up the the servant volley artist who you've got in in Edburg and then you've
got the powerful baseline player in courier as you had with Michael Chang
and you go back to the days of Mack and Rowan Borg and I think that's why they
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terrific contests so let's hope we're in for another good one. Well you've put in
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to Bathurst perhaps and your card did pretty well. Yeah well it's we went
pretty well as we expected we got blown off at the start by the big bangers and
as the race progressed and they run into problems and wore their tires and
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last one hour was the the hour that which we came up and we're hoping to do
the same thing at Bathurst. All right Bas you're back to the Gold Coast also and
we've got one race remaining in Malaysia and that'll be something else too and
Ian Chappell he'll join you straight after the break of course bringing you
all of the action from Flushing Meadow in New York and that's the USA and that's
to be some really great tennis. So stay with us we'll take a break be right back.
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Hello and welcome to Wide World of Sports live coverage of men's final day
at the US Open. Well we hope that you've enjoyed all the racing that we've had
for you. Now it's time for our tennis section and men's final day sees the
number two seed Stefan Edberg up against the number four seed Jim Courier and a
good matchup that is but before we get to that men's final we have plenty of
other goodies in our tennis bag for you. Let's have a look at the lineup today
from Flushing Meadows. First we have the women's doubles final and that's
commencing at 3 o'clock Eastern Standard Time and that's the matchup there between
the number one seed Gianna Novotna and Larissa Savchenko against Pam Shriver
and Natalia Zareva the number six seeds and then at 6 o'clock Eastern Standard
Time we will have the men's singles final as I mentioned between Edberg and
Courier a terrific matchup there between the servant volley artist and the
powerful baseliner. So before we get to women's doubles let's talk about tie
break. I guess the US Open is unique as far as the Grand Slam tournaments are
concerned in that it has a fifth set tiebreaker unlike the others say Wimbledon
where they have advantage in the fifth set and you can get it going on to 14-12
but at the US Open at Flushing Meadows they have the tiebreak system in the
fifth set. It was the brainchild of Jimmy Van Aalen and you heard during his
commentary the other the other night John McEnroe say that the players have
got a lot to thank Jimmy Van Aalen for with the tiebreak so let's find out a
bit more about the tiebreak.
In the old days it didn't really matter if the close set went back and forth
because you'd simply continue playing until somebody won by two
but now when the scoreboard flashes six all there's a moment of truth and only
here at the US Open alone among the Grand Slam events can the final set come
down to this. Last year's tiebreak between Martina Navratilova and
Steffi Graf in the semifinal was a highlight of the Open.
Three years ago another semifinal match brought a claim to Pat Katz who dueled
Yvonne Lendl through two memorable tie breaks in a losing cause and in 1985 a
new champion was crowned and for the second time Martina succumbed to a
tiebreak in the final set. Like the sets and matches it brings to an end there is
no ambiguity on the subject of the tiebreaker. I love to play tiebreakers because I
feel that I can win it because I think the serve and volley player has a bigger
chance they can take a bigger you know bigger risk. For a Grand Slam event I
think it's just too much you know you get one bad call opponent hits a lucky
shot and the match is over. It's just a pressure cooker if you don't make it
through the tiebreaker you know even though you lost a set very closely maybe
you know you're mentally so down for the next set that it affects your whole game.
Case in point a 1982 semifinal between John McEnroe and Yvonne Lendl after
losing a first set tiebreak McEnroe provided little resistance in sets two
and three. Last year Lendl repeated the pattern this time against Stefan
Edberg. After gaining a first set tiebreak Lendl easily swept into the
final and went on to win his second open title. So it's not hard to understand
why Lendl loved the tiebreak and the secret of his success is relatively
straightforward. The most important part is not to make mistakes but not to
play too cautiously. I always try to concentrate at the beginning of the
tiebreaker to hold myself two three times and maybe get a break somehow. If
you can do that you're all right. But there are other techniques the subtleties
of psychological warfare. Hannah Mandlikova works the officials to buy
some time and perhaps also to intimidate a little. John McEnroe is a genius at
diversion. Is his shoelace really loose? And how many times does Yvonne Lendl
have to tune up his strengths? Maybe he's playing kind of quickly you know
throughout the set you know and you look at Lendl and also Lendl start taking 45
50 seconds in the tiebreaker. He's standing there 15 seconds twitching his
arm and neck and you know he's making you think about it. He's putting the
pressure on you and Connors and Mac those guys are all masters at using the
time and going to the towel and making you wait. Well you can go and tie your
shoelaces so you can you know talk to the Empire a little bit you can go and
you know use you use a towel on your racket. You can slow the game a little
bit more than in the games you know you between the points. Love it or hate it
the tiebreak is one of those things that makes the US Open so special. In 1981
young Tracy Austin became the first US Open champion to win the title by
virtue of a tiebreak.
For the fans a tiebreak is the ultimate and the fans got their money's worth
with a pair of tiebreaks in a five-set thriller between Cash and Lendl as the
opening act in tennis's longest day.
The ultimate example of the tiebreak took place on the grandstand two years
ago when Steffi Groff and Pam Shriver played every set to a tiebreak conclusion
for the only time in open history.
And last year once again Groff battled her way into a breaker in an
unforgettable semifinal with Martina Navratilova.
The breaker can break more than a tie score it can frustrate, demoralize and
defeat. But for those on the winning side of the net surviving a tiebreak can be
an uplifting experience.
What it does is it's absolutely shortening the length of the of the match
and at the same time the pressure increases. Americans love to see that
stuff anyway.
Pichai Amitraj there with his thoughts on the tiebreaker and I
guess the ultimate in tiebreakers at the US Open was the match we saw in the
first week the match between Derek Rustano and Jacob Lasek and they played
four sets for tiebreakers. We'll be back in a moment with more about the US Open.
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Well as you saw in our graphic a little earlier we have the men's final coming through at 6 o'clock Eastern Standard Time.
So we thought this might be a good time to introduce you to the two finalists.
First up we have Jim Courier who won this year's French Open. He's seated number four.
So let's find out something about this Cincinnati Reds baseball fan.
In the first All-American final at the French Open since 1954, 20-year-old Jim Courier aced his way past Andre Agassi into the tennis history books, winning the first Grand Slam of his career.
Paris was great for me. It was hopefully not a once in a lifetime experience but it's the biggest tennis moment I've had up until now and I'm still feeling the aftershocks from it.
The aftershocks began at the airport with a warm welcome home from his 11-year-old brother Chris, his mother Linda and his father Jim Sr.
I went home and it was pretty much a zoo everywhere and there was just a lot of media on hand right when I got at the airport and I would have preferred just for my family to be there but that's understandable. It was a fairly big deal for the local media.
Local media and the entire town of Dade City, Florida, population 6,500, support for their favorite son was everywhere. Banners decorated the town from one end to the other.
It's a great feeling just to know that the community where you grew up is that they're all behind you and I know basically everybody in Dade City, everybody knows me. It's just we're a really small town.
The only thing that changed for us a little bit was the first tour one to two weeks after we won the French. There was a lot of pandemonium around and some fun times and I maybe lost a little concentration at work for a week or two.
I had a lot of people call them and congratulating our family but no, we're back to normal. It'll be business as usual now, next year, in 10 years.
10 years from now the next young star from Dade City could be Jim's brother Chris. He's got that same powerful two-handed backhand and is quick to comment on his brother's game.
Yeah, I taught him everything he knows. Well, he didn't get to see him very much so that's kind of hard not seeing him because every time he comes you're like, alright, and then he leaves. It seems like he leaves the next day and you're real upset about it.
So you miss him?
A lot.
He's a big part of the reason I like to go home because I don't want to miss him growing up. He's only going to be that age one time. Like this year his baseball team went undefeated and I didn't get to see any games. That was pretty discouraging.
Now a recognizable face he is sought after by fans, sponsors, and tournament directors. So just who has Jim become as a result of all this attention?
That's really hard to say because I'm kind of searching every day to find out who I am because things are really changing rapidly around me. And it's a question of sometimes I struggle to find out to be myself. I'm struggling to be myself sometimes because people are reacting differently to me.
Last November he started working with new coach Jose Higueres. Not only is he helping him with his shot selection, his mental attitude as well.
He's calmed me down quite a bit inside too which I need because I can be a bit high strung sometimes. And I guess the way he says it, you know, if I can calm myself down, allow myself to think on the court and I can realize what's happening.
Instead of just kind of closing my eyes and going with it, I can kind of step back from the situation and see what's going on.
He began to learn to relax and go with the flow. And I thought all along that when he came to that point emotionally and in maturity that he would begin to blossom into what his real potential would be. And I think that's what's happened.
Jim's success this year began in March, beating three top ten players before capturing the title at Indian Wells.
Then another victory at Keebus game catapulted him into the top ten for the first time. It also put him over the million dollar mark in career earnings. He hopes it doesn't end there.
It's been like that every week though, you know, since I've turned pro. It's like every week is just a lot of fun. There's a lot of hard work involved in it.
But, you know, it's really, you walk, you go to these tournaments and everybody caters to you and it's not going to always be like that.
You know, when your days are over, you go and you get on with real life. But this is like living in a fantasy world. And I hope it doesn't end for a while.
Jim Courier from Dade City, population 6,500. The capacity at Flushing Meadows Stadium is around about 20,500.
So he feels, I guess at times, as though it's pretty crowded there at Flushing Meadows at the Stadium Court.
Well, he's up against Stefan Edberg. As I mentioned, Courier, very powerful baseline player basically, although he does make the odd foray to the net.
But Edberg will be coming at him serving and volleying pretty well right throughout the match.
Edberg, well, he's a pretty quiet customer, a very cool Swede and a fine player and he's in terrific form.
Let's have a look at some of that form as he got through to the final by defeating Ivan Lindell in the semifinal.
Edberg at 5-4. About to serve here again, Mary.
Another look and again, what was real nice is the big smile that broke over Stefan's face when he hit that shot.
This is again to be this dismissive of Ivan Lindell, who has won this title so many times and if not in, he hasn't won it.
He's at least been to the final, except of course, when he was a quarter final loser of samples last year, that broke a remarkable streak of his.
This is how Edberg played against Michael Chang in beating him in straight sets.
Third ace by Edberg.
113 miles an hour.
30 love.
30 love, two points away from advancing to the final, Stefan Edberg.
And he'll get to sit back and watch Connors and Courier play later today.
That's coming up after the women's final.
Celis and Navratilova.
Still to come here on CBS, Super Saturday continues.
You want to watch a guy trying to close out a match. Watch these feet.
Good low volley. Little short steps.
And that gets him to three match points.
Oh.
And that's what it is.
You're in Lindell's spot. You say all I can do is just plug away. Just just keep hanging in there. You just never know.
Certainly it seems and looks bleak.
Still match point.
One thing you do know is this guy's going to serve in volley.
Edberg. Six three six three six four.
Very impressive. Marvelous display by the number two seed.
Just overpowered Lindell outplayed him in every category.
That guy's got nothing to hold his head down about, but just a great, great performance by the Swede.
Here is match point and Lindell gets a swing at this and just flat fans it.
Strike out. Ball jumped up awfully high.
Well, that was the second really impressive performance from from Stefan Edberg in the second week.
I thought he played extremely well in the match against Chang and followed it up with that fine performance against Lindell.
He's won four Grand Slam titles, all on grass, two at the Australian and two at Wimbledon.
Stefan Edberg and he would dearly love to win one on another surface. But the man standing in his way is Jim Courier.
We'll have that final coming through at six o'clock Eastern Standard Time.
Before that, we have doubles in a moment. We'll come back and talk doubles.
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Well, shortly we'll have the ladies doubles final coming up, and I find doubles quite exciting.
And with that in mind, we're going to take a look at the men's doubles final.
It featured an Australian, a very successful Australian at doubles, John Fitzgerald. He's partnered by Anders Yarid.
They're the number one seeds in the tournament, and the seeding committee have done extremely well,
because at the other end of the court are Davis and Pate of the USA. They're the number two seeds.
And Fitzgerald and Yarid, with their win at the US Open, made it to three out of the four Grand Slam victories in doubles this season.
