5-2 Alcaraz final set. 💪

 

Yep. Carlos with the hold to love, he's got it all going now.

 

Carlos Raducanu wins the championship final.

18 matches winning streak continues...

 

Carlos breaks Lehecka to win the tournament. Lehecka faded in that set as Carlos level went up.
7-5, 6-7, 6-2

 

What a great two weeks this was. They must be delighted at Queens, everyone involved and the spectators.

 

Carlos has won 91% of his grass matches in his career to date. No one has ever done that, according to TC.

And he transitions seemlessly from hard to clay to grass. They said none of the big three were able to do that at his age.

 

It really is remarkable. He has so much natural talent.

 

And some great matches between Rafa and Roger at W and elsewhere at that time, it seemed each one was a classic that bettered the previous one as Rafa was trying to break through Roger, especially at W. 2008 was almost as big a shock as '81.

 

We all have our favourites, that's a huge part of what makes tennis special particularly in contrast to team sports. I loved both factors in the Roger vs Rafa equation. I hope someone more interesting than Jannik shows up to challenge Carlos.

 

Here we go...I got over 6 hours of tennis ahead....

Old friend in the stadium to witness his 5-in-a-row being broken, perhaps...

 

BORG
the real goat
the only man to win Roland Garros in succession with only a two week break, when there was a real big difference between clay and grass, with wooden rackets no fancy strings.
he started his streak at 17, i think and concluded his string of victories at 23 or 25.
He finished his triumphs with 11 grand slams 5 Wimbledon and 6 french
at that time the highest total was 8 or 9 I think. open era.
He was the first tennis player I followed.
greatest player ever.in each generatrion.

Laver

Borg

Sampras

Federer Nadal Djokovic

Born Borg was a star like Elvis Presley
He brought tennis to the attention of the main media.
He played only a limited number of tournaments battling the tennis Association who tried to force him to play more.
That is why he was no 1 for a limited time.
He was unbeatable on clay.
and dominated at Wimbledon in a serve and volley era from the base line, unbelievable.

 

I certainly agree that Borg was a phenom like no other - a veritable shooting star, given how early he chose to retire. And as amazing as his rapid transition from clay to grass was in an era when, as you point out, 1) there was one week less between RG and Wimbledon; and 2) the grass was much much faster than it is now (both difficulties which were, incidentally, still in place for young Rafa but not young Carlos), Borg didn't win his 5 Wimby titles playing from the baseline. He used serve and volley on over 80 percent of his first serves and even some of his second. It's not surprising given the racquet technology of the times, but to me this makes his rapid transition between surfaces even more remarkable.

 

When are the Croquet Championships held? They are not televised over here

 

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/chris-evert-bjorn-borg-1974-first-grand-slam-title-french-open-roland-garros

This article is focused on RG rather than Wimbledon but a great article on both Borg and evert

 

 

Robson's 32 going on 52 in that thumbnail. Really not very flattering at all.