The handicaps on Connors is enough to tell you that men are better. He had everything to lose. The pace of the game is too much for women players. Johnny Mac was right when he didn’t put Serena in the top 500 among men.
That was a question that was never asked. Of course Mac is correct. That is the point of the handicap to make an entertaining LAS VEGAS EXHIBITION match between two top players who have a ton of mutual respect for each other. So simple. That being said 99% of the guys so butthurt over an exhibition match, you think YOU can beat Iga? Sure you can. In your dreams you can.
What does a game that has a handicap prove? Connors was only allowed one serve. Navratilova was allowed to play in the doubles alleys. Straight away that tells everyone the male is better, so why have the match? Suppose Navratilova would have "won" - what kind of victory would that have been?
The match was lost before it started regardless of the outcome. At least King played Riggs straight up level playing field. The handicap was the age difference, but Riggs had absolutely no problem beating Margaret Court in the earlier battle of sexes. Jimmy Connors wanted to play Monica Seles straight up with no handicap, but he proposed that each player put up $1 million dollars of their own money, and Monica refused. It would've been far more interesting to see Jimmy play Monica. Martina did not play well at all in this match.
OMG I so still miss watching Jimmy Connors play tennis. He was such an explosive and entertaining player to watch. My favourite era in tennis was the Borg, Connors, McEnroe, Evert era. I always wanted Jimmy to win. Except when he was playing Bjorn!!!!!!!!!
Geez...Connors was only toying with Navratilova during the entire match by pretending to keep it close for the fans. He could have easily beaten her 6-0, 6-0. Thanks for uploading. I had an impression that it was truly competitive but anyone who's played tennis beyond the recreational level can see when Connors was holding back, running at partial speed, and intentionally hitting unforced errors.
its an exhibition match... the point is to entertain fans. ppl were just glad to see two legends of the sport playing i guess. i mean it is clearly not competitive lmao
@blablacar115 That's the way it should've been... for entertainment... but Navratilova claimed she could beat the top 100th player in the world. I remember because Vitas Geralitus thought that was impossible and would bet his house on such a match.
@@armandoanderson3536 She also claimed during her peak, that on her day and surface she could take on John McEnroe. he responded by saying respectfully, that on his worst possible day, he would win 6-1, 6-1....
@@DonTrump-sv1siI agree. You could tell by her facial expressions that she thought it was a real match. Connors did everything he could to not embarrass her, but her game was astonishingly weak compared to his.
A show pony game only. I admired both in thier careers. Navratilova was a beast. Slaughtered by the media for her physicality. The first modern day player who understood talent and hard work in the women's game. Absolute star, along with Evert, King, Goolagong and Graff. Backbones like concrete. X
De nos jours ca serait pire comme score je pense ! Quand tu entends Sabalenka qui est une sacrée cogneuse et qui a dit récemment que même à 60 ans Djoko serait encore plus fort qu'elle maintenant ca veut tout dire !
Der Spieler hieß Karsten Braasch und hatte seine Karriere eigentlich beendet. Er schlug nacheinander Serena und Venus Williams 6:2 und 6:1 und gönnte sich beim Seitenwechsel eine Zigarette.
I guess it's just for entertainment. But everyone knows that if you took the two top womens and mens players today, it wouldn't be that close. I think Jimmy was way past his prime.
It is hard to imagine Connors having such a hard time with her serve considering he was used to substantially faster servers playing men. And with only one serve allowed, Conners had to make a slower, more calculated serve, taking away one of his biggest advantages. And yet he still won.....
Hard to grasp that some people seriously doubt there is a difference between males and females, I see too much woke in their minds and little personal judgement. I advise you to look at people more often so we can focus on discussing issues that are actually debatable
Spare everybody the "woke" sh*t. Stop being in a perpetual Florida 2019 time warp. Only people too lazy to take individual issues separately throw that word around.
Yes, only woke. It poisoned the liberal way of thinking, which without it is still an option. Now if you don' like it , then replace it with "Idiot" movement which is a much precise term @@carseye1219
literally no one said this. the only ppl out there putting men's and women's performances on the same level are those who want to shit on women's sports. and those are the same people drawing some dumb conclusions from an exhibition match.
the most passionate driven artists, chefs, movie makers, musicians, scientists they are all men. Women aren't at a physical disadvantage in driving it's about mental concentration and fast thinking and they ain't got it. Leave the physical and mental work to the men, and child rearing to the women.
Something i noticed, whit having "hándicap" while playing these, they out more pressure on the inderdog, Martina played specially crappy in a Lot of points, specially when She could hold her own well un The baseline exchange but wasnsloppy af on the slice and volleys that was one of her Main strengths, and thats why she was more tense trying to prove a point, while jumbo was just playing with práctice level of intensity
Didn't you notice all the balls she got into the doubles alley that they called "in"? They re-drew the lines to half the normal width. One of the handicaps was that she could hit into this zone while he couldn't.
le problème de Connors c'est qu'il avait besoin de puissance en face de lui, il n'était pas capable de générer beaucoup de puissance dpar ses coups: il était un contreur. L'ayant compris, Lendl avait totalement change son jeu pour battre Connors systématiquement, en "ramollissant" son jeu. Contre Navratilova, qui jouait tout en finesse, il n'est pas si étonnant qu'il ait eu du mal. Aujourd'hui le jeu des hommes est devenu surpuissant, il serait probablement tres difficile pour les femmes d'être compétitives.
