Chang was cramping and could barely bend his legs to serve up to the ball and Hingis was trying to just be tricky, which I thought was a cleaver move, but the underhand serve is frowned upon unless you have a good reason to hit it.
The amazing thing about Chang's winning at the French Open is that no one believes in him. Look at him, he is so small, thin, and frail compared to all the other tennis players. Physically he is at a disadvantage to other players. The fact that he was able to beat much bigger and stronger players is an inspiration to all the athletes who weren't born with gifted physical talent.
Chang had speed that was his only advantage he had he was not gifted tennis player but speed and his abilty to "get to the ball" won his ATP titles. which is why he won 1 Grand slam.
What do you meant "not gifted tennis player"....Nonsense. So, what about the other Pro tennis players who did win a title...what you can comment on them??? "They should not play tennis". The issue here you want to point out is not about tennis but it is about the guy who won the french open till today no one breaks his record as the youngest ever to win this tournament.
i have nothing against Chang. but face facts here he won one grand slam title and everyone knows he was number and stayed in th etop ten because he competed in nearly every ATP tournement. thats why the point system stinks its like kournikova.
the point system doesnt reward you if you compete in more tournaments than the next player. there are requirements. look it up sometime. if you however are physically able to compete in most tournaments, kudos to you. you get more chances to increase your points in that case. people forget fitness is a huge part of the game. the point system works
And another thing, the only time parents swallow their children is in Greek mythology. My mom probably isn't a Greek goddess, so she can't swallow me.
All I'm saying is, don't act like such a troll. Don't laugh at Chang for breaking his ankle (even though he didn't actually break his ankle; he only had a cramp). It sounds like you're just saying things to make ppl upset. Hence, you're a troll.
Yes, I have to admit I never played tennis in my life, but Chang is the only player in the Open era to win a Grand Slam title before 20 and never to win any after that.
I'm Black and I was pulling for Chang like crazy. He was like the Jackie Robinson of Asian athletes at the time. And a typical brash young American!!!
je m'en rappelle, je l'ai vu c'était en huitième de finale lendl à mené deux sets à zéro 6/4 6/4 en ensuite il a été usé par la résistance et la malice de michael chang c'est proprement hallucinant
Lillysleftnut is "racial profiling". Anti American? You really have issues. Michael Chang lives in Seattle.... If he thought it was so bad here he has plenty of money to move to a communist country like China!
30 isnt that old. Sometimes its not about how fast the player is but there shotmaking too! Andrae Agassi had his best results at age 30. Lance Armstrong had his best cycling at age 30'ish. Age 30 is not middle aged but 45.... ding. It was a miracle that Chang won at age 17 because 17 is still teenager and inexperienced.
Dirty sports from Chang, though I was a big fan of Lendl. Look at poor sports display from Chang against champion. Sometimes Underarm, sometimes standing near faultline on return serve. No wonder this little weed never won any other Grand slam.
I was a big Lendl fan. The most underrated champion ever. There was nothing dirty about what Chang did. At one point he was approaching the chair to forfeit the match but didn't want to quit. He began giving Lendl moon balls and kill shots in the hope Ivan would end it quickly, Lendl however kept hitting errors and giving Chang points. Hell, Lendl double-faulted on match point.
Well RCTPatriot75, Lendl had played agst McEnroe, Becker who would get upset when things go wrong. Lendl kept his cool and would focus on the game as long as it's in spirit of the sport. However he went totally off the track when someone hits an underarm serve, which is poor in taste with the spirit of sports. Lendl wasn't at his prime to withstand the type of game that Chang played. In the same year in Australian open, Edberg quit in the final against Lendl to give lendl the victory.
Did you know that you can stand anywhere while receiving a serve? Did you know that underhand serves were legal? It's not dirty, they're simply different than what you would normally expect from other tennis players. Props to Chang for the variety.
Lillysleftnut thinks that Americans are "racist" toward people like Michael Chang, because of past comments from McEnroe and Courier. Racism is a problem that stems from a persons heart, not from a persons "Nationality". Americans are a melting pot of different ethnic backgrounds. Also, is Tennis a "white dominated sport?" Its a fact that most americans have a white skin color, but where I live I see White, Black , Asian, Mexican, and Pacific Islanders playing tennis every week!
Oh really? Have you read some of comments made by "your" people on youtube? I'm glad i don't live in america, i feel sorry for asian-americans who have to deal with bigots on a daily basis. So how do you explain about courier's comment? He sure sounds like toothless southern redneck to me. Sorry, whites LOVE to degrade asians every chance they get, maybe they're afraid of uprising asian power? Btw, i have never said all americans were racist. Can't you read? Are you sure you're not a racist?
yeah, chang never hit #1..came within one match of being #1..had to beat Sampras in the US Open..forgot which year..he lost, hence never clamed #1..it really made me wonder how Change fell off as the years went on..I thought he would win at least a few more slams till he retired..still winning the french is something most people can only dream of
I remember john mcEnroe used to trash chang for no apparent reason. I would have more respect for the guy if he came out and said how much he hated this asian kid for winning white dominated sport. Oh yeah, what about a comment made by redneck jim courier after he got shamefully beaten by chang in 95 US open? "The ball was too yellow for me to see" when the americans win, it's their superior athleticism, but when they lose they love to put down on winner, esepecially when they aren't white.
Chang was off the charts in that semi vs Lendl. Only a 17 yr old would have the audacity to do what Chang did; serve underhanded, return serve from damn near the fault line, etc. BUT IT WORKED!!!
guess if under arm serve wud stil be active federer wud have been serving out drop shot aces with rafa standing 20 metres behind the baseline..wudnt that be a sight to watch??