And the fourth one went to Davis and Pate. So we're going to see some very good doubles now.
We're going to pick it up in the fourth set. Fitzgerald and Yarid are leading two sets to one, and they're leading 2-1 in the fourth set.
2-1 in the fourth set of the men's doubles final. We're looking at a beautiful view of the New York area on this gorgeous day for tennis,
and all of the excitement is focused on the stadium court, with the women's semifinal still to come between Capriotti and Sellers.
Let's return you now to our commentators, Pat Summerall, Tony Trabert, and Mary Carillo.
All right, Tim, we're in the fourth set. Fitzgerald and Yarid leading two games to one.
There's the guy who, when we moved from Forest Hills to the US Open Tennis Center, he was the driving force that really got it done.
House that's Lou built, and there he is counting the house right now.
Another terrific guy around here. Yeah. Oh, boy.
He always got mad at me because late in the afternoon I'd mentioned the, there's Bill Talbert.
He'd mentioned, I'd mentioned the shadow that the old scoreboard would cast on the center court.
He'd say, yeah, they got shadows at Yankee Stadium, and so he was always mad at me. But they moved the scoreboard. They did.
Fitzgerald and Yarid have a service break and are at 40-15 trying to take their lead to 3-1.
Another two of them. Yeah. Slough Hester Stadium might not be a bad name for the new facility that could be built here by 1995.
It could be ready by then. It's my vote anyway. I don't get a vote though.
Slough obviously not in the best of health, but he's never lost his sense of humor and never lost his love of this game.
No, the arthritis is really, really haunting him, but he's got courage enough to come up here.
Davis and Pate have their work cut out now. They're down two sets to one and down a break. Pate serving at 1-3.
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Pate serving.
40 loud. Fitzgerald and Yarrett up 3-1. Fourth set and up two sets to one.
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We're in the fourth set of the men's doubles final.
Andrews Yarrett serving his partner, John Fitzgerald from Australia.
They lead three games to two and two sets to one.
15-0.
30-0.
Double match, two hours and five minutes old now.
Andrews Yarrett serving.
That one was not directed as well as it might have been.
You'll see that when Yarrett has to volley up,
the paint closes in, watch where Yarrett gets hit. See, that's pretty high. The player didn't like that. He didn't mind getting down around the feet. The ankles want a high ball like that. When you get hit up above the waist, you don't like that too much.
Shades of Harhose and Connors.
40-0.
Notice how Fitzgerald lets the ball bounce.
And this is the last one Davis thought he saw an opening cross court and missed it.
40-30.
Fitzgerald and Yarrett lead four games to two.
In the fourth set, that was a fine coach by Fitzie because that return was low and coming fast.
It would have been much more difficult volley for Yarrett.
Out on court, 11. Amazing and remarkable Jimmy Connors.
Last week our friend Alan King said of this man, 40 years I've been watching tennis and he just makes his semis. It's as great as anything I've seen.
Well he's in the semis.
Isn't he though?
He's taking over the whole place.
He'll be in action tomorrow on Super Saturday. It starts at 11 a.m. Eastern Time.
The two men's semifinals.
That'll be the first match.
From Edberg against Steve Onlund, the women's final.
Martina Navratilova, who advanced today, will play either Monica Salas or Jennifer Capriati.
And then Connors and Courier.
Love 30.
And from the time I mentioned how well Scott Davis was doing, he's lost his serve twice and he down loved 40.
Here's another look.
And again more great movement from John Fitzgerald.
Just went right in there and took over the point.
And when they poach, they poach up to get close to the net. They don't go parallel to it.
This could put things on ice for Fitzgerald and Yarritt if they can break here. It'll be two breaks.
Boy, fine save. Bollie by Scott Davis. That was not easy at all.
What a return.
And they're up five games to two. Fitzgerald and Yarritt.
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Back at the stadium, the U.S. Open of 1991, John Fitzgerald serving.
If he can hold, he and his partner, Andrew Yarritt, are the champions. Men's doubles champion.
Love the team.
Our colleague Tony Travert has gone down to courtside.
We're headed in that direction to the part of the presentation to the champions.
Love 15.
The winning pair will split $163,500.
Fitzgerald and Yarritt seeded number one. Thus far that looks like a very astute seed.
In an age when doubles is dominated by power so much, it is quite remarkable that one team could win the French on clay, Wimbledon on grass, and the U.S. Open on hard courts.
To be able to win doubles titles on three grand slam titles on three different services just shows what a good doubles team you are.
That would be a pretty good statistic to put in your portfolio.
You can see Yarritt telling him, be gutsy, go for your serves.
Down 15.30.
And another first serve missed.
Badly.
Two points away.
Those two.
Call the left.
Oh.
30.
This fourth of the day at a really rotten time.
Yarritt now back saying, hey, take it easy.
We're getting such a hurry.
Break point for Kate and Davis.
Got the break. They're still in trouble but they've got themselves another chance to stay in this match, Davis and Kate.
By the way, the women's doubles winner, winners from last year, Gigi Fernandez and Martina Navratilova, they lost quite early in the women's.
Again, this was the break point that Davis ended.
So Schreiber and Zvereva, the sixth seed, Pam Schreiber.
They play the top seeds, Yana Navratilova and Larissa Shevchenko.
The women's doubles final is until Sunday.
We've got the juniors, we've got the seniors, we've got the mixed doubles, they've got still a lot of tennis going on here at the National Tennis Center.
But we're watching the mids doubles final.
Got the top of the net and a hopped over Davis racket.
Month 30.
Fifteen.
Fifteen forty.
Match point.
Fifteen.
The number one seed beats the number two.
So that's how Fitzgerald and Yarid won their third Grand Slam doubles title for the year.
A terrific effort. They shared 160,000 there.
And from the kid from Kokalichi, the South Australian John Fitzgerald, that takes his tally to about $480,000 for the year just out of doubles.
So Fitz is making a very good living out of playing excellent doubles.
And Davis and Kate, the losers there, won the other Grand Slam title for the year.
So that was the men's doubles final.
And now coming up we have the ladies doubles final.
And just a reminder that we also have the men's singles final.
That's the feature of the day.
And that's coming up on Stadium Court.
That'll be coming through at six o'clock Eastern Standard Time.
And in between the ladies doubles final and the men's singles final,
we'll be bringing you a replay of the bike Grand Prix from Le Mans in France.
That'll be at five o'clock Eastern Standard Time.
So the ladies doubles final features the number one seeds,
Yana Novotna and Larissa Savchenko.
And they're playing Pam Shriver and Natalia Zareva, the number six seeds.
So they'll be playing on Stadium Court.
And we look forward to some more good doubles there from Novotna and Savchenko
up against Shriver and Zareva.
Pam Shriver, formerly partnering Martina Navratilova.
So let's go now to Flushing Meadows for the women's doubles final.
There are the players entering Stadium Court.
Yana Novotna and her partner Larissa Savchenko,
followed by Pam Shriver and Natalia Zareva.
The women's doubles final coming up next on USA.
Together, Soviets Larissa Savchenko and Natalia Zareva
have won doubles championships that include the French Open in 89
and Wimbledon this year.
They've made it to the finals of the US Open today,
but the parties have split and will be on different sides of the net.
Savchenko is now playing with the number two doubles player in the world,
Yana Novotna.
And the pair has been successful,
winning both tournaments played as a team this year.
Zareva has teamed up with four-time US Open doubles champion Pam Shriver
for the first time.
Shriver has won 84 doubles championships in her career,
including 21 Grand Slams.
Today, it's the women's doubles championship on USA Network.
The stadium court at the National Tennis Center, New York City,
the women's doubles final on an absolutely magnificent day
here in Flushing Meadow, New York.
Not a cloud in the sky.
Temperature in the mid-80s.
Very little humidity, and it's expected to be that way
as the stadium fills up throughout the afternoon,
awaiting the men's final.
But right now, it's women's doubles.
Pam Shriver, Natalia Zareva, Yana Novotna, and Larissa Savchenko.
And hello, everyone.
I'm Bill McAtee along with Tracy Austin
to continue our coverage of the 1991 US Open here on USA.
And this is not a bad matchup.
Neither one of these teams has lost a match in their history.
That's right.
Zareva and Shriver actually are playing doubles together
for the first time, so pretty good getting to the finals.
They had a little bit of trouble in their second round,
but they're obviously undefeated.
But the other team have only played two doubles tournaments together
before winning both of them.
Let's take a look now and show you how they got here.
And really, as Tracy said, not a lot of trouble,
at least not a lot of trouble on the surface.
That's right.
Novotna and Savchenko actually went to three sets three times
and get into this final.
So being number one seed, that was a little bit of a surprise.
As I said, Shriver and Zareva went to 7-6 in their second round match,
so this one should be a good one.
And as you take a look at the past champions,
one name that is prominent there is Pam Shriver.
That's right.
Pam Shriver has won 21 Grand Slam titles,
of course winning the 1984 Grand Slam doubles with Martina Navratilova.
And last year, actually, Novotna missed having a Grand Slam
with Helena Sapova because she lost in the finals at the US Open here.
And now let's take a look at some of the players.
Shriver, Zareva, this is a pretty good doubles team.
Very good.
Shriver has a big, big serve, loves to come up to the net,
very good up there fast,
and Natalya Zareva has an unbelievable return.
Can hit it anywhere, angles down the middle,
moves quick up at the net, uses those angles and has soft touch.
And of course the other team, Savchenko and Novotna,
huge serve and volleyers, good in singles as well,
but better in doubles, very quick at the net,
very intimidating, hit the ball extremely hard.
Yana Navratilova, in fact, is ranked number nine in singles,
made it to the round of 16 here before losing to Gabriella Sabatini.
So it's the women's doubles final.
Shriver, Zareva, Novotna, Savchenko.
Coming up next.
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Day 14, the final day of the 1991 U.S. Open.
And Tracy, as we prepare for the women's doubles final,
what is it that makes a good doubles team?
It's a good communication.
You have to make sure that your games gel.
I think just getting along on the court,
because some players actually play together very well for a year,
and then they might get a little bit upset at each other.
It's kind of different to see Zvereva and Savchenko on different sides of the net.
They played at Wimbledon this year and won it,
but after that tournament decided to break up.
And so Pam Schreiber heard about that and tried to track Natalia Zvereva down.
She was in Madrid, Spain, doing some exhibitions,
and Schreiber called Zvereva over in Spain and said,
hey, let's play at the U.S. Open.
Let's get together, because she knew there was an opening there.
Have you ever seen doubles partners get really upset with each other?
Actually, I have.
You know, I've seen actually this summer I saw Zvereva and Savchenko play,
and the last tournament they won, they won Virginia Slims of Los Angeles.
And, you know, they just didn't seem to be gelling anymore.
They didn't seem to be, they seemed to get a little bit irritated at each other.
So that might have also been because they knew that that was going to be their last tournament and were breaking up.
Natalia Zvereva, who lives in Minsk.
And we are set to begin.
Schreiber will serve.
15 love.
It's very important in doubles to get a quick start right away.
You want to hold your serve all the time, because it's much more difficult to break in doubles,
because of that net man up there.
Make sure you get your first serve in.
30 love.
Pam Schreiber, who has had just tremendous success playing doubles.
That's in.
That's just long.
30-15.
There it looked like to me that Pam thought that Zvereva was going to get that lob,
and that's something that you just have to get used to.
This is their first tournament together.
Pam Schreiber played in the doubles with Mary Jo Fernandez a couple of years ago for the first time at the U.S. Open,
and also got to the finals.
Every time it seems like she plays with someone the first time, she gets to the finals, the U.S. Open.
Interestingly enough, Pam is ranked 30 in the world in singles and doubles.
She's really had to work to get those rankings up, because in June of 90, she had shoulder surgery.
Had to go in there and clean up some of the tendons and the rotator cuff in there.
So it took her quite a while to get back onto the circuit, about six months,
and then after that, get back into playing and get the mental toughness again.
40-30.
And of course, she came up, I guess, during this past week with us to call a match,
and she had just finished playing doubles and had her entire right arm from the shoulder down was iced.
Different cold compresses.
