The three greatest brains in tennis: Lendl, Federer, and Wilander. Every match they had a game plan and 9 times out of ten it worked. Great upload. Check out Jimmy Arias on tennis channel...one of the best tennis commentatoris ever.
@Matthew Park He had a bad break up with Carling Bassett who later married Robert Seguso. He also contracted mononucleosis and could not get back to the top
I hit with Jimmy Arias three days in a row at 1993 $50,000 Naples USTA Challenger where I was official tournament stringer, and Jimmy walked into the stringing room and looked at me and said, “Do you want to hit with me?” . . . “Me, uh, ya.” As I carelessly stopped mid weave and immediately and followed Jimmy to the court . He was a complete gentleman and even though I gave him what must have been one of the lamest warmups he’s ever received, said, lAs king as I keep winning, you can keep warming me up,” or something to that effect. Great guy. One of my Top Ten Favorite Tennis Pros Ever: 1. Jared Palmer 2. Mary Pierce 3. Jennifer Capriati 4. Andrea Jaeger 5. Dmitry Tursunov 6. Jimmy Arias 7. Daniel Nestor 8. Alexandr Dolgopolov 9. Leander Paes 10. Patrick Galbraith Actually, the last decade it’s all Roger Federer, one of the most beloved sportsman ever.
I'm bout Arias's age and I remember watching that flailing backhand and marveled at it. I also watched this live and I remember the discussion about how he produced it. Lendl was my favorite at the time tho. I tried to copy both forehand and backhand. Emphasis on tried.
33:45 Only time i've ever seen Lendl uncork a wild fastball. You certainly can see the talent Jimmy Arias had. One of the greatest junior level players ever.
@@sashashaikh111 I think McEnroe said that he found Borg's retirement from the game at the end of 1981 really affected him for a couple of years. Suddenly the person he'd been pursuing and trying to overtake for the past few years was gone. He said it took him a long time to adjust psychologically.
@@zeddeka Great and valid point, but personally i think that was McEnroe's way of paying homage to his favorite/ respected rival and friend, personally i don't believe him, Macs like a shark, all he knows is to keep moving forward, he needed to constantly win to justify himself, I still blame his 82 season for his wooden racquets.
She had a really weird backhand. Seen him play a couple of times. He would often loop a lot of his Backhand down the center of the court with a little control.
Arias couldn’t succeed when graphite rackets took over and increased the speed of the shots. I thought he was going to have a great career based on his early success on the tour.
Till 1984 French open People and Tennis experts never gave value what they gave for other Legends like Jimmy Connors,Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.Press was unkind to him The way in which Ivan Lendl has dominated the Tennis from 1984 to 1990 should be written in Golden letters in Tennis history and he became a tennis legend par excellence.His head to head victories against the top most players is as follows. Andre Agassi 6-2 Boris Becker 11-10 Pat cash 5-3. Michael Chang 5-2 Jimmy Connors 22-13 Jim courier 4-0 John McEnroe 21-15 Mats Wilander 15-7. Only Borg (4 years older than him)on top of the world from 1976-1981 (2-5) and Edberg,6 years younger (13-14) and Pete Sampras,10 years younger (5-3) have better record against him.Lendl retired in 1994.With little bit luck he would have won Wimbeldon in 1986 and 1987.Ivan Lendl has demonstrated to the whole world the never-die Spirit, Consistency,commitment and hard work can fetch laurels inspite of the toughest competition.He was rated player of the decade 1981-1990.
No doubt he was a great player, but in both 86 and 87 Wimbledon finals he was well and truely outclassed by better grass court players in Becker and Cash.
Mac once said he had more talent in his little finger than Lendl had in his whole body/something like that as I recall/...that might be true ,but Lendl had more tennisIQ than the rest of the field altogether...
This match was so one-sided. Felt like Lendl was taking it a little easy and conserving his effort for the Finals. Arias had the atomic forehand, but Lendl was so much more a complete player, except for serve and volleying.
