Word: lendl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Borg and McEnroe went to 18-16. Lendl came back from 2-0 to take the French and break Mac. Martina and Chrissie...
...French Open was a triumph. To do it at 17 was a wonder. But Michael Chang seemed to grasp more than just the moment when he beat Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg in Paris to join the company of world-champion tennis players. Chang was wise enough to understand, "These two weeks are going to stay with me the rest of my life," but excited enough to imagine, "Maybe someday I'll be able to achieve something greater." More than a few days later, the sport is still tingling with his possibilities...
...those of Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, also just 17, who, in the face of that invincible Grand Slammer Steffi Graf, took heart from the achievements of her American contemporary and turned both the female and male sides of the French Open into historic celebrations of youth. "When Chang beat Lendl ((in the fourth round))," Sanchez said, "I think then I have a chance against Steffi. Plus, look what Monica did." Monica Seles, a two-fisted Yugoslav giggler, every bit of 15, terrified Graf in their three-set semifinal. "That gave me hope," said Sanchez, who came back in the championship...
This was a reference to a trick or two Chang used to upset Lendl, who was more than just the top seed in the tournament. For most of four years, the Connecticut Czech with the gloomy eyes and great forehand has been the finest tennis player in the world. After 15th-seeded Chang lost the first two sets 6-4, he won the next two 6-3. But in the fifth set and hour, Chang's legs began to complain, and the banana cure he tried during the breaks could not hold off the cramping. Wobbling, Chang decided the best...
Crowding the service box impudently, Chang taunted Lendl into double faulting away the closing point in the last 6-3 set. But the three-time French Open champion brought grace to the interview room afterward. "He showed me a lot of courage," Lendl said. "He deserves credit." Defending champion Mats Wilander, who has fallen off the charts this year, was less magnanimous. Watching Chang dispatch his Swedish teammate Edberg in the finals, Wilander said, "It just shows you that anyone can beat anyone on clay...