Courier Agassi 1991 French Open Final

Courier v Agassi in the 1991 French Open final

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• Agassi
• Courier
• French
• Open

[krogdog]

Sounds absurd nowadays...two Americans in the finals of the French Open!

[LiquorWreckedEm]

I respect Courier because I think the guy got everything out of the ability he had. In that era with Pete and Andre, to win more than a few grandslams and be number 1 in the world, says a lot about the guy because he was nowhere near as talented as those guys. I always felt his backhand was his weakness. He had a hard time generating a lot of power with it unless the ball was in a perfect spot.

[jembozzo]

@krogdog because the need more doping like spanish team

[TheSepaugh]

@SerUresto but they are hit far more often now

[SerUresto]

@TheSepaugh Still not seen anyone thump forehands as hard as Magnus Larsson or Magnus Gustafson, and those guys didn't have super strings to help them. :)

Some of what you say is true, but to me that makes it more impressive when you go back and watch guys like Becker, Pete, Andre, Courier, and others pulling off shots that are as spectacular as anything hit today, because they didn't have super slow courts, puffy balls, and high tech strings to help them hit those shots.

[TheDrowsyMadcap]

Huge D-Bag at 2:42 LMAO

[harryfm175]

Career = Courier :)

[TheSepaugh]

i respect all the former tennis greats but i feel that tennis is far more exciting today with the new technology and stuff,

Topspin shots have more topspin

Flat balls are way harder

The serves are far more massive(not including petes)

And most of the players have just as much athletic ability

and

[JellyBelly6262]

@LiquorWreckedEm dude i just caddied for Jim Courier at myopia hunt club, he was such a nice guy and a great golfer, i didnt know much about him except that during his prime he had to go against guys like Pete and Agassi.

anyway he was a great guy to work for and paid me a ton. i was nervous at first cause he looked like a serious guy but he was just fooling around and cracking jokes the entire time, sorry for the random comment but i thought u might like to hear about his personality.

[lorenavedon]

@KaitainCPS There is NOTHING on google about this book you speak of. Care to be more specific? Thanks. I could kill for that book

[captainspirou]

@kinkabala He was still able to hit those shots in 1999. The major change was his coach was now Brad Gilbert who told him to hold back a little to make his opponent run.

[kinkabala]

@KaitainCPS Yup I agree , the irony is I think his hollywood shots would of served him better and more slams on clay if he hadnt of bulked up as he did after this and destroyed the flexibilty that allowed him to generate those winners and pace.

Look at his 99 win and his shots are nowhere near as impressive , so muscling up really cost him there - though you could argue it was the lack of pace his over muscling cost him that lead to him being smarter and utilising the pace he did have better.