Maybe the last year you would see both players using "standard" sized rackets. If I remember right, Lendl's Adidas racket had a smaller than standard size. Arias probably was a trailblazer with a very modern "windshield wiper" forehand.
Interviewer to Lendl: How do you like your chances against Arias? Ivan: I'm not Yentl. If Arias is an Aquarius ♒, I will send ass back to his astrologist.
Tennis viewing was better in the 80s. I mean looks at these zoom ins to the players, the camera is close to the action. Now you get cameras seated in the 105th row with an aerial shot. I mean WTF, things are supposed to get better with age, not worse.
Ivan has so much better technical strokes....Arias very wristy and loopy...that backhand is hit off the back foot and falls short a lot... Agassi comes along and shows how to hit threw the ball...
The three greatest brains in tennis: Lendl, Federer, and Wilander. Every match they had a game plan and 9 times out of ten it worked. Great upload. Check out Jimmy Arias on tennis channel...one of the best tennis commentatoris ever.
Tony, Pat, and Newk - my favorite broadcast team!
Mine too. Easily the best broadcast team ever!
i would rather watch this than todays tennis -
@@matthewstylianou8363 Tony and Pat were great together. I liked Donald Dell too.
Met Arias last week at IMG Academy and looks the same almost 30 some years later.
@Matthew Park He had a bad break up with Carling Bassett who later married Robert Seguso. He also contracted mononucleosis and could not get back to the top
Thanks a lot for uploading this vedio, ivan is my all time favourite
I hit with Jimmy Arias three days in a row at 1993 $50,000 Naples USTA Challenger where I was official tournament stringer, and Jimmy walked into the stringing room and looked at me and said, “Do you want to hit with me?” . . . “Me, uh, ya.” As I carelessly stopped mid weave and immediately and followed Jimmy to the court . He was a complete gentleman and even though I gave him what must have been one of the lamest warmups he’s ever received, said, lAs king as I keep winning, you can keep warming me up,” or something to that effect. Great guy. One of my Top Ten Favorite Tennis Pros Ever:
1. Jared Palmer
2. Mary Pierce
3. Jennifer Capriati
4. Andrea Jaeger
5. Dmitry Tursunov
6. Jimmy Arias
7. Daniel Nestor
8. Alexandr Dolgopolov
9. Leander Paes
10. Patrick Galbraith
Actually, the last decade it’s all Roger Federer, one of the most beloved sportsman ever.
I'm bout Arias's age and I remember watching that flailing backhand and marveled at it. I also watched this live and I remember the discussion about how he produced it. Lendl was my favorite at the time tho. I tried to copy both forehand and backhand. Emphasis on tried.
Lendl, he Father of Modern Tennis, Oh how he changed every aspect of the game
33:45 Only time i've ever seen Lendl uncork a wild fastball. You certainly can see the talent Jimmy Arias had. One of the greatest junior level players ever.
Agreed, just wish he had switched to graphite racquets prior 83 season.......I still blame McEnroe's 82 season for the same reason.
One thing, I could never understand Arias's backhand follow-through, never rated Bollettieri as much of a technical coach !!
@@sashashaikh111 I think McEnroe said that he found Borg's retirement from the game at the end of 1981 really affected him for a couple of years. Suddenly the person he'd been pursuing and trying to overtake for the past few years was gone. He said it took him a long time to adjust psychologically.
@@zeddeka Great and valid point, but personally i think that was McEnroe's way of paying homage to his favorite/ respected rival and friend, personally i don't believe him, Macs like a shark, all he knows is to keep moving forward, he needed to constantly win to justify himself, I still blame his 82 season for his wooden racquets.
Loved his Bjorn like forehand
Lendl was a such a "heavyweight" of a player. He just clubbed it with great balance and precision.
What a backhand Arias had. Lovely to watch
His backhand was clearly his weakness!
She had a really weird backhand. Seen him play a couple of times. He would often loop a lot of his Backhand down the center of the court with a little control.
biggest key match moment. arias with triple set point at 5-4 in the second and not being able to pull it out.