Yes it is, there's no rule on how to take it, except for the place where the player must be during the serve and where the ball must go. Change did it against Lendl in 1989, and Hingis did it against Graf in 1999 (which wasn't considered very sportsmanship-like).
It gives the person playing the service a disadvantage, normally, because such a service is much less powerful and thus more easily returned. But since almost no one does it, it is very surprising.
Oh.. I see. Haha, cause you're right. Rarely do I see players serve as such. It is, however allowed right? Haha! I mean, if i'm playing against my friend, who cares whether it's sportmanship-like or not? HAHA! (^_^)
"underhanded" under serve and T line nonsense reminds me how the British complained that the Americans were using Guerrilla tactics in the Revolution instead of fighting in the open. It's no wonder Euros suck at winning wars!
Chang deserves an honorary cognitive science degree. He manipulated the visual and social cues that Lendl used to frame the game. He beat his mind, and the body followed.
Johnno1188 cannot be more wrong in his opinion. Chang beat Lendl fair and square. He used his brain instead of his physical strength to beat lendl. He knows he cannot beat Lendl physically, so he used his brain to psych Lendl out. He didn't break any rule by standing close to receive serve. As a matter of fact, a lot of player imitate Chang afterward by standing close to receive serve. This way you can get the ball back quicker before it jumps up.
totally agree, when i play against my friend whose second serve is a freebie i give my self more time to set up my shot by standing in closer to the service line.
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about chang and life opinions in general all in good spirit and fun, no big deal if disagree with my opinions this is just a bit of time wasitng fun to me and everybody
read my comment third message i was meant to say orthodox or straight forwad tennis not unorthodox in. It will make sense as typing error was made sorry lol, i am such a good guy to for letitng every1 know that lol all good every1. Sorry for the many spelling errors not important enought to waste time and energy fixing the typing errors love some feed back on my opinions
or poor people commiting petty crime , the weaker person or group often resort to dirty tactics or sdo illegal activity to get what they want coz they cant do it fair and swuare and act more desparate nd confrontational to the stronger or more fortunate person and exploit there lack of desperation, And that is not fair. Life is not fair sadly coz many people lack good morals when they really want something and that is sad, and the world is fucked up and poorer place coz of that.
and they still rose to the occasion showed how strong those two were but still any dirty tactics are not nice form the weaker opponent. sport is suppose to send a good philsophical message about life, be fair. And chang went the opposite of sports moral code and nice life code. He chose to be not nice and rattle his opponent with highly dirty and confontational tactics as that was the onl way he could win. Not nice. I see it on ther areas of life the weaker weher it be the workforce
No i am not a nt case or crazy, but giving my honest opinion. It was bad sportsmanship and chang exploited lendl and the rules of the specifc sport, coz he couldnt win fair and square playing normal tactics. Michel jordan used to suffer this and pele in soccer, and other star players in other sports dirty tactics or taking performanc enhancing drugs is the only way to stop the star athletes,
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Chang was not such an innocent teenager. He knew he could not beat lendl fair and square playing straghtforwad tennis he could only beat him by dirty tennis not unorthodox tennis. Not in the spirit of sport poor sportsmanship. Lendl is phsyically capble of hurting him but didnt coz he would go to jail coz chang legally did nothing wrong. Man i would of not wanted ot but cnag deserved to die behaving like that, i would of wanted to kill him if i was lendl. chang was cruel. Life is unfair.
He wasnt being fair with lendl, life is not fair doesnt mean you always have to exploit a situation and people, that is not nice, chang was being cruel and exposing lendl ultimately that lendl didnt want it enough to risk hurting chang on first serves when he stood close to net, for fear of hurting him or making chang angry. lendl mind said fuck this i am rich have a good life why throw my life away over a tennis match. He tested lendls mind strength in a cruel way. Your not nice chang.
i would of gave chang a evil look of like i will kill you if you after the match if you carry on like this anymore. Just to outpsych him, but he would of tested my patience, how much do i want to kill him over a tennis match, i am capable of it but do i want to go to jail for this guy when i am rich and have everything to live for. Chang psychologically tortured lendls morals and patience, and took advantage of the fact that he didnt want to kill him coz that would ruin his life.
Not very sportsmanslike or being a nice guy, micheal chang was not being nice out there he was trying to win at all costs within the rules of tennies but that is no nie he crossed the line. He was estign lendls mental strength and lendl was afraid of hurting him or also ricking lendl into getting scared to hit him when he served. Unsportmanslike behaivour, and lendl was mentally weak. But what is lendl going to do, try to kill him when he serves, chang pushed a human beings capacity to be nice.
at the match point when chang stands near the t line I was thinking that hes such an fucking asshole ... that's just isnt the right thing to do, thats anti-tennis, he disrespects his opponent ... and tennis is from what I see, a lot about that, respect.
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I don't said he was a good player or something like that, I said that he is a little bastard for behaving that way on the court on a decisive point. What would you think about a guy who stands near the T line when you have second serve and breakpoint/setpoint/matchpoint against you ?
As a tennis player obey the rules of courtesy, I never saw agassi doing such stuff, or sampras, or nadal or even federer, nor many other players nor even the beginners and other amateurs...