Schreiber-Zureva hold, and we're on serve to start the match.
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Some players actually don't like to talk too much, and others talk all the time.
Also someone that has that same mentality as you and has the same outlook.
Actually, Navatna broke up with Sokova at the end of the US Open last year
because she felt that Sokova lacked the drive that she had.
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You look at Pam, you know, she's playing with Martina.
They won 109 straight matches, 83 to 85.
And that is remarkable.
Goal!
That's what makes Savchenko so good.
She serves in a nice serve, gets in close to the net, and keeps closing.
Nice, firm volley, keeps moving forward, very aggressive.
Let's see if Pam tries to return this and come in.
She loves to be at the net.
Take another look at that.
That was what we were speaking about earlier, right down the middle.
That's right. Pam does well to take this return and come in.
This looked like a little fake shot there, but Pam was ready and made the winner.
Goal!
And we're at Deuce.
Goal!
Savchenko has 29 career doubles titles.
She's ranked number four in doubles and number 75 in singles.
At one time a couple of years ago, she was right around 15 in singles.
She really let that ranking go.
That was called out.
And we're back at Deuce.
The botanist Savchenko saying it was on the line.
Let's take another look.
Always tough to tell, but that did look like it was on the line.
It's very tough to tell because Zareva caught it just an inch or two after the ball came up off the ground.
It's out.
There you see Savchenko spinning her first serve in.
That first serve was only 76 miles per hour.
She just wants to make sure that she gets that first one in and gets in close and tight to the net.
Not going for the power, more the placement and the good spin.
What is the worst thing that you can do to your partner in doubles?
I think miss the return a lot.
You want to get that return in.
It's a cardinal sin to keep missing the returns.
You've got to make them play.
So Novotna Savchenko holds one all in the first.
It's tough to hit that passing shot on the return of serve.
You saw Novotna just poach right there, which was something that great doubles players do because you make the returner think constantly when they go to hit the return.
You want to make them lose a little bit of concentration.
You want to have them thinking about where you're moving.
You of course won Wimbledon with your brother John.
That must have been a great experience in mixed doubles.
Because communication wasn't a problem.
Actually, communication was probably our biggest asset because we were down so many times, but because we communicated well, we pulled each other back to a positive mode.
First double fault.
That was a little bit tentative.
That second serve was only 54 miles an hour.
What do you think Pam said to her just then?
I don't know.
Maybe go for it.
Reach up a little bit more.
They were both in the net.
Usually you're pulling your head down.
Not reaching up enough.
Good job at the net.
She was a little farther back than you normally would expect her to be at the net.
Novotna?
Yes.
Yeah, she was because Savchenko's return was actually quite high.
Novotna had quick hands to get that one back.
15-30.
You see Pam follow her back.
They obviously are communicating a lot.
I think that's good, especially because this is their first tournament.
Not quite sure where the other player is going to move.
What's your partner going to do?
Backhand volley.
40-30.
2-1.
First set, women's doubles final.
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A highlight was back in 1978, day of the finals, riding out on the subway, because I'd done that all during the two weeks, to play Chris Everett in the finals of the 1978 championship.
Even though I lost that match, I had so much fun and I think the score was 7-5-6-4.
And Chrissy at that point was number one or number two in the world. She was a legend. And I was just a kid. And I had a great time.
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At that age, you must have felt a bit overwhelmed.
New York City can be an overwhelming place, no matter what age you are.
Forty love, Yana Navada serving.
That's out.
Savchenko with a chance to put it away.
Savchenko's a very flashy player.
Wasn't quite underneath the ball.
Wasn't quite in the correct position. Hit the net and made the air.
She's very fast at the net. And again, talking about the poaching there. It's going to intimidate your opponents.
And when she does get hold of the volley, she hits it so crisp and so hard.
Doesn't just put it back in play.
Navada Savchenko, the number one seeds.
Shriver Zareva seeded number six.
Just out, but a good point.
Is it all instinct at the net in that situation?
Definitely. You just don't have any time to be thinking. It's almost just a reaction.
They've done it so many times.
I talked to Pam yesterday and she said she's just getting comfortable with playing doubles again.
She's just now gotten enough matches under the belt.
She played Pan American games and won the golden doubles there.
It's out.
Pam Shriver, who won the gold medal in the Olympics in 88, playing with Zena Garrison.
In fact, beat Yana Navada 10-8 in the third set.
Navada has an Olympic silver medal. 30-15.
It's a nice serve by Pam Shriver out wide and deep.
Zareva knew she could poach.
Puts it away very nicely.
She's got a good advantage in that good serve.
Two quick games and we remain on serve at 3-2 in the first.
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The rest of the team is serving at 30 love.
Is there anything in playing doubles that you have to resist that you can do in singles?
Not really. I guess just the only thing would be staying back.
You're not going to have two players staying in the back court that are going to do very well in doubles.
The key in doubles is to get in close to the net, hit those good angles and move together well as a team.
If your player is drawn way out of the court you have to of course move into the center of the court and fill that hole.
And that's why you see players like the Robert Saguuso and Ken Flach that aren't ranked as high in singles as they are in doubles.
They have those angles, those quick reflexes at the net and those doubles instincts.
30 all down.
That was an excellent serve by Sepchenko drawing Shriver out wide.
A lot of players find it difficult to concentrate on singles and doubles.
That's why Martina Navratilova was always so impressive winning so many grand slams in singles as well as in doubles.
What did you enjoy about playing doubles?
Just the camaraderie and having a teammate to laugh a lot.
I like to communicate a lot with my partner.
I played with Stephanie Rahe a couple of years back and we'd carry on conversations between points.
We just had a great time even if it was 6 all and tiebreaker in the third.
It was much more relaxing to me than playing singles.
I'm going to show you how both these teams got here.
And look at that in the very first round. Love 6.
That's kind of surprising. Seems like lack of concentration.
Fulco and Yegerman. Sean Stafford and Wardell in the second round.
Shwent and Schultz in the second round.
Shriver and Grave had to take it to three and win 7-6 in the third.
Look at that semifinal result. 6-1, 6-love.
15 all.
Who's the best doubles player that you've played against?
I think Martina. Martina was so strong and her serve was so big.
Of course she's just about one of the only serve and volley players in the top 16 now.
Yana Navatna is not a peer serve and volleyer.
She stays back sometimes.
Elena Sikova is another one that's a serve and volleyer.
But Martina is just so quick all over the court.
Speaking of Martina, she was seeded number two in the doubles here with Gigi Fernandez.
And they lost in the third round to the tenth seed, Katrina Adams and Mennon Bolograf.
Bolograf won the mixed doubles here. Tom Nyson over Emilio and Arantxa Sanchez.
Good try, but great serve.
It's only 69 miles an hour. It was her first service ace.
But it was the placement, Bill, that was so good. Out wide, short into the service box.
Gave her a great angle.
That was too good by Sepchenko. Nice angle.
The driver couldn't get there.
She loves that shot and she hits it so well.
Puts a lot of topspin on it so that it's dipping down at your feet.
Of course, with the extra alleys, you can get more angle on that shot.
Deuce.
Pam got to those but didn't have much juice on the shots coming back.
Playing very aggressive after that great lob that she hit set up the easy volley.
So it's the first break point of the match.
Back to Deuce and that didn't miss by much.
Sepchenko made it to the quarterfinals here in singles in 88.
Ranked as high as 13 in singles.
That one just got away from her.
Actually, Natalya Zvereva is ranked number 21 in singles right now.
Number 3 in doubles. But at one time she was ranked number 5 in the world in singles.
So, playing much better in doubles right now.
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Back on the stadium court.
Love 15.
15 all.
Considering that neither one of these teams had lost a match in their short histories together.
Do you have a favorite?
Who do you think is playing the best?
It's really tough to say.
You have the number 2, 3, and 4 ranked players out there.
And of course, Shriver is number 30.
Number 2 being Novotna.
3 being Zvereva.
And 4 being Savchenko.
Shriver is 30, but she has the most grand slam titles.
21 and all.
So experience means a lot as well.
In the doubles it usually comes down to just a few points when you get players this close and this good.
Just a few break points.
Taking advantage of those.
So far there's only been one break point.
As Zvereva served in the last game.
40-30 and that was a good point.
Both teams are using a new strategy of staying back on the returns.
Both players are staying back.
If they get a good return, they'll move in.
Pam got caught in for that no man's land.
No man's land is exactly right.
Now why do you change the strategy?
Well maybe they feel like it wasn't working and the net player was taking advantage of the other player too much.
But the problem with that is if you don't get in quick enough, like Pam just did, she just got caught in no man's land, as you say.
For all.
Second serve.
Novotna stayed back on that first serve and now she's, or she was going to run in.
Savchenko told her to stay back.
They both decided to stay back and as soon as she hit the ball they ran in together.
They both hit that one.
There's too many openings.
They hit the winner up the line.
I think it's good to keep changing though, making your opponent think about what they're doing.
Change the strategy all the time, as long as it doesn't mix you up.
30-1.
Why don't you just keep firing it right back down the middle every time?
Like that last one.
Well, you know, that's so important in doubles is to get the return and I said that earlier in this match and I really think it's one of the keys.
Make your opponents play the ball.
As Overhead buys a wave up.
And you have to mix it up with logs and angles and down the middle because if you just hit one place all the time, down the middle, it will become too easy.
She gets up very well for the smash.
Snaps her wrists at the end, reaches up.
And that's something you don't see a lot of coming together on the overhead.
Well, again, I think that was the fact that they just played together for the first time.
Navotna was really in, or, Saber-Ava. It's tough to get these names.
Saber-Ava was in full swing there when Schreiber said mine.
They'll get it.
It's only their sixth match together.
It's Schreiber's Ava. Five, four, per set.
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Tchenko serving to stay in the first set.
Only one break point. Second serve.
Love 15.
Stadium court gradually beginning to fill in on what has been an exhausting two weeks of tennis.
One of the most exciting US opens in history.
And now love 30.
So a couple of big points coming up.
That was set up by the terrific return of Natalia Zareva.
It's one of her biggest weapons.
And triple set point.
First set, to Pam Schreiber and Natalia Zareva, 6-4.
They broke in that last game, Bill, with three errors.
Three errors from the botanist Tchenko and they let one ball go.
And the time that first set took only 33 minutes.
It was a long, but Pam called herself off there.
She started to move in for the overhead.
And now here in the botanist Tchenko, how do you adjust or do you adjust after dropping the first set?
Well, actually, Bill, they played well throughout the whole set.
It was just that last game that they made so many errors.
And that's what it boils down to in doubles, is just getting that odd break.
Playing well on the big points.
Botanist hammering the forehand.
Run way around this, way outside the court.
Hit straight through it.
Right at Zareva's feet.
It's a great return.
Double break point.
So Novotn and Tchenko start the second set with a service break.
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Back at the U.S. Open and Novotn and Tchenko starting that second set with a service break.
Yeah, it didn't play well to lose that first set, of course, with too many errors.
But I mean, right away, back with a service break.
That's the kind of players they are.
They're kind of flashy players, can come up with a lot of great shots, then come up with some unforced errors.
So if you're playing against them, you just kind of hang in there.
15 love, second serve for Yonah Novotn.
That was a great combination of shots because Vareva's best weapon is this return.
Look how far in she is.
Hits down on the ball, goes at her feet, and a Shriver picks it off in the center with a poach.
That's playing together as a team.
Yonah Novotn really came into her own in singles last year when she upset Gabriella Sabatini in the fourth round of the French.
She got to the finals of the Australian Open this year, losing to Monica Sellis in three sets.
She started working with Hanna Mandlikova, of course, a former champion here.
I think that really settled her down.
Hanna gave her more discipline, more strategy, and got her in better shape.
Pam apologizes.
Novotn really isn't one of those players that you can get away with much.
If she's on because she plays so aggressively, she can be very tough.
That was all Yonah Novotn.
She really hits those volleys. I spoke about it earlier, the fact that they just don't get it back in play.
They put a lot of power and a lot of pace on them.
Going for the winners.
To love.
Why?
Would you like to explain what just happened?
That was just a good deep serve by Pam.
