Re: Lendl vs other greats....(head to heads)

"Steve Jaros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Who said that? Obviously, Lendl hit the groundies with great placement.
But
> he also hit the ball harder than anyone else, save Becker, and that was
very
> key to his success.

Which is very different from saying that he "overpowered" other players and
that that was the key to his success. My point is that the crucial element
in his (and most other players) game was his ability, through a COMBINATION
of placement, disguise, court-position, and power, to reduce the time his
opponents had to play their shots. The power alone wasn't remotely enough to
achieve this.