I don't say that is bad that chang won, or that he played bad, but that the BEHAVED bad on the court, not in the way of a mcenroe i mean, he simply havent shown any respect for the other player. that all.
and oh yeah, nadal just lost agaist robin soderling, a big happy shock for me ^__^
How is an underhand serve on a decisive point be considered as bad behavior on the court. A professional player should expect all sort of serves/shots coming at you. It's really unfair when a player played a shot and be called a "bastard". An overhead serve is not the only way to serve and tennis is a mental game as much as a physical one. Chang won fair and square and should deserve every bit of that win as the other competitors did.
AND yeah, he DID deserve to win, he played some fine tennis in RG but I dont like him at all ( especially for this one moment, Lendl also disliked that action )
Chang didnt do it with all skill which makes it less remarkable. The last point is a memoir in history, but i think Lendl should of served normally, hard and flat and Chang would have no chance.
Chang's legs were all cramped up and he didn't have much left in the tank, to win he basically used every trick up his sleeve which was actually very creative! An underhand serve, who today has the balls to try that trick vs Federer or Nadal? On top of that this was a 17yr old kid who completely mind f*cked the #1 player in the world that year, if that isn't skill I don't what is.
His right foot was not on the T, it was to the left and behind the T. His right foot came in after the serve giving the impression of his right foot on the the T. I apologize for the comment i made earlier because I thought you were talking about his underhand serve.
There is a Dilemna to face if you want to injure your opponent or not. Maybe Lendl was being ethical and thought in the end it was just a game and decided to give it to Chang.
But it's getting better with the time, there's no more the one man Federer show ( although I would like him to win some more matches this year, and the wimby and us open : D ) and there are 4 players at least that are capable of winning everything ( which is a very positive thing, for starters ), I hope that with the time some players like Gulbis, Tsonga, Monfils, and a few others get better and we have an interesting ATP ( not like the wta, without justine its not the same ... )
Justin come back : D I dont want to see the likes of safina or other males winning on the wta circuit ...
And Roger ... well, it would be fun to watch him winning in the finals, but thats rather imposible ( WHY !? GOD WHY !? I love that guy please give him the power o Lord ! imma atheist -. - ) ...
Don't forget that Chang was cramping in the last few sets. Completely wrecked physically, and was doing whatever he could to save his energy and strength. he resorted to a smart mind game, something a stoic player like Lendl wouldn't be able to adapt to. It was one of the great contests in all of sports for so many reasons and on so many levels.
Best player ever! A gentleman and a sports, always. Was always the first to acknowledge a ball in even if the referee had called it out to his opponent, etc. A true example of how sport should be...
I have never seen any other tennis player at such a young age do something so intelligent in the game of tennis to mentally break the other player. That being said, Lendl's career far surpassed Chang's career in terms of ATP tour and Grand Slam wins. You cannot compare the two. Every great player has lost to lesser players. It happens for a variety of reasons.
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I perfectly remember this match against Lendl.
I was disappointed because I was a fan of Lendl (I know, very few people were fan of Ivan but I was).
And today, I continue to disagree with the way to serve of Chang against Lendl. And on the match point, why Chang has to win like that ? Chang couldn't honestly win?
For me: to win like that = to win without respecting adversary = to lose
(for instance: Materazzi against Zidane and Italy wins Soccer world cup --> it's not sport)
In fact, nobody could return the service of lendl being so close to the service line. So it's only to deconcentrate the opponent (see the reaction of Lendl, and then he did a double fault and lose the match like that). But Chang could win by another way, more sportively.
I never have seen that, and yet I know tennis.
For me, it is a tactic to win, but it doesn't seem very correct.
I can understand why you were upset about that tactic. It does seem a bit questionable. But the bottom line is that it's legal and the 5th set is all about the head and the heart. If Lendl couldn't get his head on straight when Chang came up like that then it's his own fault. I can understand you questioning it, but it's legal and it was smart.
Lendl was number 1. Michael Chang was nothing. Lendl cracked because he knew that this was prob his best chance to win Rolland Garros. and you could tell the way he reacted on the court. he knew he was in trouble - mentally.
Lol, that underarm serve was genius
Hanli1995 1 year ago
trop fort le chang...
gezzai 1 year ago
why aren't there any asians in the top 50 today?
hattrickster33 1 year ago
i totally agree.
kxttxya 1 year ago
The best was Chang´s Mindgame, he was the one who really got under Lendl´s skin, which in the end made the Czech the Big Loser in this one.
keijimuto 1 year ago
Chang wasn't the greatest player but he sure was one of the fastest.
jyy82993 2 years ago 2
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wow ..the chink won it !!
joesulub 2 years ago
pretty disrespectful
Tang526 2 years ago
The points system doesn't help you stay high in the rankings ??? LMFAO. Can i say 2 words..... Dinara Safina.
ItsGrimUpNorth7 2 years ago 2
Dude Lendl was one of the top 10 greatest players of all time. He won the Australian Open before and after the 1989 French Open at ages 30 and 31.
illogicalman21 2 years ago
I don't understand why the french crowd was so in awe and applauded Chang for the underarm serve, but when hingis did it in 99, they boo'd her...
neveragainwillikissy 2 years ago
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trorisk 2 years ago
Chang was cramping and could barely bend his legs to serve up to the ball and Hingis was trying to just be tricky, which I thought was a cleaver move, but the underhand serve is frowned upon unless you have a good reason to hit it.
txhornsports 2 years ago 2
Wilander 1982, Chang 1989, and Kuerten 1997, the 3 biggest upsets in French Open history.
Drago110482 2 years ago 2
And Soderling in 2009.
illogicalman21 2 years ago
Soderling s victory over Nadal was one of the biggest upsets, yes.