I think Savchenko just mistimed. She hit it a little bit late.
Savchenko moving up on the second serve.
First double fault.
None of these teams use signals, hand signals.
They just talk before the point if they're going to poach.
Just play by instinct.
Did you use hand signals?
No, I think it was too confusing.
A lot of players use the hand signal.
Like a closed hand means I'm going to poach or open hand means I'm going to stay.
I always felt the problem with that was a lot of deciding whether to poach or not depended on how your partner served.
If your partner has a great serve then you might poach.
Otherwise you might stay.
I think more players decide to play by instinct.
Nice job by Pam.
Smart play.
Get way out of position like that. Throw it up high.
Make the other team think about it.
They produced an error. Good play.
Thirty-all.
This driver apologizes.
He started to go for the shot and then screamed yours.
Take another look at this.
Pam tries to get this but can't and yells yours.
Great reaction from Zvereva.
But I think the reason they won that point was because Pam was all over the place being so aggressive.
The other team got a little bit flustered.
I do a lot of that at my tennis.
Do I get flustered?
No, yelling yours.
Forty-thirty.
Deuce.
Is there a natural tendency after you win the first set to let down a little bit?
Actually, I don't think so. I think that's when you want to put the pressure on more.
I really believe that it was just Novotnitsa Evchenko that turned up the heat a little bit.
And they can do that.
As I said, they're go-for it players and they can come up with the winners.
Overhead by Zvereva.
Natalia Zvereva is more of a consistent player.
She's not going to come up with the flashy shots.
She'll be consistent.
Shriver's going to come up with a good first serves, good first volleys, keep the point going.
James Shriver, Zvereva, but they are still down a break here in the second set.
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we have the men's singles final, the number 4 seed Jim Courier up against the number 2 seed Stefan Edberg.
At the moment we're watching doubles, the women's doubles final, Tzareva having taken the first set.
30 love, Larisa Sepchenko serving.
Down a set, but up a break.
On the line.
It's a way to keep your opponents honest.
Go for that down the line once in a while.
40-15.
Pam's ranking is going to go up in singles and in doubles.
She lost in the third round of singles to Martina Navratilova, 7-5-6-1.
And a brief word with Natalia.
So 3-1 in the second set.
Both teams talking.
When you're playing doubles, do you try to pick up any tendencies and take advantage of those?
Oh, definitely. If someone's poaching a lot, you want to hit the ball down the line.
Lob's very effective in doubles. They've used it just a few times in this match.
Sepchenko just teeing off with the forehand.
I want to ask you about the Celis-Capriati match and incredible ground strokes.
And it seemed to me that we were watching women's tennis move up a notch.
Well, certainly go through a change, the same kind of change maybe that we saw with Martina playing so well.
They played so well. That match was just incredible.
It was so close. Of course, Monica won 7-6 in the third.
Earlier in the summer in San Diego, Capriati won 7-6 in the third.
And they were hitting just as hard in the tiebreak in the third set as they were at the beginning.
So I think we'll see them playing each other a lot in the future.
Finally, Zareva puts it away. But a great job by Sepchenko hanging in there.
They did well. Both went for that one.
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Good point.
In.
And that was the longest point of the match.
That was the best point of the match.
Had to go at least 20 shots.
Up and back, lobs, angles, the whole thing.
Down the middle.
Pam did well to cover that one.
She got the alley just a little bit open.
15, love.
That was hit with authority.
It certainly was.
Smile from the honor of Vatna.
I've played with Pam a couple of times, and she loves to talk in between points.
Which I like.
You said you like to too.
Yeah, I do.
That must have been a virtual Gabfest.
It was.
We had a good time.
She's always pumping you up, you know, being very positive.
Trying to think of new strategies.
Something else to try.
And I did the same, so we had to find out which one to use.
30-15.
Now, Novotny won the French this year, playing with Gigi Fernandez,
beating Sepchenko, who was playing with Natalia Zareva.
It's very confusing.
Excellent.
This quick reflex is at its best.
Not much time to think.
That one was just a little too hard.
Zareva and Sepchenko won the Wimbledon, beating Novotny and Gigi Fernandez.
I'm sure a lot of people are confused about why the teams broke up,
because they were doing so well.
They just played together too long.
They wanted to break up, and in the Virginia Slims of Washington,
Novotny and Sepchenko won their second tournament over Gigi Fernandez and Zareva.
That was the two that they had usually played with as the world turned.
Deuce after the volley by Schreiber.
Does it give you an edge having played with your opponent?
I think it does.
It gives you a lot of experience playing together,
knowing where the other player tends to move, tends to hit their shots.
Since they've all played together, nobody has an advantage in this.
I also think that some players feel that they get failed together after a while.
They want to play with someone who has a little bit of a different perspective.
Huddle.
Novotny and Sepchenko up now to the second set, 4-2.
So many of the foreign players speak English.
Is that a big disadvantage?
They can talk to each other in whatever language.
If you speak only English, it's very hard to hide what you're planning to do.
You ever try to listen in to the huddle?
No.
Not you.
Somebody else maybe.
Pretty good ears to understand what they're saying.
It's only that break in the first game that makes Shriver and Zvereva down 4-2.
It's only one break a serve.
There was only one break of serve in the first set as well.
Came at 5-4.
30-0.
Shriver serving with new balls.
It's a little bit of an advantage.
They move through the air faster, bounce a little bit faster on the ground.
Change balls after the first seven games.
They count the warm-up as two games.
And then after that, every nine games.
40-15.
Your second double fault.
She was going for it though.
4-3, set number two.
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The men's singles final at Flushing Meadows.
Coming up, we've got the 500cc Grand Prix, a replay of that Grand Prix from Le Mans.
That's five o'clock and that'll be followed by the men's singles final at six o'clock Eastern Standard Time.
Now back to the doubles, Shriver and...
...the men's singles final at six o'clock Eastern Standard Time.
Now back to the doubles, Shriver and...
...Zureva having won the first set 6-4, but Nabotna and Savchenko lead 4-3 in the second set with a break.
The serious part about doubles.
Can't quite get there.
Must have been a high lob.
About six feet tall.
30-15.
It's Larissa Savchenko.
Well done by Shriver at the net.
30-all now.
Shriver and Zureva starting to run out of time here in the second set.
Down a break, 4-3, having won the first set 6-4.
Damn matter to sell for that weak half volley.
40-30.
So 5-3 now.
Shriver and Zureva will be serving to try to stay in the second set.
Both of these teams are undefeated.
It's their first time for Zureva and Shriver to play together.
The other two have won two tournaments.
In fact, Savchenko has won nine doubles tournaments already this year in Nabotna 5.
Since everyone plays singles, when do you spend time practicing doubles or do you?
Actually only if you're out of the singles.
Do you actually practice specific doubles drills?
Other than that, you really don't have time.
You warm up for your singles match, play that, and then go out and play a doubles match.
I think that's why the best doubles players get better.
It's because they're already good.
So at the end of the week, they're always practicing for their doubles.
Serving, of course, across the court and only playing doubles.
Instead of practicing for the singles.
So they hone those angles, those returns.
Ham wisely gets out of the way.
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30-15.
Match an hour and five minutes old.
Women's doubles final.
30-all.
Grava getting a little bit upset with herself.
That first serve, she just spun it in.
Going about 62 miles an hour.
Just wanted to get in close.
Not going for the big winner.
One.
Chico really going for it there.
You said that's her favorite shot.
She loved those angles.
There was one thing I would say she needs to improve on is the consistency.
She needs to keep the ball in play more.
And she loves to have those winners.
With going for those winners, you're going to come up with some unforced errors.
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Good play by Navotna and Sepchenko.
Navotna serving now for the second set in triple set point.
Even things up at one set apiece.
40-15.
Navotna's been serving very well.
About 80% of her first serves in.
She wins 75% of those points.
The ideal combination for doubles.
Get the high first serve percentage up there.
That leads to some good volleys in winning the points.
So the second set.
To Yana Navotna and Larissa Sepchenko.
6-4.
So now we go to the third.
Both teams huddling.
What do you think that they're talking about now going into the third set?
Well just how important it is to hold your serve.
Both of those sets were lost with only one service break.
Sepchenko lost her serve in the first set.
Vareva in the second set.
Overhead by Zareva. 15 low.
Doubles you need to be very aggressive.
Very forceful.
But of course, few unforced airs.
You need to keep the ball in play.
Go for the winners right at the appropriate time.
30 low.
Vareva puts it away.
If your opponents are both back, why don't we see more drop shots?
Because of the hard court?
No, because you want them back in doubles.
I mean unless you have very good opportunity to almost make a winner.
You would rather have them back with you up.
A love game for Schreiber and Zareva.
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Women's doubles final here on USA.
Yana Novotn is serving to try to even things up at one all in the third.
Very close match.
Only one service break in each of the first two sets.
15 all.
Long.
Now this is where Novotna knows that she has to come up with a good first serve.
Very good return and she's down 15.30 on her serve.
Sickening.
I heard my ear box today.
So it's a first break point against Novotn in this match.
30 and 40.
As we said, Novotn is very aggressive.
Very emotional.
Still break point.
First double fault.
And a break for Shriver Zareva.
Yana Novotn's coach.
Started working with her full time last June.
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Now this is when you need communication because Yana Novotn seems really down in the dumps.
Irritated at something.
Is there a tendency when you're angry like that to go after more shots?
Shots that you might normally lay off of?
Well I think everybody's different.
I'm not quite sure if Yana's just upset about a certain point or the way she's playing.
Maybe she's not communicating well with Larissa at this point, I'm not quite sure.
But some players when they get angry, get better.
They raise the level of their game.
And others get distracted, lose concentration, make more errors.
Now there's an opening here at low 30.
Just wide so it's 15-30.
Halt!
Cevchenko moving in, see if Novotn tries to come in after the second serve.
So suddenly double break point.
Chance to even things up.
Get back on serve.
Cevchenko will take the first serve.
You heard Pam Shriver.
Two big serves, we're back in it.
So one down, one remaining.
Larissa's missed a lot of those forehands today Bill.
Seems to be backing away from them.
Almost trying for too much of an angle.
Instead of making her opponents hit one more shot.
Keeping it in play just a little bit longer.
Now this is where Zvereva is going to be feeling the pressure.
Break point down.
And that was well played at the net by Pam.
Very good.
Zvereva got in a good deep second serve and Pam helped her out up at the net.
We're back to Deuce.
And that has to be a little frustrating for Novotn and Cevchenko.
Double break point.
Now down to game point.
Once again Cevchenko moves up.
On the second serve.
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That's at 5 o'clock Eastern Standard Time and that will be followed by the men's singles final at 6 o'clock.
That's between Stefan Edberg and Jim Courier.
At the moment Shriver and Zvereva have a break in the third set.
It's one set all in the doubles.
It's a game now.
Stalls an exercise Reptile phenomena for H element.
short lobs at the net feel real
powerful when you can hit him
into the stands.
This was set up by Pam Shriver's
great lob boom that one's gone
to the ground.
Love 15 driver and Zareva trying
to go up two breaks to the
comfort zone third double fault
and that couldn't have come at a
worse time love 30.
This is I'd say the biggest
point the biggest game of the
season.
Don't win this game.
As you said they'll be down two
breaks almost an unsurmountable
task to come back from long
for three break points.
The wheels starting to come off
a little bit for Sepchenko and
the bottom.
Zareva will go get another
racket.
Meanwhile the bottom and
Sepchenko trying to figure out
still facing two break points.
They're already down a break
here in the third set.
Nice backhand by Pam Shriver.
She knew it from the moment she
hit it.
Pam came in and hit the ball out
so far out in front.
Nobody was home there.
It's a perfect place.
Perfect strategy.
Just bunch it down the line.
Some applause from the ties
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Pam Shriver hasn't lost her
serve at all this whole match.
Here we go.
Fifteen all.
Chico a little bit dejected.
He was trying to just hit with
topspin make it dip just over
the net.
But it clipped the net instead.
Fifteen thirty.
Third double fault.
The overhead.
So we go to thirty all.
Pam Shriver now facing a break
point.
First time she's had a break
point against her in this match.
