The mercurial McEnroe entered the final with a dazzling 39-0 record. The New Yorker was so dominant through the first five months of 1984 that he had won 65 of his prior 67 sets—including sweeps of ...
Sit back and look at him. The great Ivan in full concentration about to hit that wonderful one-handed backhand of his. A stroke he hit very much like present day Roger Federer (if you don't believe me ...
Think back to the 1980s tennis reign of Ivan Lendl and you conjure the image of a singularly focused athlete, chiseled and honed, with a no-nonsense, machine-like ability to wear down any and all ...
The greats never can stay away from the game. John McEnroe tried his luck in Hollywood, where he hosted a game show and then a talk show. He now runs a tennis academy on Long Island. Jimmy Connors ...