Lendl's best candid interview: his early tennis years, his rivalry with Mac & Jimbo, getting older as a pro, tennis autobiographies, etc..
http://www.cricketvoice.com/cricketf...?topic=21004.0
"It was just father time. In tennis, as you get older, it’s not that you lose the straight-line speed or the stamina - the stamina actually gets better - it’s the agility of turning [you lose] and agility was starting to go. A split-of-a-second late here, two splits there and the point is gone. And you can’t do anything about it. There is nowhere to hide.”
“So it wasn’t so much the kids as a natural decline?”
“Right.”
Well, I'm interested in what Lendl says here. I'm gonna be 41 this May. I gotta be able to fend off the teenagers and twenty somethings I play with. lol
What he says about Mac is really interesting!
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Permalink Reply by Joe B. (BP, CA) on
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Seems true enough about the age. Stamina is something you can keep for a long time, but power probably suffers somewhat along with agility. You're gonna need to start playing with a granny stick soon, Tim. Might I suggest the Babolat Y118?
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Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
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I think he's definitely right about the agility. I'm gonna take some ballroom dance classes and some aerobic dance ones too. lol
The stick will always be the same. Head Pro Tour 630, otherwise known as PT 57A (pro stock number).
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