Connors had to give her a serious handicap: half the doubles alleys and he only had one serve. THAT'S why he struggled. Otherwise he would've likely beaten her 6-0, 6-0.
"du mal" ? Il a clairement fait semblant que Navratilova représentait un challenge pour ne pas l'humilier ET divertir le public payant...Et tout ça en etant clairement limité dans son jeu par des handicaps totalement ridicules et absurdes comme ne pouvoir servir qu'une fois....Et même comme çail s'est baladé....Un sportif professionel masculin est largement supérieur à une sportive pro en tennis comme dans tous les autres sports de haut niveau...Cela a toujours été le cas et le sera éternellement...
I don’t think this was an exhibition for Martina. She was upset a lot of the time. Especially at 22:30 after being up 3-1. I thought it was very competitive. Martina had some great moments. Jimmy didn’t have a huge serve though. He should have been allowed 2.
After Margaret Court then B J King v B. Riggs no female athletes accepted d daunting task 2 battle not only a man but a legend like Jimmy Connors. But in 1992 someone did Martina Navratilova ( d serve n volley GOAT ) demo her bold stubborn personality once again. Would have bn an epic challenge truly inspiring instead everything went down d drain changin d rules ... what were they thinking? y y would we do that? D answer was in order 2 "endorse" her work out that idea wasn't that good u know as a matter of fact this unfair double standard lighted up Connors fighting spirit moreover flattering Martina got her demoralised. U know motivation in sport is everything hence she lost hers (d equality d feminism n all that jazz) so in that unusual phony situation she couldn't b able 2 perform her legendary serve n volley due 2 d unthinkable changing of d rules (a cold jagged pill 2 swallow 4 Martina n her fans) so what couldhave bn an epic challenge turnedout 2 b a pointless match which didn't make sense anymore IMAO 😢
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CLOSER MATCH IF NO HANDICAP HAD BEEN CREATED... I remember watching this and thinking "BULLSHIT" So did Connors, who had a LOT of respect for Navratilova.
the level was so weak comparing to 2000 years, Connors may be top 500-1000 ATP or even worse, thats truly amazing to see the evolution of skills, preparation, matreal, shoes etc etc..but ancien time was more fun and interesting as no assistance or the strict minima
La différence était encore moindre avec le matériel de cette époque. Avec celui moderne, la puissance masculine est décuplée. Ce serait impossible même de faire quelques jeux pour une femme. Certains jouaient env 15.4 en fin années 80 dans mon club et entrainaient des haut de seconde série féminine avec bcp de marge. A l'époque aussi Santoro jouait avec Steffi Graff, elle prenait 1 ou 2 jeux par set. Les exemples sont sans doute multiples. La comparaison est idiote, c'est uniquement du spectacle. Chaque genre a ses qualités et c'est dégrader les femmes que de vouloir ces combats. D'ailleurs il a fallu ici des avantages pour Navratilova contre Connors pour espérer avoir un combat presque équilibré. Aucun sens !
Connors had to give her a serious handicap: half the doubles alleys and he only had one serve. THAT'S why he struggled. Otherwise he would've likely beaten her 6-0, 6-0.
Connors was at that time already considered an old school player, the man"s game was dominated by hard serving guns like Sampras, Becker, Ivanisevic. Martina was still an elite player, but I hardly think she would have been ready to face any of them. The organisers planned a Seles-Connnors match, but Monica did not take on it.
i never saw this, connors played at 25 percent of his tallent. what a joke. today Serena would not be able to beat a college boy. no men pros. would be outside the top 3000 men.
these days we don't need to bother with these contests, as people can just pretend to be...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Quand un homme joue au tennis contre une femme, il est presque pas possible que cette dernière gagne sauf s'il y a une très grande différence de niveau de jeu (niveau de jeu, pas de classement) aux vues de la différence de force physique et la rapidité de deplacement. C'est vrai pour le tennis comme dans beaucoup d'autres sport. Pour l'avoir vu en direct, une bonne joueuse française classée numéro 16 mondiale de son meilleurs classement, n'avait aucune chance de gagner sur un classé 2/6 ou 3/6 masculin avec qui elle s'entrainait avant de jouer à R.G.
navratilova s'est quand même vu accorder la moitié du couloir en plus ....flagrant sur la balle de match ou elle met un avion sur le fond du couloir sans qu'il y ai faute .