Magic ! Thanks a lot !
Adidas GTX Pro vs Donnay Borg Pro
Such a great match!! Thank you for the upload! :)
In 1983 arias is playing with a wooden racquet?
So was Chris Evert.....
@Matthew Park mac had switched to his max200g in early 84
Arias couldn’t succeed when graphite rackets took over and increased the speed of the shots. I thought he was going to have a great career based on his early success on the tour.
@@bobbygans1893 April 83
若き天才的なワイパースイングショット。当時先進的なスタイル。
テニスマガジンでは良く見ましたが試合は見た事無かった。こんな感じだったのか。。なるほど！
その後あまり、、いつの間にか見かけなくなったけど、どーゆー流れだったのか。。
Till 1984 French open People and Tennis experts never gave value what they gave for other Legends like Jimmy Connors,Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.Press was unkind to him The way in which Ivan Lendl has dominated the Tennis from 1984 to 1990 should be written in Golden letters in Tennis history and he became a tennis legend par excellence.His head to head victories against the top most players is as follows.
Andre Agassi 6-2
Boris Becker 11-10
Pat cash 5-3.
Michael Chang 5-2
Jimmy Connors 22-13
Jim courier 4-0
John McEnroe 21-15
Mats Wilander 15-7.
Only Borg (4 years older than him)on top of the world from 1976-1981 (2-5) and Edberg,6 years younger (13-14) and Pete Sampras,10 years younger (5-3) have better record against him.Lendl retired in 1994.With little bit luck he would have won Wimbeldon in 1986 and 1987.Ivan Lendl has demonstrated to the whole world the never-die Spirit, Consistency,commitment and hard work can fetch laurels inspite of the toughest competition.He was rated player of the decade 1981-1990.
No doubt he was a great player, but in both 86 and 87 Wimbledon finals he was well and truely outclassed by better grass court players in Becker and Cash.
@@absoluteb22 Have 18 .Grand Slam finals and 8.tittles . He said " It could be more tittles ..."
@@absoluteb22 Cash was his opportunity 1987. Don't know why he played nervous whole match .
Arias aka Bollettieri's 1.0 release.
Arias played more like a European. I think he won the Italian Open twice
Yes
Mac once said he had more talent in his little finger than Lendl had in his whole body/something like that as I recall/...that might be true ,but Lendl had more tennisIQ than the rest of the field altogether...
If you watch his 1989 game versus Chang, not so sure...
This match was so one-sided. Felt like Lendl was taking it a little easy and conserving his effort for the Finals. Arias had the atomic forehand, but Lendl was so much more a complete player, except for serve and volleying.
Maybe the last year you would see both players using "standard" sized rackets. If I remember right, Lendl's Adidas racket had a smaller than standard size. Arias probably was a trailblazer with a very modern "windshield wiper" forehand.
It was basically just a copy of Borg's.
@@overkongen34 Hei suomalainen!
What a shame Arias couldn't do a bit better😒
I rather watch Lendl than Djoko.
Me too. Im not a fan of watching double handed backhands on men
Jimmy looks like a young John Stamos.
4:26 Pre-Nadal & Pre-Sampras finish
Arias played with donnay pro Borg❤
Interviewer to Lendl: How do you like your chances against Arias?
Ivan: I'm not Yentl. If Arias is an Aquarius ♒, I will send ass back to his astrologist.
Tennis viewing was better in the 80s. I mean looks at these zoom ins to the players, the camera is close to the action. Now you get cameras seated in the 105th row with an aerial shot. I mean WTF, things are supposed to get better with age, not worse.
LENDL IS AS BIG AS A HOUSE THESE DAYS...
Yes he is I couldn’t the pic I saw of him the other day!
Ivan has so much better technical strokes....Arias very wristy and loopy...that backhand is hit off the back foot and falls short a lot...
Agassi comes along and shows how to hit threw the ball...
Lendl was hated as much as Hitler lol
NAMED by dog IVAN back in 85.