Richard Krajicek's festival of aces
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Kafelnikov has said that Krajicek's serve was one of the hardest serves to read and return.
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Yes.... They hit over 100 aces against eachother.
The only problem is, both players didn't return serve very well and had no enrgy to return so aces were coming easily, hence the reason the match could never finish.
Krajicek hit 49 aces against a top class opponent and Grand Slam champion (Australia that year)
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Sampras, Krajicek and Stich were all strong and fluid. But Pete was able to be healthy for most of his career. Mentally, he was the toughest of the 3. They were all fun to watch.
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@ARKN06 Couldn't agree more. I hate it when people say today's era is the greatest.
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It's a pity Krajicek didn't win more Grand Slams than just Wimbledon. He really had a splendid cannon serve. Nevetheless, it really hurt to Sampras that moment when his coach/mentor, Tim Gullickson, passed away because he wanted to pay him a tribute for a great person he was.
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@ARKN06 krajicek was a great player. On a good day nearly unbeatable but he clearly had too many bad days and a lot of injuries. He surely could have won a couple of more slams, but it wasn't to be....I'm from holland and i will never forget wimbledon and his victory over Sampras :-)
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He's one of the few players with a positive record against Sampras.
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I love ace machine!
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i dont see how it's big deal that he hit 49 aces and still lost.
Would be great if you could post the h/l from the ATP Masters Stuttgart 98 where he won steamrolling Agassi Ivanisevic Sampras and Kafelnikov back to back in straight sets while beating Sampras despite the American hitting more aces than him.
ARKN06 1 year ago
@ARKN06
I don't have those matches but I'm planning to upload some excellent Krajicek stuff soon.
Techtribal1990 1 year ago
TBH the title of the vid suggests a kind of sarcasm at Krajicek. IMO he was the most purely talented player of the 90s gen. Like with Sampras his greatest weapon was his serve. Like with Sampras his next greatest weapon was his forehand. Like Sampras he had a superb running forehand. Like Sampras he had a good all-court game. So many similarities that end there. Unlike Sampras though he had neither the will nor the heart or the relatively injury-free career.
ARKN06 1 year ago 2
@ARKN06
The title of the video suggests no sarcasm - I was having a bit of fun with the title.
Techtribal1990 1 year ago