If you are a follower of Tennis, you will realize that a lot of changes have occurred since the great days of 30 years ago. The racquets are a lot different for starters, and the style of playing has altered dramatically.
If we look back to the Eighties, especially the Tennis players of that Decade, there were a lot of brilliant players, some are now household names, let’s just take a look at my favorites from that Decade.
One player must stand out above all others from the Eighties, when he was on top of his game he was almost untouchable, and his name was Bjorn Borg. He was one of the best players around at the time, but for some reason known only to himself, he decided to call it a day and retired whilst he was still quite young, what a waste of a great talent.
Another great Swede to entertain us all on the Tennis courts had to be none other that Stefan Edberg. This man could serve and volley for fun, and it was this talent that eventually got him to the number one spot in Tennis, but that was more to the end of the Eighties.
Then there was a young German teenager, with his Jump serve that astonished everybody by going on to win the most famous grass court tournament in the world, yes Wimbledon! Boris Becker was that man, although that was not his only achievement, not by a long way.
I suppose the steadiest player of the Eighties had to be the stoic Czech Ivan Lendl, another great player with a lot of tournament wins behind him, and a few grand slams as well.
Who could forget John McEnroe, now that man could play. He could also argue, but no one will ever forget the amazing shots that he could play. If they were called out though, boy was there an argument!, but I suppose you have to be a little highly strung (sorry about the pun) to be a great Tennis player.
All of these played a major contribution to Tennis in the Eighties, along with many others, but when I think of Eighties Tennis, these are the ones I remember the most.
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