But Wilander, Chang and Kuerten won the tournament...
Söderling didn t. ;-)
Drago110482 2 years ago 3
If I was Lendl, I would've made a rocketserve right on his body
XxsupergluexX 2 years ago
Think ur funny?
Jaleous becaus of his talents?
knabbel3 2 years ago 3
Yes, I was trying to be funny. And no, I'm not jealous...
XxsupergluexX 2 years ago
He didn't ask if you were jealous; he asked if you were jaleous.
illogicalman21 2 years ago
Good one :D
XxsupergluexX 2 years ago
It would be good if there was more underarm serving. It'd make the game more unpredictable.
thrillamf 2 years ago 5
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chang fart-man
FloMat1976 2 years ago
The amazing thing about Chang's winning at the French Open is that no one believes in him. Look at him, he is so small, thin, and frail compared to all the other tennis players. Physically he is at a disadvantage to other players. The fact that he was able to beat much bigger and stronger players is an inspiration to all the athletes who weren't born with gifted physical talent.
travelgas 2 years ago 15
Chang had speed that was his only advantage he had he was not gifted tennis player but speed and his abilty to "get to the ball" won his ATP titles. which is why he won 1 Grand slam.
xwingclass 2 years ago 4
What do you meant "not gifted tennis player"....Nonsense. So, what about the other Pro tennis players who did win a title...what you can comment on them??? "They should not play tennis". The issue here you want to point out is not about tennis but it is about the guy who won the french open till today no one breaks his record as the youngest ever to win this tournament.
mnemo2222 2 years ago
i have nothing against Chang. but face facts here he won one grand slam title and everyone knows he was number and stayed in th etop ten because he competed in nearly every ATP tournement. thats why the point system stinks its like kournikova.
xwingclass 2 years ago
the point system doesnt reward you if you compete in more tournaments than the next player. there are requirements. look it up sometime. if you however are physically able to compete in most tournaments, kudos to you. you get more chances to increase your points in that case. people forget fitness is a huge part of the game. the point system works
insanewizard10 2 years ago
thin? have u seen his legs?
cafoxp 2 years ago
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haha chang broke his ankle !
chrisevilmonkey 2 years ago
Shut up troll.
illogicalman21 2 years ago
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chrisevilmonkey 2 years ago
Redneck? I live in New Jersey. Good try though.
I'm also 17, and I don't have a daughter.
And another thing, the only time parents swallow their children is in Greek mythology. My mom probably isn't a Greek goddess, so she can't swallow me.
All I'm saying is, don't act like such a troll. Don't laugh at Chang for breaking his ankle (even though he didn't actually break his ankle; he only had a cramp). It sounds like you're just saying things to make ppl upset. Hence, you're a troll.
illogicalman21 2 years ago
i duno wat u talkin about kid
i am not laughin at chang, i am laughin at lendl.......chang broke lendl's ankle at 0:27....
chrisevilmonkey 2 years ago
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nunumumu09 2 years ago
Chang is #1.
shfbdfi1273 2 years ago
Learn your ABC's: Agassi, Becker, Chang.
karteek93 2 years ago 9
legendary.
DerMessermann 2 years ago
Strangely, it is the only major won by Chang.
sidh05 2 years ago 3
its one more major than you have won.
orange879 2 years ago 13
Yes, I have to admit I never played tennis in my life, but Chang is the only player in the Open era to win a Grand Slam title before 20 and never to win any after that.
sidh05 2 years ago
I'm Black and I was pulling for Chang like crazy. He was like the Jackie Robinson of Asian athletes at the time. And a typical brash young American!!!
rm9511 2 years ago 17
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Little berk
93RastafarianPikachu 2 years ago
quel incroyable moment
thierry80300 2 years ago
je m'en rappelle, je l'ai vu c'était en huitième de finale lendl à mené deux sets à zéro 6/4 6/4 en ensuite il a été usé par la résistance et la malice de michael chang c'est proprement hallucinant
melende1966 2 years ago
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chang very very very IDIOT
piccione1970 2 years ago
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Lillysleftnut is "racial profiling". Anti American? You really have issues. Michael Chang lives in Seattle.... If he thought it was so bad here he has plenty of money to move to a communist country like China!
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30 isnt that old. Sometimes its not about how fast the player is but there shotmaking too! Andrae Agassi had his best results at age 30. Lance Armstrong had his best cycling at age 30'ish. Age 30 is not middle aged but 45.... ding. It was a miracle that Chang won at age 17 because 17 is still teenager and inexperienced.
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Dirty sports from Chang, though I was a big fan of Lendl. Look at poor sports display from Chang against champion. Sometimes Underarm, sometimes standing near faultline on return serve. No wonder this little weed never won any other Grand slam.
renegades101s 2 years ago
I was a big Lendl fan. The most underrated champion ever. There was nothing dirty about what Chang did. At one point he was approaching the chair to forfeit the match but didn't want to quit. He began giving Lendl moon balls and kill shots in the hope Ivan would end it quickly, Lendl however kept hitting errors and giving Chang points. Hell, Lendl double-faulted on match point.
RCTPatriot75 2 years ago 10
Well RCTPatriot75, Lendl had played agst McEnroe, Becker who would get upset when things go wrong. Lendl kept his cool and would focus on the game as long as it's in spirit of the sport. However he went totally off the track when someone hits an underarm serve, which is poor in taste with the spirit of sports. Lendl wasn't at his prime to withstand the type of game that Chang played. In the same year in Australian open, Edberg quit in the final against Lendl to give lendl the victory.
renegades101s 2 years ago 3
Edberg didn't quit he was injured! and it was not the same year 1989 and 1990!
man165 2 years ago
Did you know that you can stand anywhere while receiving a serve? Did you know that underhand serves were legal? It's not dirty, they're simply different than what you would normally expect from other tennis players. Props to Chang for the variety.
h2PK 2 years ago 3
he's my second generation cousin. FOR REAL i'm not kidding.