Connors a été courageux d'accepter la rencontre, parce qu'il avait tout à perdre et elle tout à gagner. S'il gagnait, c'était normal. S'il perdait, il n'avait plus qu'à disparaître tellement c'était l'humiliation. Dans ce genre de match, il y a un nivellement pas le bas côté masculin, et par le haut côté féminin. L'homme a une pression énorme. Il n'a pas le droit de perdre. La défaite est interdite. Il risque de manquer de relâchement. La femme sera relâchée, elle va lâcher ses coups comme à l'entraînement, parce qu'elle n'a rien à perdre. Du coup, l'écart de départ se resserre.
Ta réponse n'est pas claire. 16 éme mondial à son meilleur classement ' quel était son age et son classement lorsqu'elle affrontait un 2/6 ou 3/6 ). A l'heure actuelle il faut un joueur classé -15 ou -30 pour battre la 16 eme; Par contre la 16 eme est pro gagne très très bien sa vie quand le -15 est un amateur et limite paye pour jouer .
@@philmartin8304 C'est volontaire de pas être très précis sinon il fallait que je mette un nom, ce que je ne voulais pas faire. Elle a été 16 il doit y avoir une quinzaine d'année, à ce moment là, elle aurait pas gagnée contre un 0 masculin. Il n'empeche qu'elle a eu une carrière honorable. Être dans le top 100 mondial est déjà exceptionnel, et .atteindre le top 30 ou 20 quand on sait ce que ça représente en terme d’efforts de sacrifices et de TALENT. Carrière pas mal quand même !
En mi opinión, estos partidos entre hombres y mujeres son totalmente innecesarios, porque todo el mundo sabe que un tenista siempre ganará a una tenista, el hombre tiene más fuerza, más agilidad, corre más, etc., si el hombre gana, no hizo más que su obligación y si la pierdes, se pone feo.
Unlike King/Riggs in 1973, which was politically and socially prevalent, this was a totally unnecessary spectacle. I wasted money on pay per view to see it. Unlike King/Riggs, where the playing field was level, Martina was given the sidelines and Jimmy only had one serve. All it did was inflate their wallets.
Le niveau des femmes à évolué surtout pour les top 50, mais le niveau des hommes a encore plus évolué. Je pense que le top 5 femme ne battrait pas le top 100 & l'heure actuelle. Je trouve inadmissible que les femmes touchent le même prize money que les hommes en grand chelem, si encore elles étaient suivies par un nombre de spectateurs ou de téléspectateurs plus important je pourrait comprendre mais c'est exactement le contraire et en plus elles ne font les match qu'au meilleur des 3 sets contre 5 et il suffit de voir aussi la durée moyenne des set entre hommes et femmes pour voir une différence énorme quand un set homme se termine très souvent c'est le match chez les femmes. PS ; Je résonne en terme sportif et économique .....
"Come on, Martina, you can do it!" Do what? Win against Jimmy Connors? Come on yourself. Could have been love and love if he wanted to ruin the night for fans. I love Martina, really, I always thought she was hot, but beating JC, no way Jose.
I AGREE TOTALLY MARTINA WAS/IS/WILL BE BEST LADY TENNIS VOLLEYER.......BUT WHY IS SHE PLAYING SINGLE WIDTH & CONNORS APPEAR TO HAVE TO PLAY DOUBLES.WIDTH???????......& WOW 500K THEN IS ABOUT 4 MIILIONS IN 2024.........EASY MONEY FOR 2 SETS WORK HOPE IT WENT TO CHARITY....BTW.........THE SPPED OF THE BALLS IN A HARD DRIVE THEN IS ABOUT 40% SLOWER THAN IN 2024
CONNORS PLAYING 50% OF WHAT HE WAS 10 YEARS AGO.BEFORE THIS MATCH........HE IS PLAYING AT 75% OF HIS FITNESS AT THIS MATCH, TOOK A FEW GAMES TO REALLY WARM YP........DO NOT FORGET HE WAS NOT PLAYING AGINSTA AN EX WORLD NO.15 LADY, BUT A EX WORLD NO.1 WHO HAPPEN TO BE AS STRONG AS A MAN............I NOTICE......DARE SAY....ALOT MORE THAN U EVER CAN/COULD..........@@chrisbaldwin3148
U SHOULD ALSO READ MY OTHER COMMENT ABOUT BILLIE JEAN WANTING EQUAL PRIZE MONEY.THEN U WOULD KNOW I KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONOR & MRTINI.@@chrisbaldwin3148
@@gibraltarchan9750 Apparently you didn't notice all the balls he purposely whacked into the net just to keep her in the game. All the lob serves (65 mph)...come on wake up. BTW what's with the ALL CAPS? Do you think that makes your opinion more believable?
no I must admit.I not noticed.....wonder why no spectators shouted""fixed fixed"" & wanted refund!!!! hahahahaha.must be being 77 yrs old I was too naive@@chrisbaldwin3148
ridicolo ,connors aveva una palla dola per servire e aveva concesso un campo piu ampio , inoltre non di impegnò al massimo altrimenti la avrebbe lasciata a 0
They didn't let McEnroe play her because he would've actually played his top game and crushed her 6-0, 6-0. His ego wouldn't have allowed him to be as gentlemanly as Connors was here.
