What's your favorite intergenerational tennis match?
I remember Sampras vs Federer at Wimbledon and me being pissed that some no name beat my guy Pistol Pete
There is also the Rogers Cup final between Agassi and Nadal where Nadal won his first title off clay against the legend. I started that match cheering for Agassi but I left it never cheering against Nadal again.
And who can forget about Serena vs Bianca at the US Open final where a Canadian finally won a Grand Slam in tennis.
Im sure people will have other and older examples, these are just 3 that come to mind for me.
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For me it has to be Agassi vs Baghdatis at the 2006 US open.
Baghdatis was just hitting his stride as a professional and Agassi left everything he had on the court that second round.
Just when you thought Andre had fully emptied his tank and had nothing left, Marcos begins to cramp and can barely walk, yet still blasts some winners past an equally belaboured Agassi.
Just a fun and well-spirited match under the Arthur Ashe lights. Great memories.
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What's your favorite intergenerational tennis match?
Jimmy Connors vs. Aaron Krickstein, 1991 US Open round 4. A five set thriller where Jimmy turns back the clock on his 39th birthday defeating his 24 year old opponent who had a two sets to one lead.
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I have a couple of more obscure ones. All in 1991 which seemed like a crossover year.
1991 US Open was the last hurrah for McEnroe and Connors. Connors of course made a run to the semis so any of those matches (The Krickstein match especially) were intergenerational and also McEnroe vs Chang (19 years old) 3rd round.
Also the 1991 Davis Cup final. Young Pete Sampras losing to both old guys Forget and Leconte. France's first Davis Cup win since 1932.
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Well, I don't feel too bad about Bianca losing the mixed doubles final as Miyu Kato was part of the ladies doubles team who was defaulted for accidently hitting a ball kid and losing all of her French Open prize money earned in doubles.