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Lillysleftnut thinks that Americans are "racist" toward people like Michael Chang, because of past comments from McEnroe and Courier. Racism is a problem that stems from a persons heart, not from a persons "Nationality". Americans are a melting pot of different ethnic backgrounds. Also, is Tennis a "white dominated sport?" Its a fact that most americans have a white skin color, but where I live I see White, Black , Asian, Mexican, and Pacific Islanders playing tennis every week!
rmrooster01 2 years ago
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what is being white anyway lol
Are they Irish, British? its a mystery
Dannyjjango 2 years ago
Oh really? Have you read some of comments made by "your" people on youtube? I'm glad i don't live in america, i feel sorry for asian-americans who have to deal with bigots on a daily basis. So how do you explain about courier's comment? He sure sounds like toothless southern redneck to me. Sorry, whites LOVE to degrade asians every chance they get, maybe they're afraid of uprising asian power? Btw, i have never said all americans were racist. Can't you read? Are you sure you're not a racist?
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i know right? fucking pricks they are..
jembals 2 years ago
yeah, chang never hit #1..came within one match of being #1..had to beat Sampras in the US Open..forgot which year..he lost, hence never clamed #1..it really made me wonder how Change fell off as the years went on..I thought he would win at least a few more slams till he retired..still winning the french is something most people can only dream of
sanitary103 2 years ago
I remember john mcEnroe used to trash chang for no apparent reason. I would have more respect for the guy if he came out and said how much he hated this asian kid for winning white dominated sport. Oh yeah, what about a comment made by redneck jim courier after he got shamefully beaten by chang in 95 US open? "The ball was too yellow for me to see" when the americans win, it's their superior athleticism, but when they lose they love to put down on winner, esepecially when they aren't white.
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stfu dink
greenlung 2 years ago
i remember perfectly the match against lendl.. chang made everithing great
bragee 2 years ago
Chang was off the charts in that semi vs Lendl. Only a 17 yr old would have the audacity to do what Chang did; serve underhanded, return serve from damn near the fault line, etc. BUT IT WORKED!!!
baronvg 2 years ago 10
so why did Hingis get flayed alive? she did the same. bless her
jpp144 2 years ago
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Chang do not have respect for Ivan Lendl, How can he do an under arm serve. I did not like this action, his behavior is very bad.
TheMarkie1971 2 years ago
Love catching the opponent going the wrong way at 0:26
alankace 2 years ago
chang was cramping up thats why he did the underhand serve
TColeTrainT 2 years ago
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Using dirty tricks to win.
JohnWoo 2 years ago
those arent dirty tricks. a dirty trick would be like hurting somone which is bad sportsmanship. the shots that chang made were very difficult btw.
poopoop9537 2 years ago 7
That underhand at the minimal draw back and at the speed is NOT AMATEURISH at all. you try doing that.
IT has to be kept low and fast too. thats harder than a regular serve at that critical time.
It was a risk that favored Lendal not Chang.
tkcwu 2 years ago 3
what a genius!
ettore87 2 years ago 2
omg the camera angles are just like modern times
chao5cuber 2 years ago
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Wish he won without having to resort to tricks and annoying his opponent with silly tactics.
I'm glad Federer doesn't do this.
AAMLfan 2 years ago
doesn't matter, a win is a win. if his opponents couldn't handle that then too bad. thats why they lost. smart, not silly.
volleyballboi13 2 years ago 3
guess if under arm serve wud stil be active federer wud have been serving out drop shot aces with rafa standing 20 metres behind the baseline..wudnt that be a sight to watch??
wickedmario007 2 years ago 4
that surf on 0:34 is allowed?!?
Joraw 2 years ago
Yes it is, there's no rule on how to take it, except for the place where the player must be during the serve and where the ball must go. Change did it against Lendl in 1989, and Hingis did it against Graf in 1999 (which wasn't considered very sportsmanship-like).
It gives the person playing the service a disadvantage, normally, because such a service is much less powerful and thus more easily returned. But since almost no one does it, it is very surprising.
PS: it's serve, short for service ;)
KryzMasta 2 years ago
Oh.. I see. Haha, cause you're right. Rarely do I see players serve as such. It is, however allowed right? Haha! I mean, if i'm playing against my friend, who cares whether it's sportmanship-like or not? HAHA! (^_^)
Joraw 2 years ago
Yup, it's allowed, and in low-level amateur tennis you see it much more often, especially as a second service.
KryzMasta 2 years ago
How come their sodramatic?
mccandokao 2 years ago
Chang versus Lendl = one of the most memorable matches ever!
amoergosum3 2 years ago
He thanked God for the victory which, I think, makes it all the more amazing.
Speedygi 2 years ago
???
thekonsul 2 years ago
The crazy thing about Chang's mental toughness was that he was so young at the time. He's still the youngest to ever win the French.
marcosanegron 2 years ago
All this crap about the
"underhanded" under serve and T line nonsense reminds me how the British complained that the Americans were using Guerrilla tactics in the Revolution instead of fighting in the open. It's no wonder Euros suck at winning wars!
smylzk 2 years ago 3
Except that the USA never won a war that they have been in on their own.
