Tennis Gods
Since I grow up with Tennis as a kid which started about 30 years ago, I had the luck to see many greats on the Tennis court. The first match on TV I remember clearly was the final of the Roland Garros in 1984 between John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl. Lendl beat McEnroe in five thrilling sets and slowly changed the guard: Lendl became no. #1 in the world for years to come and took over this spot from McEnroe. Before that we had Tennis stars like Jimmy Connors, Borg, and further back Rod Laver. After Lendl players like Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg dominated the mens circuit. Than Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras came across and had many close fights on the courts. Nowadays we have Roger Federer and Nadal!
Lately, there are many discussions who is the best player ever? Most people say it’s Federer. Nadal has an opportunity to beat the Grand slam record of Roger which stands now at sixteen titles. It’s difficult to say who is the best Tennis player I think. When I look back in time, the game looks slower that time, but current equipment for example also made the game faster. Lendl beat in his top days Agassi more than the other way around. Sampras and Federer played only once which Federer won in very close five setter, this was Wimbledon 2001. You would say that Federer is the best one ever, since he has won most Slams right now, but back in the days of Lendl, Becker, Edberg, etc. the competition was more fierce if you ask me.
Nobody talks anymore about the heroes from the past, even though many of them play now on the senior tour. For example, Lendl returned after many years to play again (he had to retire professional Tennis because of a back problem). Great things happened in the past! Talking about Tennis greats from the past and present, making comparisons between both time periods where possible is interesting stuff, besides reading the latest news in Tennis world. Supporting this kind of Tennis posts with great videos, pics and more makes it even more cool. Also Social Media places like Twitter and Facebook are very useful for Tennis readers, this way they can even interact with other people interested in the sport of tennis and talk about their Tennis stars. It’s fun to talk about tennis stars, how they approach things in the Tennis arena at this time, bring back to life the tennis gods from the past, how things were back than…