/Wilander/Becker to the likes of Agassi, Sampras, Courier. Some of the older lot still remained competitive till the mid 90s , but not consistently so.
Extract from the 'The Diary of Boris Becker' (June 2022):
Monday 27th: Porridge for breakfast. First day of Wimbledon. Watched a couple of matches in the
TV room. Evening: Had a shower (held onto the soap very tightly). Stayed in. Went to bed early.
Tuesday 28th : see Monday.
Wednesday 29th : see Tuesday.
Thursday 30th: see Wednesday.
Andre Kirk Agassi è un bravo ex tennista e allenatore di tennis statunitense. Ha 54 anni, è nato a Las Vegas, Nevada, Stati Uniti
Ah, the good old days, when a woman repeatedly shouting "Come on Boris" meant something entirely different.
When Wimbledon was still Wimbledon with proper opposition of style.
yes, long hair vs short, pierced vs unpierced eara
Agassi was sharp,focus and wanted absolutely to prove he is part of a great era players
I just lused to love the clashing of their styles.. they were my fav players and I always dreamed that my game was the perfect balance between the baseline strokes of Agassi and the S&V of BoomBoom
AGASSI always unforgotten.
I suffered tremendously with that loss. Back then, Boris Becker was my hero, and I couldn’t stand Agassi.
Always cheered for Andre!
3 years later in 1995, both were complete different (better) players. From physical side and game level 1995 was a complete different match!
This was the beginning of his greatness I will never forget when he finally broke through I was on cloud ⛅️ nine truly on of a kind I miss him dearly
They need more Aggasi in today’s tennis 🎾
RIP to many of the elder spectators on Centre Court.
Nowadays at Wimbledon nobody plays serve and volley anymore. The grass by the net is as green as the first day.
Just saw an interview of Agassi, where he revealed that he used to observe Becker's tongue movement when he tossed up to serve, and thus anticipated where he'd serve. Brilliant stuff.
The 90's was the decade of the most efficient tennis. On surfaces like grass it reached the point of not getting any further. When they put new grass on the Wimbledon courts in 2002 that drastically changed and players like Federer and Nadal made great success. Nadal wouldnt even considered attending in that tournament in 1992. Well he was 6 years old 😄 but if he was an active player back then. The achivement that Agassi did was an out of this world achivement👍
Back then the likes of Corretja, Albert Costa, Moya, Muster, Bruguera, Rios, Alberto Berasetegui and others often didn't bother to turn up. These are Top 10 players. In 2001 Kuerten was number 1 in the world and took a holiday instead!
@@BurnsTennis These guys were hard hitters but were not only focused on net play so it make sense.
Those days edberg backhand no. 1 courier forehand no. 1. Aggasi backhand and forehand no.2. return on service is aggasi no. 1 great combination of backhand forehand and return on service.
Very interesting match .
thanks for nice qualitie videos, pls upload more
Agassi's footwork at 3:14:26 is amazing.
Such a lovely clash of styles.
Is it just me or is the aspect ratio for this video wrong? I can't seem to find a way to fix it either :/ Agassi has never looked so WIDE in my entire life lol
Compte tenu des circonstances ,je considère que Becker a fait un très très bon match face au futur vainqueur...Boris était clairement le meilleur sur gazon cette année là derrière André et Goran...Stefan Edberg, aussi, a été héroïque face à Ivanisevic, en quart...en fait ,en 1992,Edberg et Becker étaient du niveau d'Agassi, Ivanisevic et Sampras !!!
Amazing returns
I think they commented about 4-5 times that Agassi does not like to practice haha. I always thought Becker served like if Frankenstein played tennis.
Becker ON TRACK. 6-4 ( 2-2 in set.) Come on Becker💪
Why am I watching this in 2022. Lol. I remember watching this game as an 18 year old on a small black and white TV in 1992.
So incredible!!
02:14:48 Ricordi..
i tuffi di Boris a Wimbledon sono leggenda, quanto mi manca quel tennis.
Game 1 of the first set has taken 10:29 so far and utube has already inserted 5 add breaks..... insane
How is the video quality this good? Amazing
How Lucky I am. I watched this match live, as I used to follow tennis at that time. Later on I stopped watching tennis when Pete Sampras and Venus Williams started to rule the court. In my eyes, the Men’s tennis lost its ‘art’ after Agassi, and Women’s tennis lost it after Steffi Graf. Too much of power play was introduced by Pete Sampras ,Monica Seles and Williams Sisters . I returned to watch tennis again with Djokovic and Sharapova.
I love the fact that Agassi has a Rolex on , lol.
It’s called sponsorship
Agassi said Becker tips his second by sticking his tongue out when he hits a kick serve and bits his lip on a slice serve. That’s how he beat Becker, because Becker was tipping his serve and not realizing it!