In those days, everyone wanted Martina, the underdog, to win because everyone knew the difference between men and women. Today, with all the propaganda, some would doubt the result.Navratilova will forever remain the best volley female player of all time.
Actually, that's not true. I was around and a politically aware adult at the time, and I can tell you that this was the period of peak feminism. MANY feminists claimed women could equal men in sports, and disputing that could lead to career damage.
Whoops how could she even think she could beat a top playing man pretty much in his prime? Yikes no wonder there are no battles of the sexes after this. The top women now are quick to admit they’d be crushed. Nice try by Martina though.
Я всегда с уважением относился к Мартине Навратиловой. Атакующая теннисистка, выносливая, умная на корте, с прекрасным видением площадки и очень мотивированная на победу. Спасибо за игру. Как мне виделось, Мартина просто к концу очень устала, это я могу судить по многочисленным ошибкам и неточностям в игре. Всё равно СПАСИБО за игру!!! (RU)
The handicaps on Connors is enough to tell you that men are better. He had everything to lose. The pace of the game is too much for women players. Johnny Mac was right when he didn’t put Serena in the top 500 among men.
It’s more like 1,500 to be honest.
The difference is much larger today as players are more fit and hit harder.
By that time, the men’s game had changed considerably
That was a question that was never asked. Of course Mac is correct. That is the point of the handicap to make an entertaining LAS VEGAS EXHIBITION match between two top players who have a ton of mutual respect for each other. So simple. That being said 99% of the guys so butthurt over an exhibition match, you think YOU can beat Iga? Sure you can. In your dreams you can.
What does a game that has a handicap prove? Connors was only allowed one serve. Navratilova was allowed to play in the doubles alleys. Straight away that tells everyone the male is better, so why have the match?
Suppose Navratilova would have "won" - what kind of victory would that have been?
Seems not fair at all. If it is battle of sex then it should be all same.
The match was lost before it started regardless of the outcome. At least King played Riggs straight up level playing field. The handicap was the age difference, but Riggs had absolutely no problem beating Margaret Court in the earlier battle of sexes. Jimmy Connors wanted to play Monica Seles straight up with no handicap, but he proposed that each player put up $1 million dollars of their own money, and Monica refused. It would've been far more interesting to see Jimmy play Monica. Martina did not play well at all in this match.
Agreed. Not sure how Martina could feel good about even playing this match.
U r absolutely right. That was a wasted opportunity.
@@jm7804- I agree. I think it would have been much more interesting against Monica, and without any handicap for Jimmy.
OMG I so still miss watching Jimmy Connors play tennis. He was such an explosive and entertaining player to watch. My favourite era in tennis was the Borg, Connors, McEnroe, Evert era. I always wanted Jimmy to win. Except when he was playing Bjorn!!!!!!!!!
Geez...Connors was only toying with Navratilova during the entire match by pretending to keep it close for the fans. He could have easily beaten her 6-0, 6-0. Thanks for uploading. I had an impression that it was truly competitive but anyone who's played tennis beyond the recreational level can see when Connors was holding back, running at partial speed, and intentionally hitting unforced errors.
its an exhibition match... the point is to entertain fans. ppl were just glad to see two legends of the sport playing i guess. i mean it is clearly not competitive lmao
@blablacar115 That's the way it should've been... for entertainment... but Navratilova claimed she could beat the top 100th player in the world. I remember because Vitas Geralitus thought that was impossible and would bet his house on such a match.
@@armandoanderson3536 She also claimed during her peak, that on her day and surface she could take on John McEnroe. he responded by saying respectfully, that on his worst possible day, he would win 6-1, 6-1....
@@blablacar115 It might have been an exhibition to everyone in the world but i guarantee you Martina took it serious and thought she could win
@@DonTrump-sv1siI agree. You could tell by her facial expressions that she thought it was a real match. Connors did everything he could to not embarrass her, but her game was astonishingly weak compared to his.
You know, if that guy would stop talking so much this would have been considerably more pleasant!
but it`s in French
A show pony game only. I admired both in thier careers. Navratilova was a beast. Slaughtered by the media for her physicality. The first modern day player who understood talent and hard work in the women's game. Absolute star, along with Evert, King, Goolagong and Graff. Backbones like concrete. X
De nos jours ca serait pire comme score je pense ! Quand tu entends Sabalenka qui est une sacrée cogneuse et qui a dit récemment que même à 60 ans Djoko serait encore plus fort qu'elle maintenant ca veut tout dire !
Sabalenka v Alcaraz would be an interesting exhibition match of today's tennis.
il est vraiment bien gentil,Jimmy.... il peut lui coller 6 0 6 0 comme il veut!
Tout à fait
Mais c est un match d exhibition
Le public en veut pour son argent
Et connors est un show man
I don't remember this at all, and I followed tennis pretty close back then.
I was thinking the same.
Even more entertaining was watching Serena get smoked by the guy ranked 201 in straight sets. There is no athletic parity.