Lost to Canada. Lost to Vietnam.
HardyFranklin 2 years ago
Beat the stuffing out of the Spanish though
Jquanghuy 2 years ago
USA never won a war ? Cool. Guess they are still an english colony then hm ? ;)
tarkis81 2 years ago
wat about england, japan, and germany(twice)
ya US never won war rite :P
Lonehawk2k4 2 years ago
Since when did US go to war against Canada? That was when US were at war with Great Britain: Canada was still a colony.
And the US withdrew from Vietnam because of public disapproval and things were going nowhere.
bigboy543andkell 2 years ago
u kno wats interesting during the civil war gurilla tatics were never used and u'd think we would on our own turf lol
guess americans turned into euro style fighting lol
Lonehawk2k4 2 years ago
Chang deserves an honorary cognitive science degree. He manipulated the visual and social cues that Lendl used to frame the game. He beat his mind, and the body followed.
brownerthanu 2 years ago 2
Wasn't :56 like let?
mccandokao 2 years ago
no cuz it landed outside the service box
t3tsubo 2 years ago
It landed outside of the service box so it's a fault. Only when it hits the net and lands in the service box.
bigboy543andkell 2 years ago
God bless him
winwininvestment 2 years ago
Standing that close to receive a serve is suicidal. lendl just choked.
xieulong 2 years ago 3
Not on clay for a second serve in 1989 it wasn't.
TheoMurpse 2 years ago 2
Johnno1188 cannot be more wrong in his opinion. Chang beat Lendl fair and square. He used his brain instead of his physical strength to beat lendl. He knows he cannot beat Lendl physically, so he used his brain to psych Lendl out. He didn't break any rule by standing close to receive serve. As a matter of fact, a lot of player imitate Chang afterward by standing close to receive serve. This way you can get the ball back quicker before it jumps up.
travelgas 2 years ago 4
totally agree, when i play against my friend whose second serve is a freebie i give my self more time to set up my shot by standing in closer to the service line.
koundinyakuppa 2 years ago
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about chang and life opinions in general all in good spirit and fun, no big deal if disagree with my opinions this is just a bit of time wasitng fun to me and everybody
johnno1188 2 years ago
read my comment third message i was meant to say orthodox or straight forwad tennis not unorthodox in. It will make sense as typing error was made sorry lol, i am such a good guy to for letitng every1 know that lol all good every1. Sorry for the many spelling errors not important enought to waste time and energy fixing the typing errors love some feed back on my opinions
johnno1188 2 years ago
or poor people commiting petty crime , the weaker person or group often resort to dirty tactics or sdo illegal activity to get what they want coz they cant do it fair and swuare and act more desparate nd confrontational to the stronger or more fortunate person and exploit there lack of desperation, And that is not fair. Life is not fair sadly coz many people lack good morals when they really want something and that is sad, and the world is fucked up and poorer place coz of that.
johnno1188 2 years ago
stop whining geez, what a baby
holkn 2 years ago 2
and they still rose to the occasion showed how strong those two were but still any dirty tactics are not nice form the weaker opponent. sport is suppose to send a good philsophical message about life, be fair. And chang went the opposite of sports moral code and nice life code. He chose to be not nice and rattle his opponent with highly dirty and confontational tactics as that was the onl way he could win. Not nice. I see it on ther areas of life the weaker weher it be the workforce
johnno1188 2 years ago
No i am not a nt case or crazy, but giving my honest opinion. It was bad sportsmanship and chang exploited lendl and the rules of the specifc sport, coz he couldnt win fair and square playing normal tactics. Michel jordan used to suffer this and pele in soccer, and other star players in other sports dirty tactics or taking performanc enhancing drugs is the only way to stop the star athletes,
johnno1188 2 years ago
they win fair in square show me in the rule book you cannot do what he did to win? show me?
bimbim007 2 years ago
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Chang was not such an innocent teenager. He knew he could not beat lendl fair and square playing straghtforwad tennis he could only beat him by dirty tennis not unorthodox tennis. Not in the spirit of sport poor sportsmanship. Lendl is phsyically capble of hurting him but didnt coz he would go to jail coz chang legally did nothing wrong. Man i would of not wanted ot but cnag deserved to die behaving like that, i would of wanted to kill him if i was lendl. chang was cruel. Life is unfair.
johnno1188 2 years ago
Wow. Saying someone deserved to die for an underhanded serve. Overreacting much?
TheoMurpse 2 years ago 2
He wasnt being fair with lendl, life is not fair doesnt mean you always have to exploit a situation and people, that is not nice, chang was being cruel and exposing lendl ultimately that lendl didnt want it enough to risk hurting chang on first serves when he stood close to net, for fear of hurting him or making chang angry. lendl mind said fuck this i am rich have a good life why throw my life away over a tennis match. He tested lendls mind strength in a cruel way. Your not nice chang.
johnno1188 2 years ago
i would of gave chang a evil look of like i will kill you if you after the match if you carry on like this anymore. Just to outpsych him, but he would of tested my patience, how much do i want to kill him over a tennis match, i am capable of it but do i want to go to jail for this guy when i am rich and have everything to live for. Chang psychologically tortured lendls morals and patience, and took advantage of the fact that he didnt want to kill him coz that would ruin his life.
johnno1188 2 years ago
Your reasoning abilities are impressive. Please tell me more. How can I use "killing" to improve my own life?
brownerthanu 2 years ago
Not very sportsmanslike or being a nice guy, micheal chang was not being nice out there he was trying to win at all costs within the rules of tennies but that is no nie he crossed the line. He was estign lendls mental strength and lendl was afraid of hurting him or also ricking lendl into getting scared to hit him when he served. Unsportmanslike behaivour, and lendl was mentally weak. But what is lendl going to do, try to kill him when he serves, chang pushed a human beings capacity to be nice.
johnno1188 2 years ago
chang .......as an asian i m proud
grt tricks....
deserve winnin
romewho 2 years ago
In exactly 20 years from Chang's title, Roger Federer becomes the Greatest Tennis Player in the World!!!
jesuschristsmysavior 2 years ago
Today is 5th of june 2009, exactly 20 years ago i saw the greatest match of tennis of all times : Chang vs Lendl. REALLY UNFORGETTABLE !
