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...fact already a potential weakness. "A dickschädel, " his coach Günther Bosch calls him, meaning he is, not to put too fine a point on it, pigheaded. That imparts to his game its never-say-die spirit, but may also interfere with improving it physically and tactically. Ion Tiriac, his other mentor, insists Becker is too slow afoot but has trouble imposing on him a corrective training regimen. "He's very stubborn. You have to convince him of everything." In fact, it took Tiriac and Bosch three months just to change the mechanics of Becker's serve...
...This can carry Becker far, obviously, and he will need it. By the end of his playing days, the youthful clarity that so pleased Ion Tiriac had been muddied. Becker didn't train as hard as before and bullied opponents with his stature. "He knew a lot," says Bollettieri. "What he didn't know, he thought he knew; and he would intimidate people into thinking that he knew...
...owner Ray Ciccolo of the Boston Lobsters had wanted the best soldiers to withstand the psychic bloodletting that was scheduled to go on, he made some good picks and some bad ones. The best on paper looked to be Lobster captain and doubles player extraordinary Ian Tiriac. Tiriac was from Rumania, bad boy Ilia Nastase's doubles partner when Nasty was at his most abusive...
Opposing players, shaken by Tiriac's baleful glare, dubbed him Dracula. Tiriac began the season strongly with a lot of arguing and baiting at away matches but stopped when the fans booed him. No wrestling villain instincts resided in his lamblike breast. Instead, he became more the helpful doubles partner; he and Pat Bostrom won all their early mixed doubles and their wins seemed to be the triumph of good natured cooperation over querulous, fractious competition...
...match on Tuesday of this week killed even the hope that Tiriac might still be a calculating competitor. Leading in the last match, Tiriac became enraged over a call and stalked off the court with his doubles partner. The other team seemed ready to play the point over, but the umpires wouldn't relent. They were given 30 seconds to return to the court. No show, and they forfeited the game. They were given 30 seconds to return or face losing the remaining games in the match. Tiriac sulked to moral victory as the Lobsters gave the match away...