Borg's passing shot

[omniexistus]

Borg...I heard he was real fast..

[jmsbatista]

just to remember guys who think Nadal is the best clay court ever , borg played with those rackets , I wanna see Nadal play with Bjorn Borg's racket , I would love to see !

And much more , Borg is the best clay court ever

[dt66ok]

Borg had won 6 French by age 25, Nadal 5. The stats don't lie Borg is the best clay player ever!

[Edygio59]

Nadal is the King of Clay

[dt66ok]

Nadal wouldn't stand a chance against Borg. Anyone who says Borg couldn't play in this era obviously doesn't know anything about tennis.

[acmeofentity]

I would like to see a game between Federer and Nadal with the racquets they used in the 1970's. Then people who weren't around in the 70s will see how different the game is with those racquets. You can't compare Borg to Nadal because of the massive difference in racquets.

This is not a great example of Borg's stroke play, more an example of his court coverage and how fast he gets to the ball.

[jembozzo]

pfff

stupid

borg was the greatest at these times

he couldn't win one game today verses nadal or anyone else

[hattrickster33]

@jembozzo That doesn't mean if he was at his prime today he wouldn't be better than Nadal. The whole idea is so subjective that you can't really know unless you had away to make Borg 20 again....

[jembozzo]

@hattrickster33 are you kidding ?

borg hits the balls like a beginner compares to nadal or any actual

top 100

[hattrickster33]

@jembozzo Yea but if he had started out in the modern era of tennis with modern equipment he probably wouldn't be that bad

[jembozzo]

@hattrickster33 of course

but it's not only a matter of equipment

but technical, strength, quickness, etc...

[millionairejh]

i dont know much bout tennis back in those days, but seems like what helped borg the most was his fitness and physicallity. which in those days wasnt as high priority as it is now. ppl these days have amazing stamina and court speed, which credits nadal even more for having soo much of a superior physicality

[angryniggah]

that is world class speed and shot execution/selection to finish the point. crazy swiftness.

[wat870]

@angryniggah nowadays, that shot wouldn't have been a winner. players these days are so much better at anticipating and that down the line shot would have been the first one they'd cut off.

[angryniggah]

@wat870 50/50

[BORGCONNORS]

Nadal best claycourt ever alongside with Borg . Borg was more dominant when he won 1978 & 1980 without losing a set because he lost in 1978 only 32 games & 1980 38 games. Nadal in 2008 lost 41 games & in 2010 71 games. Borg had 10 6/0 score between these 2 years & Nadal had 3 6/0.

[TheMezomorph]

BORG without the R = BOG > in croatian it means GOD

despite class of McEnroe, Becker, Sampras or Federer - thre is only one Borg

[Vento2010]

ma la palla dove è? che non si vede na mazza?

[longtalltexan63]

All of the arguments mean nothing if the players today are not using the crap rackets they used then. The players today seldom ever use touch. It's just a big power play over and over. The old school guys knew how to drop shot, pass, slice, placement......you just don't see a lot of it now.

[banana73able]

fast borg : D

[pjotr669]

"Besserwissers" around again! It´s a new Era! Of course Nadal is the hero of today, of course Borg has left the building! Why such crap; if the other would have met the other!? It will never happen! Get yourselves better to do, like playing tennis for real, in this world!

[Bonaboms]

one of the best matchups ever wud be nadal v borg in RG final, man wut a sight!

[BashfulBob]

Yes, but Nadal wouldn´t have a chance, Borg is the greatest clay player ever.

[IricForset]

mm hmm....... Borg never crushed his opponents like Nadal did in the French Open 2008 tournament.

[BashfulBob]

RG 1978:

1st round Borg - Deblicker 6-1 6-1 6-1

2nd round Borg-Fagel 6-0 6-1 6-0

3rd round Borg-Bertolucci 6-2 6-2 6-0

4th round Borg- Tanner 6-2 6-4 7-6

QF Borg- Ramirez 6-3 6-3 6-0

SF Borg- Barazutti 6-0 6-1 6-0

F: Borg- Vilas 6-1 6-1 6-3

[IricForset]

How many of those players did Borg face have a total of 13 grand slams?

[BashfulBob]

I don´t really see your point? You cannot possibly mean that Nadal "crushes" Federer on a regular basis, even if they meet on clay. The RG final 2008 was a meltdown but hardly the norm for their encounters.

Vilas was by the way a terrific claycourter, one of the greatest ever. Yet he was slaughtered by Borg, more than once.

[thehunto]

It's important to note, though, that Nadal has dominated on clay (barring injury) in an era of baseliners.

[sledge999]

LOL! Nice owning there Bob! That must smart, Iric!

[spacecowboy95]

what the hell are you talking about?

[elecbass100]

oh wow. I've never seen such a run like that! He barely lifted his feet - what leg speed!

[Mahavatarfan]

at normal basis 40 is his normal heart rate If he were to play nadal when he was this age man nadal wouldnt be king of clay no more.

[Harshcore811]

Wow, that court is really orange.

[gore53]

"What speed in the 5th set too." For Borg that was never much of a problem. Most of the match his heart rate hovered at around 5o, while in the crucial fifth set it jumped to 55. While watching the French Open this year Vilas' heart rate appeared to be non-existent. Pulse, please, anyone?

[xedvux]

What speed in the 5th set too.

Borg had tremendous footwork and anticipation.