Agassi Becker Indian Well 1995

SF Andre Agassi vs. Boris Becker

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• Agassi
• Becker

[fullbatterie]

Somehow Boris' serve'n'volley game never was effective against Andre, although he had a big serve and great volleys. Andre only had problems against serve'n'volley when he played Pete. Man, I miss those times, when tennis was diversified.

[leadimprov]

You don't see that serve and volley style the kind of Becker anymore. I miss that kind of tennis.

[Jerry1978ish]

I believe tennis in general now is rather boring with Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Boris Becker and Goran Ivanisevic all retired, it's really not the same, these days!

[mousavsm]

I meant i once saw him""(correction of a previous message)

[mousavsm]

@kateholli I think service had a big part in it, too. If you think about it, the serve is so vital. Sure, Sampras was up 20-14 on Andre but throw them in there with equal serves, and I think Andre would have had a huge edge in h2h. Obviously, I can't say if Agassi had this that. Just saying that Pete's serve was his biggest asset. He served out of a lot of messes and it helped him win so many cheap points. As a returner of serve, to work so hard, then just get aced away, pains you!

[mousavsm]

@robertk2007 Being highly regarded as the best returner of all time, I wouldn't put that past Andre. I want saw him return a serve for a clean winner, it was like a 110 mph return. I think he was far and away the best returner of serve that the game has ever seen.

[oldpossum]

@robertk2007 I was wondering about that, too. Anyway, "Se non e vero e ben trovato" (if it's not true, it is well invented). But then, I do know that Boris sticks out his tongue while serving. He was a member of the German juniors delegation when I was the coach of the Swiss team for a tennis camp in Wiesloch, Germany, close to Boris' home town of Leimen. The German kids were making fun of that little freckled red hair kid, but I noticed during the gym workouts that he kept going like mad

[robertk2007]

when agassi played sampras he always seemed defeated before the match was over. andre just couldnt hurt pete on a fast court over 5 sets. he couldnt match pete mentally. pete always knew he was going to win, andre was just hopeful he didnt get destroyed

[robertk2007]

@oldpossum if thats true agassi had some sick vision. picking up the tongue and ball that early??? wow!

[fromanotherstar]

@fullbatterie i agree man, i look back and think what great times that was, now its nothing but a bunch of baseline robots.....the 90's was the best decade, all the top players were like gunslingers.....

[oldpossum]

Right -- Agassi wrote that Boris was sticking his tongue out in the direction he would be serving, like a little red arrow...

Funny stuff!

[kateholli]

In my opinion Agassi and Becker were the most gifted ones in my time, what eye, what feeling! Both of them, on a good day, could beat anyone. They were only beaten by themselves now and then, which made tennis this wonderful big drama then, how they fought their demons (so funny they don't like each other at all); and that's why Sampras was the most successful: He was the steadyness in person, and perfect technique, but too tame, too perfect, too boring after all. The predecessor of Federer...