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

"Steve Jaros" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message

> > > 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
>
> Actually no, it's the same thing.

Well, Virginia Wade hit the ball harder than the other players of her era;
does that mean she overpowered them? My point is that you've singled out
just one attribute out of a number that Lendl used to win matches; it'd be
just as correct to say he "out-placed", "out-consistenced", or
"out-manouvered" them. I'd estimate that most points involving Lendl went
for at least six strokes and many went much more. Points based around
overwhelming power are generally over in one or two strokes.