1993 Team Tennis With Bjorn Borg Jimmy Connors Some 1992 Olympics Closing Ceremony

getting no telling how far he could have gone had he not left the game in 83 well he said that he probably would have won a few more Grand Slam titles however he wasn't enjoying it anymore and uh he said that didn't really matter to him at that time because he just didn't find it rewarding any longer to play back in s in 1981 after he lost the US Open final to John mro that it didn't really matter he didn't feel like it was a life or death situation anymore and he realized this is where it's starting to change this is where I might have to make a change in my life and that's what he did he got out of the game [Applause] 4 40 love that's the ser and love here at Men's doubles the LA string still in the match despite trailing 2416 mind of mind I think when you're young you always dream what you want to be when you grow up St of mind I mean I'm kind of in my own world when I play tennis so I guess I'm very intense on the court everybody says that I think it's very important to always keep your dreams [Music] alive professional sport for stanan board to break really have to do it here the way the young this young South African is playing you just can't afford to hit balls to him right now every ball touches his golden that time you fa to jinx him and he feels it well that one looked like a slam dunk Connor reaches low picks up the half Folly put it away it's 40 love now that's experience and you can see he comes in he has a sense that stefank is moving more to the middle of the Court fies it up the Open Line barara right there Connors and Ferrara hold serve up 43 hoping to put away the next double team of B against Def fanking and put away the match they now lead 256 in the team [Music] match now remember it's not over yet for the LA strings even though just a few games remain here at Men's doubles Phoenix has to win the set in order to win the team match if La comes back here to win this set we go to an overtime the strings have an opportunity to win X amount of games in a row in order to tie the match up if they can do that we go to a super tiebreaker 13 points besides the winner tonight well bjorg has to be a little more decisive with his volleys Ferrera is floating in that middle he's just chewing up anything that floats Phoenix now with 10 winners want to thank Tom fiser he's providing the stats from Cofe tennis doing a great job as usual here in the booth [Applause] mylex and blast old or young couch potato or weekend warrior physically challenged or in great shape Plex and blast are your answer Plex and blast are only available to the general public through this special television offer you can't find it in the [Music] store the war serve we're even here at down to the last few games Phoenix still leads La 2517 and back with the conclusion of men's doubles after this [Music] yes t+ engine treatment is made with tough Dupont Teflon the same coating as on mother's frying pan nothing sticks this on the other hand is an unprotected engine when you start your engine metal grind on metal but add t+ once and top dlon coats every valve guide cylinder wall bearing and cam reducing engine wear for up to 50,000 mil now you're cooking beat the daily grind at te bus the tea is for [Music] [Applause] teflon we thought you'd like to see all the tennis balls our Factory turns out in a day [Music] [Music] so they had a chance there but they haven't been when they serving this well and this big it's tough to really get too much [Music] Rhythm haven't seen so much excitement and noise since Bob CA say Fourth of July party last year last year and Old Rum when we to [Applause] Barcelona American Express first came to Barcelona in 1921 over the years we've opened Travel Service offices throughout Spain we put in a 24-hour card member service phone line in English and this summer we're bringing in even more people to serve our Card members so if you go to Barcelona take the American Express card obviously we're here for more than just the fun in games [Music] [Applause] [Music] from Great Moments in history to special personal Moments One brand of film more than any other captures the full color and richness of Life new Kodak Gold Plus film True Colors more colors here I am a pillar of the community and here comes a tie break in our men's double set ninepoint tie break coming [Applause] [Music] up and here we go we'll have to explain each of the rules little by little because here's the first situation you've got this nine-point tiebreaker now if Phoenix wins this tiebreaker it's over they win the team match if La wins then we go to overtime now the score at that time would be 2619 so the LA Springs would have to win seven straight games in order to try to tie the match then we go to a super tie you'll all be quizzed on this a little later on and seven games may seem like too much to overcome but I've been involved in a match where a team won seven straight games against us in Los Angeles and that is a a horrifying experience I can assure you but it does happen but the matter at hand for Borg and stanki is to win this tiebreaker and currently they Trail one love Jimmy Connor's to serve two in the 9po tiebreaker Conor will serve two now borgan stank you will serve two then Ferrara will serve to and the last three serves go to the Los Angeles strings so two two two and three first one to five and we're on serve here in the tiebreaker [Applause] [Music] again Phoenix has won just one return point so keep that in mind as this tiebreaker moves on org just missed he went for it on the first serve that's good and that one's long so Phoenix now ahead 3-1 here in the tiebreaker a chance to close out the match and Ellis Ferrara will serve Conor's trying to grab a drink there but playing the tiebreaker is continuous so they make a quick change of sides farara has an opportunity to close it out should he win both points on his [Applause] serve and Ellis has had his problems throughout four double fall including one here at Men's doubles get this straight out eventually well foror foror had two balls in his hands like he was going to serve and F was saying hey let me do it we play another 20 years we'll get on to it I promise [Applause] still going strong at 40 years of age it's 4-1 and match point upcoming for Phoenix and there it is the Phoenix smash win the tie break of 51 win it men's double 65 defeats the LA Springs tonight 27 and 18 well it was a great match for the Phoenix smash they are a very strong team at home but watching Ellis forar play as well as Jimmy Connor you realize that this team is going to be very tough to beat as the season goes along Phoenix certainly has to be one of the favorites in the western division of world team tennis they're on to a good start at 1993 winning their opener against New Jersey and tonight the victory over the LA strings Jimmy Connor Jeff hornack talking things over Connors the big victory over bejor Bard tonight A 6-1 victory over Bard and then Connor coming through with Ferrera that 65 win at Men's doubles so Phoenix nine games better than LA tonight we'll be back to wrap things up from the America West Arena right after this [Music] until recently