Topic: Laver vs Ashe - 1969 Wimbledon Semis

[Tennis4you]

Laver vs Ashe - 1969 Wimbledon Semis

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpdPX9avs1M[/youtube]

[OSU Buckeye]

Classic sweet stuff!  Looks just like you against me!   

[tennisfan78]

Thats some good stuff. They are playing pretty fast too. I would have guessed that the game would have been much slower at that time, but it doesnt seem that way. I guess I was wrong.

[dmastous]

Thats some good stuff. They are playing pretty fast too. I would have guessed that the game would have been much slower at that time, but it doesnt seem that way. I guess I was wrong.

No they played at a much faster pace back then. It's funny. There were a couple players who took a lot of time between points. So they instituted a time limit, and instead of speeding up the slowpokes it had the opposite effect. It slowed down the speedier players.

[pawan89]

cool stuff. the longest point was probably 5 shots - the serve, the return, a volley, a return and a volley winner. isn't that a little predictable in the end?