Der Spieler hieß Karsten Braasch und hatte seine Karriere eigentlich beendet. Er schlug nacheinander Serena und Venus Williams 6:2 und 6:1 und gönnte sich beim Seitenwechsel eine Zigarette.
I guess it's just for entertainment. But everyone knows that if you took the two top womens and mens players today, it wouldn't be that close. I think Jimmy was way past his prime.
@@FelixKoks Nachdem er die Nacht durchgesoffen hatte. Fakt. ;)
It is hard to imagine Connors having such a hard time with her serve considering he was used to substantially faster servers playing men. And with only one serve allowed, Conners had to make a slower, more calculated serve, taking away one of his biggest advantages. And yet he still won.....
I think Jimmy was in just a wee-bit better shape than Bobby.
Bobby was 55. Jimmy around 40 here
Hard to grasp that some people seriously doubt there is a difference between males and females, I see too much woke in their minds and little personal judgement. I advise you to look at people more often so we can focus on discussing issues that are actually debatable
Spare everybody the "woke" sh*t. Stop being in a perpetual Florida 2019 time warp. Only people too lazy to take individual issues separately throw that word around.
Yes, only woke. It poisoned the liberal way of thinking, which without it is still an option. Now if you don' like it , then replace it with "Idiot" movement which is a much precise term @@carseye1219
literally no one said this. the only ppl out there putting men's and women's performances on the same level are those who want to shit on women's sports. and those are the same people drawing some dumb conclusions from an exhibition match.
Yes, nobody said that at the time; however some delusional minds of today would. Do you doubt that?@@blablacar115
the most passionate driven artists, chefs, movie makers, musicians, scientists they are all men. Women aren't at a physical disadvantage in driving it's about mental concentration and fast thinking and they ain't got it. Leave the physical and mental work to the men, and child rearing to the women.
I remember seeing Steffi Graf in her prime playing an exhibition match against an unknown college level player. She lost.
And this has ONLY to do with the male strength advantage! Whatever else you think you can deduce from that.
Two great blokes...
God damn Martina's legs tho. This was her best tennis, best look.
you wanna get all up inside huh?
I am from Argentina and prefer Gabriela Sabatini. Because she was so beautiful :)
This ïs incredible! I didn't even know John Denver PLAYED tennis!
So funny🤣🤣🤣
Шоу. Мужской теннис ушёл сильно далеко с тех пор. А тут с форой ещё. И Коннорс играл мягко.
51:01 Connors never back down 👑
Something i noticed, whit having "hándicap" while playing these, they out more pressure on the inderdog, Martina played specially crappy in a Lot of points, specially when She could hold her own well un The baseline exchange but wasnsloppy af on the slice and volleys that was one of her Main strengths, and thats why she was more tense trying to prove a point, while jumbo was just playing with práctice level of intensity
Quel année s vous merci
92
Why does the doubles alley look so small?
The "doubles" alley was actually some additional court that Navratilova was allowed to use, but Connors was not. So much for "gender equality". ;)
Half the size. Full size would have been too much I guess
Didn't you notice all the balls she got into the doubles alley that they called "in"? They re-drew the lines to half the normal width. One of the handicaps was that she could hit into this zone while he couldn't.
8'20: demi-couloir
le problème de Connors c'est qu'il avait besoin de puissance en face de lui, il n'était pas capable de générer beaucoup de puissance dpar ses coups: il était un contreur. L'ayant compris, Lendl avait totalement change son jeu pour battre Connors systématiquement, en "ramollissant" son jeu. Contre Navratilova, qui jouait tout en finesse, il n'est pas si étonnant qu'il ait eu du mal. Aujourd'hui le jeu des hommes est devenu surpuissant, il serait probablement tres difficile pour les femmes d'être compétitives.
Connors had to give her a serious handicap: half the doubles alleys and he only had one serve. THAT'S why he struggled. Otherwise he would've likely beaten her 6-0, 6-0.
D'où ses difficultés contre Borg à l'époque.
サバレンカや、リバキナなら男子に勝つとまで行かなくても、良いショットは放てると予想。😊
@@kamint2258
"du mal" ? Il a clairement fait semblant que Navratilova représentait un challenge pour ne pas l'humilier ET divertir le public payant...Et tout ça en etant clairement limité dans son jeu par des handicaps totalement ridicules et absurdes comme ne pouvoir servir qu'une fois....Et même comme çail s'est baladé....Un sportif professionel masculin est largement supérieur à une sportive pro en tennis comme dans tous les autres sports de haut niveau...Cela a toujours été le cas et le sera éternellement...
LOL Jimmy entered the court with just one racket, today's players bring 10 and the entire wardrobe in two bags.
At least Navratilova made Jimmy run left and right alright....
I don’t think this was an exhibition for Martina. She was upset a lot of the time. Especially at 22:30 after being up 3-1. I thought it was very competitive. Martina had some great moments. Jimmy didn’t have a huge serve though. He should have been allowed 2.