And we're at Deuce.
Votna pointing to the service
line.
She has not been too happy for
this third set.
Of course she was the one who
was first broken.
Double faulting to get broken.
That really upset her.
Advantage in the fourth double
fault.
Second in this game.
Pam's taking a little bit extra
time.
She says OK first serve.
That shoulders bothering her at
all.
No I think it's that they're up
for love and the championship is
just so close.
Sometimes you tend to start to
think about that instead of one
point at a time.
Like it happened the whole
match.
They're up for love in the third
and Pam hasn't had any trouble
on her serve the whole match.
She's in a very good position
now.
I should say at the beginning
of the game she was in a good
position.
Now she's a great point down.
Pam's rival is struggling a
little bit with her serve but
she and Natalia Zareva still up
a break third set.
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The women's doubles final Pam
Schreiber and Natalia Zareva
against Yana Novotna and
Larissa Safchenko.
And coming into this, neither
one of these teams had lost a
match.
Schreiber and Zareva playing
together for the first time here
at the U.S. Open.
They're 5 and 0.
Novotna and Safchenko 13 and 0.
Yana Novotna to serve.
Down a break in the third set.
15 low.
Of course, goes without saying,
absolutely crucial to hold your
serve here.
Actually, the one that they
broke was Pam Schreiber in this
set.
Pam has been holding so well
throughout the whole match.
30 low.
Oh, very nice volley by Natalia
Zareva.
30-15.
Now Schreiber gets a good
return in, but Zareva covers the
middle and hits a nice, delicate
little angle right on the line.
Didn't need a lot of pace for
that shot.
Those angles and doubles are
especially effective.
40-15.
Bonnie Williams in the chair.
I'm not quite sure.
I guess she's complaining that
either Schreiber or Zareva are
making some noise in between
points or during the points.
Actually, she mentioned that
earlier.
She said she needed some ear
plugs.
I didn't know what she was
referring to.
And I'm still quite not sure what
she means, but she said to the
umpire, do you hear them when I'm
not even serving, making noise?
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4-2.
Schreiber, Zareva.
Of course, now every service
game is important.
No doubt about that.
That's just great doubles play
right there.
Return at the feet.
They have to hit up, and your
partner moves in and puts it
away.
Always want to be moving in,
trying to take the advantage
away, trying to take the net
away from your opponents.
Be more forceful and more
aggressive than they are.
Love 30.
Hams way over from the alley.
That is fairly long.
Pam does that to try to help
Natalia Zareva out.
She's having trouble holding her
serve, just spinning it in,
obviously feeling a lot of
pressure at this point, so Pam's
trying to move over and help her
out a little bit.
That was a big point, and both
teams played it like it was.
Sure did.
Played very consistent from the
back, and the net players just
kept getting the ball in.
Big forehand winner from
Sochenko.
Really got down well on that
one.
Stayed low, stayed down through
the ball.
Double break point to get even
here in the third.
Driver going the wrong way, and
we are back on serve at 4-3, the
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One break in each of the first
two sets.
Four breaks here in the third as
all four players have lost their
serves.
And we're on serve at four, three
in the third.
Fifteen love.
Larissa Cefchenko serving.
This is an amazing comeback.
When they were down four love,
they both seemed so down in the
dumps, very negative.
Somehow they turned it around.
Shriver and Grava at that point
were all over the place, making
winners.
Playing so well.
Thirty-fifteen.
At that point when they had four
love, it was Pam Shriver serving.
She hadn't lost her serve at all
throughout the whole match, but
she served two double faults.
I think she became a little bit
tight, a little bit tentative.
That changed things around.
That tentative with that volley.
Thirty-all.
Some players play better under
pressure, play better from behind
than they do up front.
Definitely.
Those are the mentally tough
players.
I think if you play better from
behind, you have that mental
strength, that toughness to feel
in that place, have that confidence.
That is just barely wide.
Forty-thirty.
It's very moving in.
Oh my.
Four double faults.
I think she was feeling the
pressure there.
Didn't really hit up and out on
that one.
Arm moved through real slow on
that serve.
Deuce.
How about this?
Break point.
Deuce.
Natalia getting mad at herself.
Usually that return is one of her
most consistent shots.
She's missed the last couple.
She's unusual for her.
Back to Deuce.
We thought it was going to be
close.
I don't think we had any idea it
was going to be close.
Wide.
Did she say yours, mine?
She said yours thinking Natalia
was going to get it.
Realized she wasn't.
She said mine.
Of course this is their first
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You have to figure that out.
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Remarkable down.
Love four here in the third.
Votna Sechenko have come back
and we're tied at four all.
I can feel the tension out there.
That second serve was about 60
miles an hour.
Didn't really go for it.
Missed three returns in that
game.
And a little tentative.
Both teams right now.
The crowd cheering trying to get
Pam going.
Of course there's a reason to be
tentative.
We're all in the third set.
US Open doubles final.
How do you keep from letting
down with that kind of lead in
the third.
You figure I've had my rest.
Gonna be out.
15 long.
This is the time for each point.
You just think of the point.
You don't think of the score.
Don't think of the overall
picture.
Just try to keep hitting out.
I think that's what happened to
Pam and Natalia when they got to
four love started thinking of the
end.
30 love.
Pam really went for that second
serve.
82 miles an hour.
Right on the line.
30 15.
This match does go into a tie
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They would play one at six all
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40 15.
40 30.
It was a good return by
Savchenko.
Pam spun it in with a lot of top
spin.
She was able to hit it straight
down Pam's feet.
She gave her the high low one on
that one high for and low back
hand ball.
It's tough to get down on
Votnik Savchenko have won the
last four games.
Votnik coming in now.
Quick conference.
Second serve.
On the line.
Zeraba let it go.
Gutsy play at that time Bill
for all 30 all now Shriver
facing a break point.
Oh.
Oh!
No!
CHEERING
A little pointing there.
What was that all about?
Take another look at it.
Great backhand volley.
Not sure, pointing her ex-doubles partner.
Deuce.
That was amazing net play by Schreiber and Zereva.
See some of that again.
I tell you, when there's that much on the line, this point is absolutely huge.
They played so well to just keep going.
Hung in there, so tough.
That backhand volley by Zereva was great.
They're feeling a lot of tension, a lot of nerves at this point.
Feet tend to slow down, don't want to cover the court as well.
They did very well to hang in there on that point.
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Schreiber and Zereva fight off a great point.
They lead now 5-4 in the third.
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And that is a familiar face.
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Crowd really starting to file in now for the end of this women's doubles final.
And of course the men's final coming up.
Jim Courier and Stefan Edberg.
Gianna Navant is serving trying to stay in the match.
Big backhand.
From Zereba.
15 all.
And here's another look.
Forehand. Watch sort of a scooping underneath lots of topspin.
15 all.
Driver right down the center.
15-30.
And for those of you who tuned in expecting to see McIver.
Tennis is running long.
Third set of the women's doubles final.
Winner behind driver by Sepchenko.
30 all.
Forehand winner that time again by Sepchenko.
40-30.
Wide. Deuce.
Tracy quite a comeback.
Down for love by Navant and Sepchenko.
It would be a shame for them to let it go down.
They really have come back so well.
As I said they were so down in the dumps.
They got themselves together mentally.
Is it possible you extend so much energy in the comeback that once you get there you don't have enough to get past it?
No. They're professional players who have won so many titles.
I think that they've forgotten that already.
They're just playing for this point right now.
Game point.
Five all.
Been playing for an hour and 55 minutes.
Now of the two, Zveriva has been holding her serve less.
She's been having more trouble with her serve than the driver has.
That was a wonderful winner, Trace.
That serve didn't have much pace on it.
It was short.
And as we talked about before, Pam's trying to cheat over towards the middle to help her out.
But because she does that, she leaves the alley open.
Fifteen all.
See the stadium court starting to fill in.
The final day of what has been a very, very exciting two weeks of tennis here in Flushing Meadows.
That was just a terrific play by Savchenko.
Hitting the ball over Shriver's head.
Knew that Pam was backing up so she moved in herself.
Closing in for the volley winner.
Fifteen thirty.
And suddenly, double break point.
That was a high volley that she just didn't push out enough.
A little bit tentative, understandably.
Pam's very good with being so supportive.
Talks to her between each point. Very positive.
Fight back to Deuce.
There's been so many changes in momentum in this match, Trace.
They really have. That's exactly what makes, I think, this doubles final so interesting, especially in this third set.
Partner Votna leading the wrong way.
Take another look.
Watch Shriver move in so well. Moved forward.
Hit the volley out in front.
Very firm placement.
And this is as close as it can get. Third set, six-five.
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We have a very interesting women's doubles final.
And I'm sure we're in for some good singles when Jim Courier and Stefan Edberg face off on Stadium Court.
That's coming up at 6 o'clock Eastern Standard Time.
But now it's back to the ladies' doubles final.
The lob got Novotnaya and Savchenko off the net.
Ms. Vreba was able to win that point at the net.
This is when you want to start playing high percentage shots.
Don't want to go for too many cute shots or flashy shots.
Want to hit a lot of balls in, very consistent.
Make the other team play it.
Savchenko's been struggling with her serve. That's her fifth double fault.
Love, 30.
15, 30 and that was very close.
Back to hear the whistle. Some people saw it in.
No argument, 15, 30.
That died at just the last second on the line.
30 all.
See the replay.
Vreba lets it go.
Lands right on the line.
Three straight points for Novotnaya Savchenko after falling behind. Love, 30.
Now we go to tiebreak.
First team to seven, must win by a margin of two.
Well done says Pam Schreiber.
Pam rubbing her shoulder when she had surgery on June of 90.
She said it still gets sore once in a while but she's built it up with weights.
Tracy as you mentioned, first time the women's doubles final will be decided by third set tiebreak.
Tracy when that happens is that a lack of preparation or just a little block doesn't work?
Actually just a little bit of both. She served very well, very hard, hit just about on the line. Pam couldn't get her racket back in time.
Pam with the little clenched fist because Schreiber has not served that well to all.
Tracy I guess after everyone pretty much served well in the first two sets, no one has been outstanding on their serve here in the third.
The first mini break for two.
Well there's a lot of pressure right now to hold this point.
Past reflexes, unbelievable, just keep the strokes very short out in front, don't have time for that big stroke.
When Navotna puts it away. Schreiber and Zerava have a mini break.
Now this was well done. It was this shot right here that won the point because it took them so far out of the court that Zerava just had to punch the ball into the open court.
And Pam, yes.
Now championship point.
They saved one match point.
So two down, one to go.
World championship point.
So Pam Schreiber and Natalia Zerava.
Celebrate the 1991 U.S. Open women's doubles title.
Her 21st grand slam women's doubles title and 22nd overall grand slam doubles title, a remarkable career. And another look now, match point and a big, big serve from Natalia Zerava, who ironically had struggled with her serve during the match.
And of course the hug.
And because of the injuries you know there had to be some doubt in Pam Schreiber's mind whether or not she'd ever win another grand slam doubles championship.
And today she has done it.
And now let's go on the court to Tracy Austin. Tracy.
Thank you, Bill. First of all, how about one more big hand for this great, great finals.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, here to present the prize money checks is Bill Morris, executive vice president of sales, Kraft USA.
Thanks, Tracy.
On behalf of Kraft USA, I would just like to thank everyone for attending this great championship match today.
Kraft USA is extremely proud to sponsor the women's doubles competition here at the Open because the keys to success to doubles are the same traits that we value so greatly at Kraft and that is teamwork and determination.
And I think you saw demonstrated here today that with teamwork and determination, you can accomplish anything. In fact, you can even make it to the US Open women's doubles championship.
So now we'll move on to the awards, Tracy.
And to the runner ups, to Yana and Larisa, $81,650.
And now to the winners, to Pam and Natalia, $163,500. What a great match.
Well, first off, anytime you lose a match 7-6 and the third, it's horrible. I just want to tell Yana and Larisa, bad luck. It was a great match. Down two breaks in the third, they played a great comeback.
And I want to thank my partner. This is the first time we've ever played together. And will we play again?
Good.