Thank you Michael.
kit2066 2 years ago
All Lendl had to do was get his serve in. He choked!
euskadi71 2 years ago
Good Open
ytusergmail 2 years ago
Best match ever. Chang was great. I was 17 and I remember it like the incredible match ever.
If you play tennis, you know theres a lot of psychology in the game, and Chang used it very smartly. He won. He found a way. He got victory.
Impressive
BryanFury22 2 years ago 3
To me...this is one of the most inspirational sports performances I've ever seen.
cmacuf 2 years ago 3
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No sportsmanship whatsoever from Chang.
Eric0816 2 years ago
The underhanded serve was funny
dpinzow 2 years ago 4
at the match point when chang stands near the t line I was thinking that hes such an fucking asshole ... that's just isnt the right thing to do, thats anti-tennis, he disrespects his opponent ... and tennis is from what I see, a lot about that, respect.
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
To LesYeuxDeDarius
Why was it disrespectful?
willobillo0714 2 years ago
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because it broke the unwritten code of how do you behave on a court while playing a match ? He was just an asshole on that moment, got it ?
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
hey Darius im totaly disagree with you, i think Chang is an awesome winner of Roland Garros.
Because he s not the most powerfull player, not the better technician but he never give up.
and for me that the idea of sports, never give up.
He use all he can in tennis to win.
Tennis is not just hit the ball hard as you can, it can be subtle and funny too.
Chang is for me a great champion and a great inspiration.
vatoum 2 years ago 6
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I don't said he was a good player or something like that, I said that he is a little bastard for behaving that way on the court on a decisive point. What would you think about a guy who stands near the T line when you have second serve and breakpoint/setpoint/matchpoint against you ?
As a tennis player obey the rules of courtesy, I never saw agassi doing such stuff, or sampras, or nadal or even federer, nor many other players nor even the beginners and other amateurs...
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
i undestand what you said Darius, but Agassi, Federer or Sampras are great champion like Lendl.
Chang was a good player with his own skills but not a n1.
Lendl was n1 in 1989 and its only is fault if he lost this match because he entered in the Chang game instead of playing his tennis.
and the smart Chang defeated the strong lendl.
vatoum 2 years ago 5
I don't say that is bad that chang won, or that he played bad, but that the BEHAVED bad on the court, not in the way of a mcenroe i mean, he simply havent shown any respect for the other player. that all.
and oh yeah, nadal just lost agaist robin soderling, a big happy shock for me ^__^
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
How is an underhand serve on a decisive point be considered as bad behavior on the court. A professional player should expect all sort of serves/shots coming at you. It's really unfair when a player played a shot and be called a "bastard". An overhead serve is not the only way to serve and tennis is a mental game as much as a physical one. Chang won fair and square and should deserve every bit of that win as the other competitors did.
kesel5588 2 years ago 11
I did not meant the underhand serve, I meant the standing near the T line when Lendl had second serve breakpoint against him -. -
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
I mean matchpoint.
AND yeah, he DID deserve to win, he played some fine tennis in RG but I dont like him at all ( especially for this one moment, Lendl also disliked that action )
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
Chang didnt do it with all skill which makes it less remarkable. The last point is a memoir in history, but i think Lendl should of served normally, hard and flat and Chang would have no chance.
RobT89 2 years ago
Chang's legs were all cramped up and he didn't have much left in the tank, to win he basically used every trick up his sleeve which was actually very creative! An underhand serve, who today has the balls to try that trick vs Federer or Nadal? On top of that this was a 17yr old kid who completely mind f*cked the #1 player in the world that year, if that isn't skill I don't what is.
douai3810 2 years ago 2
GO CHANG!!!! HE WON HAHAHAH
dogshouse 2 years ago
you just dislike him coz he's chinese, so obvious
holkn 2 years ago
His right foot was not on the T, it was to the left and behind the T. His right foot came in after the serve giving the impression of his right foot on the the T. I apologize for the comment i made earlier because I thought you were talking about his underhand serve.
kesel5588 2 years ago
umm ... and why do you consider standing near the T line bad behavior?
is that forbidden according to some secret codex?
greenberetta2001 2 years ago
isn't it ? What you would think about a guy who does that when he has a decisive point against you and you are on second serve ?
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
i would think that he's trying to break my concentration.
not that he's being disrepective.
there's nothing wrong with standing where you want to and where you're allowed to while receiving.
greenberetta2001 2 years ago
There is a Dilemna to face if you want to injure your opponent or not. Maybe Lendl was being ethical and thought in the end it was just a game and decided to give it to Chang.