1:11:26 rather beautiful slice by Navratilova ⛵
After Margaret Court then B J King v B. Riggs no female athletes accepted d daunting task 2 battle not only a man but a legend like Jimmy Connors. But in 1992 someone did Martina Navratilova ( d serve n volley GOAT ) demo her bold stubborn personality once again. Would have bn an epic challenge truly inspiring instead everything went down d drain changin d rules ... what were they thinking? y y would we do that? D answer was in order 2 "endorse" her work out that idea wasn't that good u know as a matter of fact this unfair double standard lighted up Connors fighting spirit moreover flattering Martina got her demoralised. U know motivation in sport is everything hence she lost hers (d equality d feminism n all that jazz) so in that unusual phony situation she couldn't b able 2 perform her legendary serve n volley due 2 d unthinkable changing of d rules (a cold jagged pill 2 swallow 4 Martina n her fans) so what couldhave bn an epic challenge turnedout 2 b a pointless match which didn't make sense anymore IMAO 😢
I was there!
Mitici!!!!
IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CLOSER MATCH IF NO HANDICAP HAD BEEN CREATED...
I remember watching this and thinking "BULLSHIT"
So did Connors, who had a LOT of respect for Navratilova.
So amazing at the time I thought nice to have 2 popular "olderster" out to do their thing.
Now 32 years later I am like wow they were still babies!!
the level was so weak comparing to 2000 years, Connors may be top 500-1000 ATP or even worse, thats truly amazing to see the evolution of skills, preparation, matreal, shoes etc etc..but ancien time was more fun and interesting as no assistance or the strict minima
He toyed with her - didn’t play hard at all- his serve was about 65 mph- way below his normal speed
Ainda bem que ao Connors não ocorreu o vexame da vitória apertada, humilhação inferior somente ao exame de toque.
La différence était encore moindre avec le matériel de cette époque.
Avec celui moderne, la puissance masculine est décuplée. Ce serait impossible même de faire quelques jeux pour une femme.
Certains jouaient env 15.4 en fin années 80 dans mon club et entrainaient des haut de seconde série féminine avec bcp de marge. A l'époque aussi Santoro jouait avec Steffi Graff, elle prenait 1 ou 2 jeux par set. Les exemples sont sans doute multiples.
La comparaison est idiote, c'est uniquement du spectacle. Chaque genre a ses qualités et c'est dégrader les femmes que de vouloir ces combats. D'ailleurs il a fallu ici des avantages pour Navratilova contre Connors pour espérer avoir un combat presque équilibré. Aucun sens !
Connors had to give her a serious handicap: half the doubles alleys and he only had one serve. THAT'S why he struggled. Otherwise he would've likely beaten her 6-0, 6-0.
@@johndickson9542
Yes !
Handicaps was too much.
Connors was at that time already considered an old school player, the man"s game was dominated by hard serving guns like Sampras, Becker, Ivanisevic. Martina was still an elite player, but I hardly think she would have been ready to face any of them. The organisers planned a Seles-Connnors match, but Monica did not take on it.
@@ipiap
Yes !
Tout à fait vrai 👍
@@olivier7779 That's not true because Connors still won.
Navratilova was not a men, before??
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Never seen before so seriously
Navratilova strong this time
But Jimmy as well
How old was Jimmy, 62?
40
i never saw this, connors played at 25 percent of his tallent. what a joke. today Serena would not be able to beat a college boy. no men pros. would be outside the top 3000 men.
next day 1992 radio silence
What do you mean ?
Les meilleures femmes jouent -15 hommes. Connors a joué au ralenti à mon avis
these days we don't need to bother with these contests, as people can just pretend to be...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Quand un homme joue au tennis contre une femme, il est presque pas possible que cette dernière gagne sauf s'il y a une très grande différence de niveau de jeu (niveau de jeu, pas de classement) aux vues de la différence de force physique et la rapidité de deplacement. C'est vrai pour le tennis comme dans beaucoup d'autres sport. Pour l'avoir vu en direct, une bonne joueuse française classée numéro 16 mondiale de son meilleurs classement, n'avait aucune chance de gagner sur un classé 2/6 ou 3/6 masculin avec qui elle s'entrainait avant de jouer à R.G.
navratilova s'est quand même vu accorder la moitié du couloir en plus ....flagrant sur la balle de match ou elle met un avion sur le fond du couloir sans qu'il y ai faute .
Quand j'étais 5/6, je mettais 6/1 à une joueuse classée - 30.
Connors a été courageux d'accepter la rencontre, parce qu'il avait tout à perdre et elle tout à gagner. S'il gagnait, c'était normal. S'il perdait, il n'avait plus qu'à disparaître tellement c'était l'humiliation.
Dans ce genre de match, il y a un nivellement pas le bas côté masculin, et par le haut côté féminin. L'homme a une pression énorme. Il n'a pas le droit de perdre. La défaite est interdite. Il risque de manquer de relâchement. La femme sera relâchée, elle va lâcher ses coups comme à l'entraînement, parce qu'elle n'a rien à perdre. Du coup, l'écart de départ se resserre.