I'd like to thank Kraft for not only sponsoring the women's doubles, but also Kraft General Foods for being our worldwide tour sponsor.
I'd like to thank my family and friends who came up from Baltimore today. And I know there's my coach, Eric Riley. Thank you very much, Eric.
And let's see, I want to thank the crowds because I'm not over 30 yet, but I will be next year. So remember that.
And I think, you know, today is a little special for both of us because I think for the two countries we come from, we're getting closer and closer.
And to have shared the U.S. Open Championship with Natalia Zvereva from the Soviet Union after what's gone through the last three weeks is very special. Thank you.
First of all, thanks to Pam. I really had a little face in our doubles. I thought we could go all the way. Okay. Yeah, I'm speaking louder now. Speaking louder.
Thanks very much, crowd, for cheering us up. I really think that Pam is such a great person that you really have to go for her.
Thanks to my mom who's supporting me here all the way. And I really wanted it so bad in the third set. I almost choked up.
But somehow recovered. And thank you to all the sponsors, Kraft Jelly Foods and USDA, Women's Tennis Association.
And I'm sure going to come back here next year. Thank you. Thanks, you guys. It's a great match.
And now to present the championship trophy, Robert Cookson, president of the United States Tennis Association and chairman of the U.S. Open.
It's my pleasure to present this trophy to the 1991 Women's Doubles Champion, Pam Schreiber and Natalia Zvereva.
Our perestroika at work on the tennis court, the U.S. Open Doubles Champion in the women's section, Pam Schreiber and Natalia Zvereva.
Getting up her 7-6 in the tiebreaker in the third set. And that's just continuing the exciting tennis that we've had from the U.S. Open.
And the finale of that, well that's coming up at 6 o'clock, the men's final between Jim Courier and Stefan Edberg. 6 o'clock Eastern Standard Time for that men's singles final.
And to keep the sport coming now until we get to the men's final, we're going to bring you some highlights from the Brazilian 500cc Grand Prix.
And because of safety reasons, that Grand Prix, motorbike Grand Prix, was shifted from Brazil to Le Mans.
So we're going to have a look at some highlights now. The battle up front is between Swans, Dewan and Rainey.
And the commentators are our own Daryl Eastlake and world champion, former world champion Barry Sheen.
McDewan still in front of Kevin Swans and if anything Barry seems to be getting that little bit of a buffer. Italian edge but it's a little one.
Yeah you're right, definitely. He's just putting out a fraction. It's going to be really interesting to see what happens on the tire situation.
Just about to remind you of that situation. Now we know that he said he can run half a race and he can do it flat out. Then he's got to back off.
11 out of 28 you're looking at now. I mean does that come into play tonight? I mean he's got to think about that. Can he save him? He can't.
Well you can't because a rear tire you can try and save but a front tire, you know, mix howling into the corners obviously as quick as he can.
And scrubbing off speed with the front ends and faster slamming there. It's in the lap of the gods.
You know the worst thing about it is it's the front tires that are giving the problem and that is terrible.
I can't tell you how bad that is. You go rushing into a corner at 130, 140 mile an hour. You get on the brakes and just lay into the corner and the front end goes.
It's the most frightening thing you've ever had in your life.
Of course Kevin Swans won here last year in spectacular fashion so he knows the place. He's got the confidence he can do it.
Mick's got the motivation that he knows he's got to win the race. He would know where Rainey is of course.
Oh yeah sure. I don't think Mick's too bothered about anybody. All he wants to do obviously is win the race. He won't be thinking where Rainey is or anything.
He'll just be hoping and praying that maybe the temperature's a little bit lower today than it was in practice and that the tires.
Swans is a hero into this corner. You can remember he shot at the inside of about three of them.
Amazing stuff that Dune at the moment. He can't do any more. He's leading and that's all he can do. He's just got to hope that everything hangs together.
Swans of course we know he won't give up.
Look at the rear end of Dune's bike. Back end right off the ground and that looks spectacular. It's not too bad.
It does look spectacular.
Rainey and Kaczynski still together there but they're getting dropped off just a fraction.
Yeah not too much though. They're definitely not losing touch. Give it another 20-30 yards then they will start to lose touch.
It's such a competitive sort of circuit this one. But once you do lose a bit of touch, you watch as they come out of this over the crest of this hill.
Sometimes when the front wheel, the old circuit without an issue came they used to come over the crest of that hill.
The only way you could get the front wheel on the ground was by stepping on the back right.
Oh that's Neil McKenzie on the Sun Auto Bike.
Well that's bad luck because he's been going so well since coming back.
Yeah McKenzie, oh Swansie. McKenzie is running on Michelin tyres and he fell down in practice as did Lawson as did Mick.
So it's pretty obvious that he's going to have a problem in the moment.
Well he's up and running again anyway. Got it all back together again.
Yeah, that's right because it's been dry there's been no, oh that was Kaczynski laying it down as much as he could to nip up, try and nip up or stay close to Rainey and just sort of gave it a little bit of a handful.
It looks like Swansie's sizing up to have a go at him.
Rainey then had a good look at Kaczynski almost to say what the heck are you doing?
It's going to be, I don't know what the score is. I know that Kaczynski said he'd help Rainey but it's, you know, we're going to have to wait and see as to how he's going to help him.
Because I'm sure if Kaczynski can win a Grand Prix it's got to be a heavy duty thing to ask him to do to stay behind when Rainey can't finish it by finishing third or fourth.
I thought it was very interesting when we spoke to Kaczynski last week on Wide Wall of Sports and he said he really gets left to do his own thing.
All of the pressure is on Wayne and the team is helping him. He really has to sort his own way out. That surprised me a little.
Well I think it's in a way when it's your first couple of seasons, or first season on a 500 full time, then you're better off to go under your own devices and then if you need help you can always ask someone.
Rather than having someone poking all this information at you. It was getting in my face and leaving me alone if you do it my way when I want to know something I'll ask.
So Swans still running in second place to Mick Duhan. Duhan doing a fantastic job tonight. Had to fight to get the lead, lost it to Swans, pulled back to get it again and stayed there this time.
But you don't write this fellow off.
The play, the lap when he'd do it I would think, when he comes into that previous corner there hard under the brakes and comes out of this corner really close up behind Mick, I reckon he'd have a go at this corner coming into this one up the inside.
But he needs to be a lot closer coming out of that so you'll be able to tell when he's going to do it because I think you'll find him right up next backside going into that double right hander and then you'll have to run and be close enough to do him on the brakes.
Did Mick have been waiting for that? Well yeah he would, he'll be waiting for it but you can only do the job capable of the tools that you're given really and the Honda is not the best bike under brakes, the Suzuki is so you know you can only do what you can.
Would Swans have got such a shock when he saw Duhan outbraking him in that area because as you've just said I mean obviously the Honda's not as good there and Mick really did outbrake him in a fair way.
Well Swans would know he was really good that he was really quick into it and it probably would have been a bit of a surprise.
Now watch going over the crest of this hill there's possibility up the new side down the bottom of the hill, down the inside hill.
No, yes, no.
Almost so you've picked it pretty well I mean that's where he's going to have a go.
Now Mick is really good out of this one, this is what they call the museum corner. He's made a lot of ground on Swans out of this one before.
So, the interesting scene, the distance, the gap, no you see I think Mick should be alright this lap.
Depends how much Swans makes and breaks him.
Rainey back in third at the moment.
Kucinski behind him and then of course Wayne Gardner hanging on pretty well too.
Swans having his customary look.
I think I saw a puff of smoke coming out the Suzuki then. I don't know whether it was my imagination, I'm not sure.
I saw sometimes, oh, sometimes when you're really buzzing them, really revving them, they sort of lose their breath a bit and they cough and it might just be that.
When they cough they suck in a load of fuel and it sort of backfires.
A lot of action tonight coming from a line of friends. Fantastic race, nothing in the top four.
But the big news of course if you've just joined us, Mick Doon from Australia out in front.
In a race he really has to win.
See that's the ideal cushion for Mick because even for Swans to make up that amount of ground over the crest of the hill and down into that hairpin.
That's a heavy duty request.
Rainey seems not to be making too much ground in third on these two.
I don't think he's honestly worried, does he? I think all he wants to do, third's enough for Rainey anyway.
And he's probably his old half-rate stumped in a way. Now this is going to be interesting, the old back markers.
See that's McKenzie back on the ground, lost the plot there.
Now this is going to might do somebody a mega favour or a mega injustice here.
Swans going through the pack at a big rate of knots.
Now it's going to slow Mick up on acceleration out of here so Schwantz, no he's got a good run on the inside.
I was going to say that Schwantz should be close enough to make up the inside here.
Mick's had not too much luck with traffic this year, has he?
It swings him round about sometimes you get the good days, right place at the wrong time and right place at the right time.
It's the luck of the draw.
I can't believe how much Kevin Schwantz looks around. I mean we haven't seen Mick really have a look.
Schwantz never stops.
Well, it's amazing. Yeah, it's just his style.
Looking at the back end of Mick's bike, the tyres haven't started to take a dump yet.
That's just, that is front end.
Just as he was changing direction there, just prior to changing direction you saw him lose the front end a bit.
So that is not good because when you actually see him losing the front end, then you can tell.
So he's obviously starting to have 17 out of 28. That doesn't look good at all.
That was my next question to you. I mean we're starting to get well and truly into the race and he's starting to look uncomfortable.
Here we go.
Yes, Schwantz is going.
So Schwantz retakes the lead on the Suzuki from Dewan's Honda.
And it seems strange Barry, just after that front end shutter that we saw, that that happened.
Yeah, I guarantee that's what it is. It's the front end going out on it.
And you have one little warning and you think, oh, you know, do I want to push it?
Do I want to, was that in my imagination or was it not?
And then at the time you get to find out it wasn't, it's too late.
Well, let's see if you can come back. The big crowd urging these two on. They've really loved this.
That Le Mans has been a fantastic race. Not over yet, of course.
But Dewan's bike, that tire problem that's plaguing him right throughout the season seems to be coming into play yet again.
Yeah, we'll have a good look now. This is coming up to the section.
Both with his left hand. They're into the next in the section here.
They're coming into...
Now this is where Mick had the problem.
Just there. So we didn't see him. So we don't know where he went.
You know, he would have gone into it just a little bit more cautiously that lap lap lap.
And of course, such, you know, a hundredth of a second here, a tenth of a second there.
That's what makes all the difference. You know, you just make up on somebody.
Alternatively, you know, if you lose it, it's just such an annoying thing.
There's nothing you can do about it. And you don't want to take it.
The back tires going. You just get the needle with it and spin it or do whatever you want to do with it
because it doesn't make a lot of difference if you lose the back end.
But so with the front tire, you know, you're very lucky if you get a chance when you lose it to get it back again.
Well, he's a fighter. He won't give up easily. And of course, the man in front's a big, big fighter.
We know how big his heart is, but Mick Dewan, I mean, he's just done a magnificent job this year.
He'll hang on as long as he can. But as he said in that interview on my brother's foot,
I've either got a back off or I fall off one or the other.
Well, that's it. You see, and he's had two major warnings. He had one in Checo.
He lost it. And as far as he's concerned, he'd had an accident and he just didn't hit the ground.
You know, his bum was on the ground. He was just very lucky to get away with it.
And then also here, he left a sort of a 50 meter black mark on the front tire in the road.
And, you know, you're just so lucky to get away with that. And Mick obviously knows that.
And to be sitting on it when he leaves the front is horrible.
Still, he's not losing too much. He's still there.
Nothing. I mean, he's a little, you know, he's got to hand it to the guys putting everything into it.
So Rainey, still back in third. Back a bit now. There's the gap. You can see it doesn't look that far.
But the way these guys are racing, that is a way back. He's got to go from third to one.
I think you're right. He probably just wants to sit there at the moment and let them all play out in front.
If you get any close shots to the front of Mick's bike, if you look where you see the tires sort of black and shiny,
you'll see if the tire. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Oh, great stuff. That is sensational. Side by side with Swance. And he retakes the lead.
Here we are saying that he's got all these problems. But boy, oh boy, what a heart.
Side by side and takes him again. Swance up the inside again. Yes.