RobT89 2 years ago
he was #1 in the world. just make the freaking serve
d2s4ui5 2 years ago
chang was never number 1 in the world
oilcountry17 2 years ago
I'm fairly certain he meant Lendl.
illogicalman21 2 years ago
ive always loved watching this type of tennis
now a days its really now as great (theres some good matches) but not that much great matches
last great match i watched
was 2008 wimbledon
iNikkoJohn 2 years ago
yeah that was a great match. the next awesome match i saw was the Nadal/Verdasco Australian 2009 semifinal.
leejc13 2 years ago
never got to watch on tv but on youtube.'
it was greaat
iNikkoJohn 2 years ago
now a days its really not* as great
iNikkoJohn 2 years ago
But it's getting better with the time, there's no more the one man Federer show ( although I would like him to win some more matches this year, and the wimby and us open : D ) and there are 4 players at least that are capable of winning everything ( which is a very positive thing, for starters ), I hope that with the time some players like Gulbis, Tsonga, Monfils, and a few others get better and we have an interesting ATP ( not like the wta, without justine its not the same ... )
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
so true, i loved justine shes really a great player.
i know ill be hated for saying this
but i want roger to win french,
just cause hes an underdog,
but i love rafa,
iNikkoJohn 2 years ago
Justin come back : D I dont want to see the likes of safina or other males winning on the wta circuit ...
And Roger ... well, it would be fun to watch him winning in the finals, but thats rather imposible ( WHY !? GOD WHY !? I love that guy please give him the power o Lord ! imma atheist -. - ) ...
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
that was rude..
i know youre atheist and respect it.
but im catholic, and that was little offensive
iNikkoJohn 2 years ago
I was being sarcastic, disculpame if I it hurt you...
( funny trivial stuff, im from a country where 95 % of the people are declared Catholics XD )
LesYeuxDeDarius 2 years ago
Don't forget that Chang was cramping in the last few sets. Completely wrecked physically, and was doing whatever he could to save his energy and strength. he resorted to a smart mind game, something a stoic player like Lendl wouldn't be able to adapt to. It was one of the great contests in all of sports for so many reasons and on so many levels.
mrluxuryyacht 2 years ago 6
ahahahahahhahaahhaah!!!!
he stood like 3 feet into the court.
AHAHHA
and he was like getting ready, shaking the clay from his feet as Lendl got mad.
ahahahhahahahahahahaha!
michael chang is boss
ChChChChinaa 2 years ago 4
Best player ever! A gentleman and a sports, always. Was always the first to acknowledge a ball in even if the referee had called it out to his opponent, etc. A true example of how sport should be...
theangelx 2 years ago
winning ugly referred to brad's own style of play if you actually read the book
BarelyListening15 2 years ago
O please... Lendl was number 1 at the time... chang was 17... theres no way there are very few lendl fans, ur not special
And lendl's fault for double faulting... why blame chang, it was a great way to get into the oppnents head
luuzer13 2 years ago 4
I have never seen any other tennis player at such a young age do something so intelligent in the game of tennis to mentally break the other player. That being said, Lendl's career far surpassed Chang's career in terms of ATP tour and Grand Slam wins. You cannot compare the two. Every great player has lost to lesser players. It happens for a variety of reasons.
Boudosaved 2 years ago
totally agree about your first statement, Chang was just amazing at that tournament
unamor 2 years ago
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I perfectly remember this match against Lendl.
I was disappointed because I was a fan of Lendl (I know, very few people were fan of Ivan but I was).
And today, I continue to disagree with the way to serve of Chang against Lendl. And on the match point, why Chang has to win like that ? Chang couldn't honestly win?
For me: to win like that = to win without respecting adversary = to lose
(for instance: Materazzi against Zidane and Italy wins Soccer world cup --> it's not sport)
spidersebbi 2 years ago
what did he do on match point?
Boromir1 2 years ago
He approached very close to the service line.
It's not illegal, I agree.
But it's very special.
In fact, nobody could return the service of lendl being so close to the service line. So it's only to deconcentrate the opponent (see the reaction of Lendl, and then he did a double fault and lose the match like that). But Chang could win by another way, more sportively.
I never have seen that, and yet I know tennis.
For me, it is a tactic to win, but it doesn't seem very correct.
spidersebbi 2 years ago
dude, i do that all the time at USTA matches. it's something u learn from playing leagues in the U.S. Nothing special.
ribcat 2 years ago
do that all the time? as in underhand serve? Or beating the #1 and eventually the #2 player at that time for the championship?
spankyou 2 years ago 2
I can understand why you were upset about that tactic. It does seem a bit questionable. But the bottom line is that it's legal and the 5th set is all about the head and the heart. If Lendl couldn't get his head on straight when Chang came up like that then it's his own fault. I can understand you questioning it, but it's legal and it was smart.
dwilliams02 2 years ago
dude,
Lendl was number 1. Michael Chang was nothing. Lendl cracked because he knew that this was prob his best chance to win Rolland Garros. and you could tell the way he reacted on the court. he knew he was in trouble - mentally.
ribcat 2 years ago
Michael Chang could beat you in a heart beat, they were both out to win, not for money, just glory.
spiff524 2 years ago
i think so. and i have no problem with losing to MC if he is willing to play me :)
ribcat 2 years ago
If Lendl couldn't get the ball in play it was his problem, not Chang's.
aguacatito2k 2 years ago 6
a win is a win!
volleyballboi13 2 years ago
chang was real smart.. he distracted them by doing those kind of serves lol
soulestazn 2 years ago
Unbelievable. I have never seen anyone use such tactics in tennis before. Genius.
Boudosaved 2 years ago
0:35 holy shiet, that underhand serve was wicked
animaanimaanima 2 years ago 2
smart idea
jamesguo66a 2 years ago