Ta réponse n'est pas claire.
16 éme mondial à son meilleur classement ' quel était son age et son classement lorsqu'elle affrontait un 2/6 ou 3/6 ).
A l'heure actuelle il faut un joueur classé -15 ou -30 pour battre la 16 eme;
Par contre la 16 eme est pro gagne très très bien sa vie quand le -15 est un amateur et limite paye pour jouer .
@@philmartin8304 C'est volontaire de pas être très précis sinon il fallait que je mette un nom, ce que je ne voulais pas faire. Elle a été 16 il doit y avoir une quinzaine d'année, à ce moment là, elle aurait pas gagnée contre un 0 masculin. Il n'empeche qu'elle a eu une carrière honorable. Être dans le top 100 mondial est déjà exceptionnel, et .atteindre le top 30 ou 20 quand on sait ce que ça représente en terme d’efforts de sacrifices et de TALENT. Carrière pas mal quand même !
Also , most other male pros had huge serves and would have thrashed Navratilova , Conners' pop-gun serve kept her in the game .
No aces?
Le premier set Martina imprimieux un gran tatic en avance a la red et 5 × 7 pour Connors.
Интересно как бы Штеффи Граф сыграла с Ддимми Коннорсом?
amazing
It’s too bad Jimmy didn’t have to play Steffi or Monica instead. He would have had a much tougher time against either of them.
With the handicap yes. Without hell No.
Anyone in the men's top 100 would've crushed both of them.
@@chrisbaldwin3148 Likely the case, but Steffi or Monica of 1992 would have had much more weaponry against Jimmy on this day.
@@Ricky-mo6mv which "weapon" exactly ? He is still smoking them in his sleep....
Jimmy was playing at about 60%. To wipe out Martina would have been ungentlemanly. Jimmy did the right thing. Keep it close. Keep the fans enthralled.
In my opinion, Jimmy Connors is the best tennis player that ever lived❤
Nah but he is solidly up there, no denying it and his longevity too.
La seule raison pour laquelle ce match a lieu, c'est l'argent... Comme toujours..
Mais ç'est bon de revoir Connors
Да, легкие деньги
En mi opinión, estos partidos entre hombres y mujeres son totalmente innecesarios, porque todo el mundo sabe que un tenista siempre ganará a una tenista, el hombre tiene más fuerza, más agilidad, corre más, etc., si el hombre gana, no hizo más que su obligación y si la pierdes, se pone feo.
Martina makes Jimmy look effeminate. He’s not hitting the ball as hard as he can and the fact he is volleying shows how easy he finds playing her.
Unlike King/Riggs in 1973, which was politically and socially prevalent, this was a totally unnecessary spectacle. I wasted money on pay per view to see it. Unlike King/Riggs, where the playing field was level, Martina was given the sidelines and Jimmy only had one serve. All it did was inflate their wallets.
Le niveau des femmes à évolué surtout pour les top 50, mais le niveau des hommes a encore plus évolué.
Je pense que le top 5 femme ne battrait pas le top 100 & l'heure actuelle.
Je trouve inadmissible que les femmes touchent le même prize money que les hommes en grand chelem, si encore elles étaient suivies par un nombre de spectateurs ou de téléspectateurs plus important je pourrait comprendre mais c'est exactement le contraire et en plus elles ne font les match qu'au meilleur des 3 sets contre 5 et il suffit de voir aussi la durée moyenne des set entre hommes et femmes pour voir une différence énorme quand un set homme se termine très souvent c'est le match chez les femmes.
PS ; Je résonne en terme sportif et économique .....
Commento sbagliato e maschilista, poi, è ovvio che le donne non hanno una forza fisica per affrontare 3 set su 5 .
LOL, the best women wouldn't even beat the 1,000th man. And yes, I am in a position to know.
Not even top-500 men
"Come on, Martina, you can do it!" Do what? Win against Jimmy Connors? Come on yourself. Could have been love and love if he wanted to ruin the night for fans. I love Martina, really, I always thought she was hot, but beating JC, no way Jose.
Grande Jimmy Connors
I AGREE TOTALLY MARTINA WAS/IS/WILL BE BEST LADY TENNIS VOLLEYER.......BUT WHY IS SHE PLAYING SINGLE WIDTH & CONNORS APPEAR TO HAVE TO PLAY DOUBLES.WIDTH???????......& WOW 500K THEN IS ABOUT 4 MIILIONS IN 2024.........EASY MONEY FOR 2 SETS WORK HOPE IT WENT TO CHARITY....BTW.........THE SPPED OF THE BALLS IN A HARD DRIVE THEN IS ABOUT 40% SLOWER THAN IN 2024
Apparently you're the only person on planet Earth who didn't realize that Connors was playing at 50%.