You see you can't beat. Now, when you get to a good look at the front of Mick's bike, you see the black shiny tire.
And then if the tire is really tearing up, you'll see like a dark black line around it.
When you look close at it and that is where it's just shredding the tire.
And as it shreds, it's a vicious circle. It just tears more off and more off.
So once it starts doing that, it's going to be the end of the day. Gee, what a battle. What a race.
And Swance, he knows that he's nailed in there once on the brakes. So he's going to put everything into it.
Well, a fantastic duel here. Doing well. He's doing us proud. He can't do any more than he's done.
He's regained the lead now three times and only to be bumped back.
But both of these men are just throwing everything into this race from Le Mans in France. Fantastic.
We certainly not thrown a towel in. There's no doubt about that.
It's just been a marvelous season for him. And I mean, Kevin Swance, we know the ability, the talent he has.
I mean, they're all they're all such talented athletes, these fellows.
But gee, we have turned on a magnificent spectacle tonight.
Now you see the run. Mick gets out of here. That's the only place where the Honda you see looks just creeping up now out of the slipstream.
But he has to hold him out really wide so he can't get in. Yes, he's done it. Oh, great.
Grace is the best tremendous. Oh, but you see there he actually ran into there very quick. So on change direction, he ran in real deep.
And you see you just lose that little bit. You know, it's Swance takes him back. Yeah, that's not a mistake.
You know, it's just the Honda wants to run wide all the time. And that's what you have to do.
Well, we are swans is back in the lead. Don't leave us for this one. Fantastic place out of France. Back shortly.
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Dewan's having a great ride, tremendous, because when you see how hard Swans is having to try to get away,
and he pulls out a little bit and Mick can watch here, the back end of Swans' thing.
And that is, he just lost the, first of all I thought it was the rear, he lost the front to start with.
Now Mick's close enough, he should get him again now.
Just out, and Swans, he knows this is where he's, so he's going to lean on him.
He's going to lean but yes, he's got him.
You see the problem is, Daz, you can only do it 2 or 3 times and then the guy is obviously wise to it.
But that is Mick's only available place.
You know, he really has to be in front of Swans on the last lap there, fastest lap to Gardner.
He really has to be in front of the Swans there.
Go on Mick!
Yes, yes, he can't see.
Now he's getting a good run again, so he might have a little go on the brakes here, but it's a hell of a thing to ask on the brakes.
Yeah, he's close enough now.
He's going really good, I can't tell you how good he's going.
Well, Swans, I mean they'd be loving this too. I mean this is race is race and stuff, isn't it?
Well, it's great because it gets rid of the laps really quick, you know, it keeps you occupied and if he can do it there, that is hero.
Rainey sitting back in third, but we can't believe what he's looking at in front of him.
The Kevin Swans on the Suzuki out in front of Mick Dewan on the Honda.
Wayne Rainey and Kaczynski on the Yamaha as a third and fourth. Wayne Gardner who just recorded the fastest lap back and forth.
You know, there's no doubt about it after watching this race tonight, you know, all it does is endorse the fact that Mick Dewan is just very, very good on a motorbike.
And there's no two ways about that because, you know, people say, oh, why hasn't he been winning and all this sort of stuff, but he is exceptionally good.
Seven ago doing places head out again. Now watch this side by side. They'll go through here.
Now, Mick will drift out a little bit wider because he knows that's the only place for Swans to get through and he managed to keep it close in there.
So with any kind of luck, Swans won't nail him at the bottom.
But we know how big Swans his brakes are. No, he's not.
Listen to the crowd. They are just enthralled with his battle. The leaders change four or five, maybe six times now. Lost count.
Now you see that's if Mick can do that on the last lap, then the only possible place for Swans to get through is coming into that next fast left headway.
It used to be a fast left hander. It's now a reasonably slow left hander. That's the only place that, in other words, you come out of this double right and then the next left and Swans is close enough now.
I think it's a good run out of this to do him up the inside into that corner.
Kacinski hanging on to Reini and Gardner closing up on Kacinski now.
Right now watch Swans.
That's when you really appreciate how hard Mick's trying.
Gardner staying right in touch at fourth too. So two Australians doing well.
Boy, oh boy, what a battle. This has been the best race we've seen, I think, since Australia.
You see, it's such an equalizing circuit. You know, it doesn't give anybody's bike a real chance, you know, to have any real advantage.
Well, we know that Mick's tyres are a problem.
By Jesus riding his heart out.
And I mean, unless a man, when Swans had come past a couple of times, we've almost waved the white flag and said I'll settle for a second.
But not doing.
You see, even if Mick gets 60 metres or so on, the only option, yes, yes, he's got him.
The only option Mick has got there is to go in the middle of the road.
But the problem is if he goes in the middle of the road, then he's going to come out really wide.
And that is one thing that the Honda's going to do. We know that.
Oh, he's run a little bit high down. Hopefully get a good run out of this.
So you see, Mick can't really cover himself and that's here at the end.
Great race.
Must play strange tricks in the brain though. I mean, you know, you get pushed to second, you fight back to get first.
He pushes past you again and he knows he's got the handicap.
I mean, just as you say, there's nothing you can do about it.
Well, that's one of the interesting things when you're actually riding in a race.
This last sort of five or six laps, he's going to be really close there.
This last five or six laps, he's going to be thinking, well, I've got to find a new place.
You know, I must try and find a new place.
This section through here, the problem is there really isn't anywhere that's the only possibilities.
So the last long loop coming onto the start and finish, but you would have to be so close to nip up on the inside there.
I think it would be impossible with the home.
You know, I mean, people at home can't believe that you can think and plan at the speeds and the attitudes of these fellows.
He goes again at it.
Swats though, see that line you talk about, he can just shut the door.
Four to go. Oh boy, what a nail by it.
Actually, the top four have done a fantastic job.
Oh, yeah, incredible. I mean, it's a great race, isn't it? Really good.
So Swats hanging on, ever so slightly from doing.
And we'll recap that Rainey's in third, Kaczynski is in fourth place and then gone.
He's going, he's doing great. Really, really sensational.
It's a good run out of there. Yes, great. Really good.
But the problem is to get Swats on the brakes.
I'll be absolutely exhausted after this.
I'm surprised how good Nick is into this next left hander here.
You know, with the characteristic of a Honda and now I can't believe how good he is into this because he loses nothing in actual fact.
He gains it and also out of this section.
You've got a better look at the tires there. What do you see?
Oh, not enough. You know, I can't make a comment on, you know, the the the one little lose he did have was definitely down to front tire.
But, you know, maybe he's not pushing the tire as hard in that section and pushing it harder in some other section.
And they're all punching it up now. Look at how close Rainey is and Kaczynski and Gardner.
Oh, it's just great stuff, isn't it? One through five all together. Just a struck match in it as they come down.
Only a few to go. Four left.
Well, at least we were right tonight. They said it was going to be a close race.
Yeah, I think it was interesting how you sum Kaczynski up to that he could run for some time and then he would drop back.
But really, he's put in a great performance too. He stayed well and truly in touch.
Oh, yeah, he has, you know, but it's just that tiny little bit that makes the difference.
And you see now, having ridden around in fourth place.
Oh, yes. Back in the Swansies bike. That's the bike literally kicking itself completely off the ground, changing direction.
Now, with Swanski, with Kaczynski that close in fourth place, he might find enough energy, mental and physical to have another little charge again.
What about Raney? We're not talking about Raney, but I mean, here he is in third. He's in a position he could strike with a bit of traffic.
The only thing he needs is a break. Exactly. You know, he'll be sitting there.
Don't worry if he sees a chance, he's going to have a go. But he's probably settled down now. He's probably enjoying his ride.
He's thinking, oh, I'm catching those two in front. I'll have a little go here, a little go there.
And it's taken his mind off of what was preoccupying him before.
Well, we know that Swans will throw everything into the last couple of laps. We know that Mick Doohan's going to throw everything at him.
Raney sitting back in third, Kaczynski fourth, then Wayne Gardner. You can see there they are together. This has just been a great battle.
Well, it's vital on the last lap that if Mick's going to be able to do it, he's going to have to get past on the start and finish straight because I can't see any other option open to him.
And he's just going to have to railroad Swans right to the outside and then howl into that S with the almost certainty it's going to run wide and change direction.
It's a lot of old work. That's a tough assignment. But he is close. Yeah, he's not giving up, that's for sure.
Down the hill under brakes again. Right now, this is it. Swans is throwing everything at it now, no doubt.
You're probably seeing these usually 25 looks around a lap.
I cannot believe the attitudes over there. I mean, that must be just heart-stopping stuff. I don't care how involved you are and how your mind's going.
That's got to scare the pants off you.
Well, yeah, it's OK now because the front doesn't come up in the air anywhere near as much because you're not going as quick.
But you have to be real careful because if you run, you can get on the opposite side of that white line and it's all dirt. So you have to really worry about that every time.
Yeah, they're certainly not as high in the air as we've seen in the past, are they?
No, no, no. Right. It's a back marker they're coming up on now.
Well, maybe doing a bit of luck for once in the traffic.
They'll make a change, won't they?
Sure would.
Oh, the guys got out of the way. So it's not an easy thing.
They've done the right thing.
You can see how hard Spongebob wants to strike.
See, this has got to be a really important corner for Mick because he knows that's where he's got to start his run, halfway around that corner and get a good run out of it.
I don't think he's got close enough this line.
No, two laps to go.
Well, two laps to do it. As Barry Sheen has pointed out, there's only the one place that he can do it. He seems to be a little closer this time.
I was going to say the big surprise would be if Mick could get past going into that hairpin he just got into there.
That would, I'm sure, take Schwantz completely by surprise because he's been able to pass Mick two or three times and look like he's going to do it five or six times.
So Schwantz, as far as he's concerned, that's a non-entity that call.
Mick could do in there. Fastest lap to Mick on 41.2.
Fastest lap. He doesn't seem to be gaining any space.
Well, let's keep our fingers crossed with the tires now. If they've gone this far, you would have to say that it's going to go the distance, but we still don't know how much trouble he's having with the front end.
Schwantz, tightening his tires as he comes through.
Time running out. The lunge has got to come very, very shortly.
Schwantz pulled a little bit of ground through there.
A race they'll both never forget, I would think.
The people watching him.
He seems to be closer.
That's the important bit from there on. We've got to see now.
I'm sure if he's still not quite close enough. In actual fact, Suzuki looks as if it's picked up a bit of speed.
Well, it won't have picked up speed. What would have happened? The Honda would have slowed down a bit.
Because Mick definitely had a bit of extra speed at the end of the straight that he doesn't so halfway up the straight. He doesn't seem to have.
Look at this, though. He's closing right up this time.
Oh, look at Schwantz. He just throws him on, doesn't he?
That's a great thing, actually. He can throw it into the corner at any angle.
Straight line it in and straight line it out. Lay it on its footrest and give it a big hand.
Looking for the gap. There it is.
He can't get much closer.
But not close enough.
Look at the energy. The surprise place.
But he'd have to really, really...
In Schwantz's pocket, he's coming into this. That looks as if the only other possibility that he could do it.
Because if he got in front there, I think he had enough then to be able to stay in front of Schwantz to the finish.
Well, no doubt about it, this track, of course, this race should have been in Brazil, but this track has really provided the race of the season so far.
Oh, yeah, definitely a better race here than it would have been in Brazil.
There's that running in very... Oh, he seems a bit closer this time.
Yeah, and Schwantz, he looked over his shoulder, so that's going to help him.
He's got it. Well, there you go. We're running out of laps. He's got it. That's how close it was. We thought there was one more to go.
Oh, look at the crowd have gone mad. Now, watch this. He will go absolutely mad.
I wonder what he put his hand out for.
Well, we were so enthralled in the battle, we thought there was a lap to go.
Rainey, of course, he's pretty delighted with his third spot. You can see him acknowledging the crowd and Gardner up beside him.
Well, Rainey's world champion now. He's got to be more than close.
Yeah, he's just acknowledging that. But look at Schwantz. He's got the stars and stripes and he's up in the saddle.