I didn't realize these guys were so built so solid
back then court was really fast ...
po Lendl tried and tried to serve and volley then AA comes along and wins it from the baseline
Best tennis times ever
id like to see the edberg ivanisevic match, that was some match.
Incredible serve by Becker at 21:02 that Agassi had no way of returning.
The first game set the tone!
Old tennis is more beautiful and elegant.
Would have loved to watch this. Are all the COMMERCIALS really that necessary?!?!?
Agassi still here had what I think was his greatest weakness - extremely inefficient service games. So much energy expended to hold serve, while serve-and-volleyers he faced had relatively easy times holding theirs. This was often too much to overcome in big matches against Sampras. Still in Wimbledon '92, Agassi managed to survive slightly "lesser" serve-and-volley talents in Becker, McEnroe and Ivanišević. Mental errors also always marred what could've been such transcendent shot making from Agassi. I feel like both Agassi and Sampras benefitted from new technology, but while Sampras flourished with his serving skillset and the balls/racquets/courts of the time, Agassi had more bugs to work out. His ground strokes were far more compact than those who played before him, benefitting from the racquet, and were definitely the way of the future. But he still hit so flat that balls tended to spray or slap the net cord. Later on, he got more consistent as he emphasized taking the ball much higher to get the ball over, but I think Federer and Nadal provided the real breakthrough. Federer, I think, eliminated the need for much lobbing by simply becoming extremely accurate with passing shots from all angles. In Agassi's time, still so many of those passing angles seemed impossible. But Nadal especially, I think, fulfilled so much of Agassi's promise. He was a baseliner but upped his serve power to avoid draining service games, while cutting down on unforced errors and being far more mentally tough all around. His ground strokes used more topspin for control, while his fitness ensured no loss of power.
Jon Quijano polyester strings allowed the newer players to hit with more top spin which allowed for better passing shots
Don't mind the ramble, but atleast be accurate with some of your statements
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@ppm120667 yeah besides the ball, surface change, and string technology, I'd also add the nutrition, strength training, and recovery methods have benefited modern players Nadal and Djokovic.
2:22:27 stop volley
AGGASI MUST BE WATCHING THE DIRECTION OF TONGUE OF BEKKER 🤣🤣🤣🤣
why is the screen stretched?
Watching the handshake at the end, I guess they were not the best friends
Boris’s big booming serve against Agassi the master returning. The perfect match up in my opinion. Looking back I did think the 80s and 90s were a bit too dominated by the big servers. When they softened the balls around about 2002, I did welcome it. However, I have to say now I don’t think it was the right move. It has taken serve and got volley out of the game. I find the modern back court play a bit monotonous and uninspiring.
Aspect ratio incorrect. Please fix. Expect better from Wimbledon.
is this a remastered video?
thx
Is it the camera (angle/quality???) or why do the players look so small compared to the court and net.
Yes, the players look short and fat....
Original 4:3 aspect ratio converted into 16:9 aspect ratio, that's why everything on screen looks flat.
Good old days
Агасси личность!
Моё обожание-навечно!
00:16:50 what a rally...
Agassi has read Beckers service through Boris tongue😂
The modern-day forehand mechanics are different from these 1992 players, even for a base-liner like Agassi. What happened? The racquets used here already can be considered as modern technology, unlike the equipment of mid 1980s' Borg and McEnroe. Did the sports innovators discovered new and more effective body mechanics?
I'm trying to watch this, but having an ad EVERY game is a bit much. This is getting out of hand.
the commentator said when he saw this match he hadnt seen so many ground strokes been hit in one match, whereas thats a joke actually the amount on ground strokes they hit in this match is nothing compared to now i mean these guys were coming into the net alot and these days they dont or hardly do and 1 point can be 40 shots or more amazing differnence hhahaha
why is it so distorted
....yeah....coach.....drill emm tennis......have fun out there ....
Uno dei piu bei match. Pazzesco agassi in risposta.
Why do I remember Andre Agassi using an abbreviated service motion during this Wimbledon? Did he only do it during the early rounds? Do I have the wrong tournament? He had an injured shoulder, and started the motion with his arm already cocked up by his head.
It wasn't this Wimbledon it was the 1993 Wimbledon. Andre had right wrist surgery late 1992.
I love Agassi's story of being able to read Becker's tongue when he served.
Wimbledon 92 had insane match ups (just like the US Open). Becker vs Agassi, Edberg vs Ivanisevic, Sampras vs Stich and McEnroe vs Forget, that's 7 former Wimbledon champions and 5 all time greats in the QF. Just amazing quality.
Mac v Cash in first week too ; Mac's behavior was pretty bad that day...considering him/ Pat were and remain pretty close.