CONNORS PLAYING 50% OF WHAT HE WAS 10 YEARS AGO.BEFORE THIS MATCH........HE IS PLAYING AT 75% OF HIS FITNESS AT THIS MATCH, TOOK A FEW GAMES TO REALLY WARM YP........DO NOT FORGET HE WAS NOT PLAYING AGINSTA AN EX WORLD NO.15 LADY, BUT A EX WORLD NO.1 WHO HAPPEN TO BE AS STRONG AS A MAN............I NOTICE......DARE SAY....ALOT MORE THAN U EVER CAN/COULD..........@@chrisbaldwin3148
U SHOULD ALSO READ MY OTHER COMMENT ABOUT BILLIE JEAN WANTING EQUAL PRIZE MONEY.THEN U WOULD KNOW I KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONOR & MRTINI.@@chrisbaldwin3148
@@gibraltarchan9750 Apparently you didn't notice all the balls he purposely whacked into the net just to keep her in the game. All the lob serves (65 mph)...come on wake up. BTW what's with the ALL CAPS? Do you think that makes your opinion more believable?
no I must admit.I not noticed.....wonder why no spectators shouted""fixed fixed"" & wanted refund!!!! hahahahaha.must be being 77 yrs old I was too naive@@chrisbaldwin3148
Waste of time.
Straight fight only.
Play 5 sets. Equal pay for equal play.
Connors played her because he was tired of my man Mac beating him 😂😂
Martin is a very handsome guy. Whatever happened to him?
This is so weird. A man vs. A woman. I would have thought the woman has no chance of winning a single game. Boy was i humbled.
Wanna see Nadal Vs Swiatek at RG😀
Recuerden que connors le dio la cancha grande y eso ya es mucha ventaja
Connors puede servicio una volta ,una bala
Praticamente una sfida tra due maschi!!
1:08:38 awesome recover by Connors ⚡
A little entertainment to advance the sport. The best women on the court admit men and women don't play the same game.
ridicolo ,connors aveva una palla dola per servire e aveva concesso un campo piu ampio , inoltre non di impegnò al massimo altrimenti la avrebbe lasciata a 0
I think Mac vs Martina would have been more interesting to watch.
They didn't let McEnroe play her because he would've actually played his top game and crushed her 6-0, 6-0. His ego wouldn't have allowed him to be as gentlemanly as Connors was here.
The better man won
Handicaps for the man? so they already consider him superior before to start. Que batalla trucha. jajaj!
Swiatek aurait largement sa chance contre Arthur Fils😄
LOL, she'd lose love and love to him.
In those days, everyone wanted Martina, the underdog, to win because everyone knew the difference between men and women. Today, with all the propaganda, some would doubt the result.Navratilova will forever remain the best volley female player of all time.
Actually, that's not true. I was around and a politically aware adult at the time, and I can tell you that this was the period of peak feminism. MANY feminists claimed women could equal men in sports, and disputing that could lead to career damage.
Connors was very much charmant gentleman,
Martina looked really cute at this time in her life. She seemed very happy too. Legends, Connors and Martina.
Technique is poor... In that days tennis was so slow and difference was a little
The doubles lines look funny??
Altered to benefit her. She could hit inside them , and he couldn't
The best man won.
Confronto vero? Allora il campo doveva essere regolamentare senza favorire Navratilova.
Y la pelota salía como medio metro 😂
il aurait fallu attacher les pieds et les mains de Connors pour accentuer ce délire...lol
Hammer 🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹👌👌👌
Whoops how could she even think she could beat a top playing man pretty much in his prime? Yikes no wonder there are no battles of the sexes after this. The top women now are quick to admit they’d be crushed. Nice try by Martina though.
Martina was a great WOMAN player - if you get my drift.
Я всегда с уважением относился к Мартине Навратиловой. Атакующая теннисистка, выносливая, умная на корте, с прекрасным видением площадки и очень мотивированная на победу. Спасибо за игру. Как мне виделось, Мартина просто к концу очень устала, это я могу судить по многочисленным ошибкам и неточностям в игре. Всё равно СПАСИБО за игру!!! (RU)
What a joke . It's a given a man will thrash a woman in tennis. That too Connors
Non tendre la possibilite du mirroir observer est jouyex le television
Men´s most strong and fast than women´s in Professional Tennis. Martina best woman player tennis of history, but Connors not is the best man tenist.
Queen martin!❤😂🎉😢😮😅😊
Jimbo
Une femme n’aura jamais la même morphologie qu’un homme. Il est vraiment idiot de vouloir les confronter. En plus, changeant les règles 😂😂😂 .
Et c'est tant mieux pour la morphologie.
Al loro top Navratilova, Steffi Graf, le Williams e diverse altre potevano asfaltare qualsiasi maschietto.. La forza viene sempre da dentro
what a crap statement.....
Montaje, fake de Connors, ganaría de calle sólo con su verdadero servicio y el primer resto.
Iga had beaten her united cup male partner in an exhibition match.
Her exhibition! . I love Iga but she wouldn't be in the top 100 ATP, whoever doesn't see this is really biased
Her opponent was a top ten ATP player
Her best friend Huby who woul beat her 0-0 if he wanted
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BS, no way. Never happened, not in a straight up match.
A side show...conners should have won 6 love