I love this boy when he wins. I'd like to see Mick Dillon win it, but look at this. He really does enjoy winning.
That was a great race, though, wasn't it? Really good, nice, close race.
Well, I still thought there was a lap to go. It was such an enthralling battle, wasn't it?
Well, Rainey was virtually wrapped up the world championship and he was pretty smooth tonight, wasn't he?
He just stayed back there in third place, let it all happen in front of him.
It's when the old tears start rolling down your cheeks then, that is the other rubber do.
Look at this fellow. The addicts are winning. Well, we've got to feel sorry for Mick Dillon, but on the other hand, Barry, we've got to feel extremely proud by him.
Gee, he just rode the race of his life.
Yeah, that was sensational. You know, nobody could ask any more.
And if you look at the whole race, he didn't make a mistake. He didn't get it sideways anywhere.
He wasn't giving it big handfuls, you know, riding beyond his capabilities or the capabilities of the bike.
You know, he rode a really intelligent race.
And there we go through the top four. The swans doing Rainey Kaczynski, Gardner, Garega Chandler and Dorada gaze for you.
A fantastic battle. There's no doubt about it. The four, or actually the top five, stayed in touch the entire 28 laps.
Rainey, the world champion for the second time around. And well, he's a credit to the sport. There's no doubt about that.
We must give credit where it's due. And this package has been sensational this year.
But what a race to wrap up the championship with. And of course, one round left in Malaysia.
Pretty close to us at the time. It's a lot more comfortable with us. And they'll still battle it out. Don't worry about that.
Well, Kevin Swans there winning the 500cc Grand Prix held in Le Mans. It was actually the Brazilian Grand Prix.
And Michael Dewan of Australia second. And Wayne Rainey third. And that clinches the world championship for 1991 for Wayne Rainey.
If you have just joined us, we've got the men's singles final coming up at Flushing Meadows.
And if you've missed the result, the women's doubles final was won by Shriver and Zareva over Novotna and Savchenko.
They won it in three sets. 6-4, 4-6 and 7-6. They won it in a tiebreaker in the third. 7-5 in the tiebreaker.
It was another very exciting match. And we've certainly seen plenty of those during the fortnight at Flushing Meadows.
Speaking of Flushing Meadows, the US National Tennis Association moved there in the late 1970s.
Let's have a look at some of the great moments that have been experienced at Flushing Meadows since they moved there.
In 1978, the United States Open packed up and headed for a new facility, the National Tennis Center in New York City.
It's been an unforgettable move.
The National Tennis Center in New York City
Well, a new name will go on the trophy today at Flushing Meadows.
We have Stefan Edberg, the number two seed up against Jim Courier, number four seed.
Jim Courier hasn't lost a set in getting this far and Edberg's been showing great form in the second week.
In fact, in his last three matches, he hasn't lost a set nor has he looked like losing one, his serve and volley game working well.
Let's go now to our hosts at Flushing Meadows, CBS.
Sweden's Stefan Edberg, a former champion on the hallowed lawns at Wimbledon.
Florida's Jim Courier, 1991 winner of Tennis' Playcourt Jewel, the French Open.
Yesterday, Courier ousted a five-time U.S. Open champion on his way to the tournament final,
while Edberg eliminated a three-time winner to advance to today's climactic round.
Today, two first-time U.S. Open finalists battle for the prize at the toughest tournament in tennis.
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Manhattan on a spectacular Sunday afternoon.
Its shimmering skyline stands tall.
But today, New York's gritty tennis fans go underground.
They hop the eastbound number seven train, and they speed 10 miles east to the Willett points chaise stadium stop.
From there, it's a short hop, skip, and a jump to the grounds of the USDA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens.
At the site of the U.S. Open, ideal weather conditions, 87 degrees, low humidity, sunny skies.
For the men's final, the fourth leg of tennis' grand slam.
Hello everyone, and welcome to this final day of CBS coverage of the U.S. Open.
Today's men's championship matches two of the most appealing and talented players in the game.
A shy Swede, his balletic grace and surgical style have carried him to the number one ranking in the world.
And a gritty fresh-faced Floridian, whose rocket serves and blistering ground strokes have carried him to victory at the French Open and to the number four ranking in the world.
Stefan Edberg wants this championship badly.
To add to his other grand slam achievements.
For Jim Currier, he wants to keep it here in the United States.
Where a year ago, victory by his fellow friend and American Pete Sampras produced an American victory.
And these two guys are great sports who will battle to the very end of this tournament, whatever is required.
Despite the heat and the conditions that prevail in a packed stadium court.
You know that they are going to be giving it their all.
We'd like to welcome those of you who have just joined us from the Detroit Green Bay game.
We are here on the stadium court.
And those of you who have just come to us from our NFL action, Minnesota at Atlanta.
Here on the stadium court, we're getting ready for the men's championship final.
Stefan Edberg and Jim Currier, the young American from Dade City, Florida.
Who has already won the French Open this year and is going for two grand slams.
Quite an achievement indeed.
Stefan Edberg has never won here.
Indeed, a year ago he was knocked out in the first round.
And so he wants his revenge and a championship.
And now let's go up to our commentators for today's match.
Pat Summerall, Tony Trabert and Mary Carrillo.
Alright, Tim, thank you very much.
And Tony, first of all, no American has won the French Championship
and then won the U.S. Championship since you did it back in 1955.
Jim Currier is trying to do that.
Is that a factor?
Well, Pat, I think the most important thing about that is that Currier won the French, a grand slam.
That gives him tremendous confidence in his own games.
That, hey, I belong, I can beat these guys.
And en route to the championship, he beats Stefan Edberg.
Now, granted, that's a clay court, that's a fast court.
But that'll be in the back of his mind. It should help him.
Mary, let me ask you. The U.S. Open has not been too kind to Stefan Edberg.
What's his frame of mind? How will he play today?
Well, he should do well. He should always have done well at the U.S. Open.
Pat, this is the most complete player in men's tennis.
And it shows in his results.
He's been a French Open finalist, twice has won Wimbledon, twice the Australian Open.
He's never done well at the U.S. Open.
But I think this year, he's come in with a different attitude.
He's more relaxed. He's not staying in Manhattan.
He's staying out on Long Island.
And with each match, he's gained more and more confidence.
Will there be a change in his strategy against Currier?
No, I don't think so.
I mean, this man is as much of an all-court player as he is,
he's a very, very fine-servant volley player.
And he's going to be putting constant, relentless pressure on Jim Currier.
He's going to be trying to attack from the net.
And that's why I think if these two are both playing well,
this man, Stefan Edberg, should win.
It's going to take a very fine match from Currier to beat him.
Well, Tony, let me ask you now, how will Currier play Edberg?
Will he change?
Well, he won't really change his style either, Pat.
You know, he's going to hammer off both sides of ground strokes.
He likes to play against Edberg.
He says, I think I can return his serve well.
Edberg's serve kicks up a little bit,
which will enable Currier to try to drive the ball down at his feet as he comes in.
So if he returns the Edberg serve well,
I think Currier has a very fine chance to add this grand slam to his repertoire of titles.
For Jim Currier, then, the road from Dade City, Florida to tennis champion
began at the tender age of five.
Jim's mother recalls his earliest days on the tennis court.
His eyes were about right here above the net, and we would do volleys and hit.
And he would let you work with him for two or three hours.
And when a five-year-old will concentrate and have that kind of attention span,
then that's special.
Special enough to win the French Open this year
and receive a hero's welcome in his hometown, Dade City, Florida.
I was a big confidence booster.
It showed me that I had arrived and that I'm for real.
Tennis is his business, but baseball is his passion.
And the world champion Cincinnati Reds are Currier's team.
While playing in a tournament in Cincinnati three weeks ago,
Currier visited the Reds clubhouse and received a once-in-a-lifetime offer.
Luke and Alan said, are you really got any knuckleballs or screwballs?
We might put you in the bullpen tonight.
And Sabo was playing with the ball and he looked up at me and he goes,
baseball player, put some meat on those bones again, can't even keep your pants up.
You know, it was one of those things.
I think I'm a little bit too small to be a baseball player.
I'd have to bulk up quite a few pounds to get there.
But I think I'll stick with tennis right now.
It's what I do best.
Jim Currier, a very refreshing young man, Tony.
He is indeed, Pat, just 21 years of age.
And this has been a marvelous year for him.
And this is how he's gotten to the finals of this U.S. Open.
You see, he has not lost a set.
He's really cruised through.
He beat the defending champion, Pete Sampras, in the quarterfinals
and then took care of the veteran, the sentimental favorite here, Jimmy Connors,
in straight sets and very handily in the semifinals.
And Mary, Stephanie Edwards.
He's from Vostrovic, Sweden, but he's now living in London.
And there's nothing about his summer.
He really had a fairly indifferent summer.
There was nothing to suggest he'd be playing this well.
But in fact, he played, he's gotten better with every single match.
The Michael Chang match, he says, in the round of 16,
was the one that really put him on track and he's never looked back.
For him to be able to beat both Michael Chang and Yvonne Lendl in straight sets
says just how strong he's playing.
We had a chance to talk to Stefan Edberg
about the difference between number one
and the difference in being the U.S. Open champion.
No, I think I've been number one before, but I haven't been in the open final.
And I think it gives me more pleasure at the moment to be in the open final.
That's really what I'm here for and to try to win it.
One thing for sure, it shouldn't take either player very long
to get loose and warmed up today because it is hot.
As hot as it has been since the first week here at the Open.
Here they are head to head.
Edberg leads 3-2.
The last meeting was in the French Open as you mentioned, Tony.
Well, actually, you know, this is a totally different situation.
So I think it's going to be the serve of Edberg against the ground strokes of Courier.
And that's what we'll be watching.
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We're live and you're looking at the stadium at the USTA's National Tennis Center in New York City.
The men's championship, the finals, Edberg and Courier.
I'm Pat Summerall with Tony Trabert and Mary Corillo.
And there is one of our participants, Jim Courier.
They are just about to get underway.
And again, it shouldn't take too long for them to get loose.
The temperature, as they said, was 87 degrees.
But down on that court side and down on the court itself, it's much, much warmer than that.
In fact, it's hot.
This is the hottest it's been since early in the first week of this championship.
Both these players, however, are very, very fit.
And they haven't had that many really tough matches.
So they should really be ready to go.
It's a really a fine day to play tennis.
Well, neither player has much of an advantage as far as the rest element is concerned.
Courier played the late match yesterday against Connors.
Edberg played early against Yvonne Lindell, but neither match was very difficult.
And both of them won in straight sets.
So fatigue should not be a factor.
Plus, they're both in shape and they're both young.
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We're live at the stadium here at the National Tennis Center in New York City
for the men's final between Jim Courier and Stefan Edberg.
As you might expect, the stadium is full.
Courier will serve first.
Courier to serve.
And he's got a good one.
Plank, please.
It's a deceptive type serve.
He has a very quick motion.
Plank.
And he will serve a few aces.
And he'll stay on that baseline most of the time.
Those kind of ground stroke was what sent Jimmy Connors back to California.
Norm Crist, the chair umpire.
I have a feeling that right from the start of the match,
Edberg won't be seeing a lot of really big serves
because Courier wants to make sure he gets in a nice high percentage of first ones
knowing that Edberg's going to be looking to come in behind second serves.
I also think that Courier will serve a lot of second serves to the Edberg forehand
and forehand.
Thirty-fifty.
You know, Pat, I was reflecting last night about the composure of Courier
in his match with Jimmy Connors.
The crowd was for Connors very obviously.
And he had a couple of questionable calls.
He handled it all extremely well.
I didn't know you reflected, but that's good.
Fourteen-fifty.
Here comes Courier.
Tries to drop volley.
Gets lucky when it ticks the top of the net
because I think Edberg would have been there otherwise.
Forty-fifteen.
Game three.
Courier holds and he leads.
One game to love.
The men's championship.
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Just beginning the men's championship.
Stefan Edberg seated number two.
Courier number four.
There in the finals.
Fifteen love.
Courier won the first game of the opening set.
The men's final.
Thirty love.
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Here at the stadium of the USTA's National Tennis Center the men's final Ed Bergen Courier.