I'm happy to announce that I just about finished with my fifth tennis book "Facing McEnroe" which consists of over 60 interviews with various players and tennis world figures about what it's like to compete against John McEnroe on a tennis court. Here is one interview with the Swede Christian Bergstrom who played McEnroe four times ...
Christian Bergstrom: "My first memory is when I saw him on television against Borg in all the exciting matches in Wimbledon. He was only seventeen or something when he reached the semis. Very young. And then went on beat Borg in '81. Interesting."
Question: Your most memorable match with McEnroe? You played him four times...
Christian Bergstrom: "I don't remember, really. I remember one second round French Open. It was the match of the day with all the journalists and everything else. And on clay I was supposed to have a decent chance. But I got killed on center court, 6-3 6-4 6-2 or something. And he played really good - and I couldn't get my play going. But then we had some matches indoors. Close ones. 7-5 6-4 or 7-6 6-3, things like that. I didn't beat him but came kind of close in a few sets. So he was tough to play against [smiles]. No rhythm at all. Very strange. Played serve and volley all the time. You'd get no rhythm at all. So he was obviously one of the best players in the world."
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I'm happy to announce that I just about finished with my fifth tennis book "Facing McEnroe" which consists of over 60 interviews with various players and tennis world figures about what it's like to compete against John McEnroe on a tennis court. Here is one interview with the Swede Christian Bergstrom who played McEnroe four times ...
Christian Bergstrom: "My first memory is when I saw him on television against Borg in all the exciting matches in Wimbledon. He was only seventeen or something when he reached the semis. Very young. And then went on beat Borg in '81. Interesting."
Question: Your most memorable match with McEnroe? You played him four times...
Christian Bergstrom: "I don't remember, really. I remember one second round French Open. It was the match of the day with all the journalists and everything else. And on clay I was supposed to have a decent chance. But I got killed on center court, 6-3 6-4 6-2 or something. And he played really good - and I couldn't get my play going. But then we had some matches indoors. Close ones. 7-5 6-4 or 7-6 6-3, things like that. I didn't beat him but came kind of close in a few sets. So he was tough to play against [smiles]. No rhythm at all. Very strange. Played serve and volley all the time. You'd get no rhythm at all. So he was obviously one of the best players in the world." Continue to read full article...