Agreed: some or many think the Big 3 ( Nadal, Fed & Djokovic) dominated Better opponents than the Top players in the 80's / 90's era that was packed w/ Parity & Depth, but I'DONT think that's the case; if u put all these guys in w/ the Current Players, w/ the Racket Technology, Nutrition, & Tennis IQ, it's More likely the 3 GOATS have a Less Slams; ALSO just 4 fun , I'd be interested in experimenting @ a couple of events w/ Wood rackets; just 2 see what happens; but 2 your Point, this is a "Stacked" Era of Monsters
@@csracingreport2024 The serve and volley players would dominate using wooden rackets.
@@csracingreport2024 They definitely didn't dominate better players but it's a THREE players, each of which dominates two others that have 20+ Grand Slams. Also Federer did dominate some of this era greats.
So it's not easy to discard the miracle of the big three.
@@yanair2091 Correct; even though Sampras & Agassi were @ Career Tail Ends, they were still playing well: this may be strange 2 some, but Fed probably adapts & adjust the best of the 3 to all of styles of the 80's / 90's group: they all blast the 70's early 80's bunch, & Nadal conquers all on clay, though I will say Kuerten, Bruguera, Courier, AgassI, & Thomas Muster could have challenged: And maybe Lendl "post" Borg Final,
& Wilander: On the Flip Side, if u put those guys into the "new" era of racket technology & better nutrition, Sampras, Lendl, Becker, & Edberg, would arguably be the most dangerous, w/ some of the others mentioned; throw in Michael Stich, lol: very possible w/ those suspects, the Slam count possibly could be different, but no doubt their trophy cases would still be stuffed:
Thanks to Becker's constant spitting, centre court was very green that year.
😂
I thought exactly the same thing, every min the camera zooms in for a lovely gob shot. Terrible!
agassi was a huge spitter at times too, but not sure if this was one of his major spitting eras.
@@gregrupedski4987 and goran ivanisevic
Don't forget sweat and tears of the players!
Can't believe this match is 30 years old! Time sure flies.....
YES AGGASI FAN 30 YEARS BEFORE .. I FOLLOWED TENNIES FROM PRIME OF AGGASSI, JIM COURRIER, MONICA SELES , STEFFY GRAPH PRIME .. THEN SOME WHERE AFTER THEIR ERA INTEREST WAS IN DOWN TREND UNTIL RAFA PRIME . ANY WAY THEY ARE ALL IN DOWN TREND NOW AND SINNER , AND CARLOS CAARYING THE MANLTE ALIVE ..
Was to painful to watch in92 as a Boris fan, but saw it again today with great admiration of Agassi.
Exactly same with me Uday ji.....
Boris Becker was an amazing player.
And now he´s in jail lol
@@donchapo187 He's always been a strange character off court.
He didn't control his tool well
He had literally every shot in the book. Better groundies than he gets credit for, and in my mind, quite a bit better groundies than other top serve and volleyers of his day. Edberg had a good backhand, but I think Boris had much better groundstrokes than him.
Have always been a Boris fan, stopped watching the game one's he quit the sport
I was at this match. Bought a General Admission ticket after queuing in the line for 1.5 hours. Met a nice British guard handling the exit row that I tried to sneak in at. He was really cool and allowed me to sit in various open seats throughout this 5 set thriller. What a match and great memory!
not no more my friend ...... those were the days
@@pauloliver1842I went to Wimbledon 12 years ago and had similar experience. Security very sound, basically just there to try and watch some tennis themselves and manage the crowds of drunk people on the mound if they get larey. Hope it’s not changed since then!
These commentators expressed the game so poeticly
True, nowadays commentators use the same sentences over and over again with 0 technical analysis.
@@魚-c3d yeah people were more intelligent that time.
@@Funeral_Tango nobody was moaning about those old commentators... can't u read? in fact we just said these old commentators were better than today's..
Love this match, all 3 hours of it. Makes me want to play RIGHT NOW!!!>>>>>
I know. Just hearing the thud of a ball and racquet gives me goosebumps
Time goos so fast. 29 years ago... Time really is flying.. 2 of the best players at that time. Agassi vs Boris boom boom Becker.
say right ...... Time relly is flying🇮🇳
Now, almost 32 years
Boris playing Wimbledon was a must watch back then and streets were empty in my city..
He was born for that tennis court. Becker was solid to great on other surfaces, but on grass, his game just expanded. He was known for his power, but he had a lot of finesse as well.
Boris had every shot in the book, and was so clever on grass.
...our Boris - one of the best S&V Player EVER!
HE was a real Legend on Grass!!!
He was a legend on all surfaces.one might leave out clay
i enjoy watching the really old matches..wooden racquets with a sweet spot the size of a pea...
part of the amazement of how they played or were ranked. McEnroe hung onto his wood racquet for a bit.
@@kayskidf1 Tennis Is dead now. If new generation can't break thorugh, this shows tennis is dead. Homogenization of tennis courts have killed tennis.
Agassi's returns are terrifyingly good...and for a 22 year old, his demeanor, class, focus are all just top notch.
Yeah, it was here. Unfortunately, Agassi had an up and down career due to lack of motivation and not liking tennis. An overbearing father was a large contributor. He learned to get his head together though and had a late peak in the late 90s and early 2000s.
And passing game. Probably unmatched.
By now, many forget what an "enfant terrible" he was as a teenager. (It upsets me that Kyrgios similarly has not turned that page) What joy for us that he matures before was too late, winning 8 slams.
And when he and sampras were #1, #2, many classic matches tween em for us to enjoy.
Agassi is the greatest player to hate the game he was playing.
@@danielkriz7533 well said
Considering the speed of grass in 90' the win of Agassi from baseline is still a kind of miracle.
The speed was slower or faster in 90?
@@Marcel-f1 Grass was much faster than today and clay was much slower. It was almost impossible to win both Wimbledon and Roland Garros due to the different tennis styles required. Today's surfaces are much more similar to each other so it's possible for big 3 to have career grandslams. It was not that "easy" back before 2000.
Agassi was able to take the ball very early. His Groundstrokes on both side had very compact swings so he always had enough time. Especially on the Backhand he´s playing with an open grip to handle all the sliced balls an create excellent passing shots. AND: He had the best Returns of all time!
well....to be fair, MANY experts kept saying that Agassi was actually suited to grass when he was skipping it prior to 91. Everyone knew his return, his ability to improv, and take strokes early, and ability to take compact swings, would mean he could potentially do much better than many baseliners. Of course, whether they thought he'd be beating people like Becker and Mcenroe on grass in a couple years - is another issue.....
@@ondrejvencovsky6834 then how did rod laver held all the four grand slams at the same time??
Boris Becker, although he lost this match, was an impressive torrent of technical powers, regardless of the image of a gunship tennis player playing too direct for most people.
A spectacle to see him play ...
And he crushed Agassi 3 years later at Wimbledon in the semis.
Wanted to watch this, but can’t be bothered to watch it in stretched 16:9 aspect ratio instead of the original 4:3. How is this so hard? It looks stupid!
Man I miss Agassi!! He’s one of the players whose style of play would still be relevant today…what a returner phewww
pheww and then agassi drop shots
30:45, best shot of the match
Stunning curve
1:27:08
Sensational
@SonateSonate ohh yeah Pure Winner
Now we miss the Serve & Volley players like Becker, Edberg. Federer can do all, he's very talented. Miss those Golden years of Tennis!!!
Don’t forget Pete Sampras! He’s the god of serve and volley
@@dongmingzhu666 and Rafter. And Henman, for all his failings, could volley a bit too
Nobody miss the boring serve and volley players.
Serve and volley is boring. No wonder Sampras never won the French Open
That’s because S & V doesn’t really work on clay
Wimbledon is a disgrace for banning Russian tennis players
Becker looks just like the principal from Ferris Buellers Day Off.
1:22:59 Clearly a bad call by the line judge. There were a couple of other questionable ones as well.
I agree. It was line, or at least touched it more than 50%.
Ugh...ugly forced widescreen...leave it in the original aspect ratio.
The pace of the strokes in this match was incredibly fast considering it was 30 years ago, amazing!
These guys are two of the cleanest, hard ball strikers who ever lived. I’ve seen Agassi hit with the Big 4. He’s a cleaner, bigger hitter than those guys, but his movement declined at the end of his career. Becker was a huge ball striker as well. 6’3”, very strong. Plus both these guys hit a flatter ball than we see today.
@@brandnew9834 Big 4 as in ??
@@brandnew9834lendl and becker were the first true power hotters in the men's game. contrery to popular belief, the trend towards modern power tennis started towards the late 80s and mid 90s.
agassi,courier, sampras, stich, krajicek were the next generation of big power hitters and all court players really.
I love watching Becker when he comes to the net.
When he plays Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Stefan Edberg, and Thomas Muster - it gets even better!
All these guys are amazing especially with hitting volleys and returning them!
Muster is a pretty shoddy volleyer and never won a match at wimby iirc
This was one of the few times in Agassi's earlier career that his play matched his heavily marketed image. Beating an in-his-prime Boris Becker at Wimbledon was not something anyone really thought he could do.
Strange claim.
@@masmas6463 22 in 1989, his birth year is 1967. Also, he started at 17, everyone has a life and a choice how they want to live it. Everyone has a different body, Becker was mostly injured after 1991. He wasn't motivated after a certain point in time to win more Wimbledons and it was evident. The point is while he was at his peak, he was a sheer force, he changed Tennis forever. He played most of the matches against Agassi and Sampras, after his prime.