This completely. Back then, tennis tapped into the same neurons that made kids love Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and WWF. Different personalities from all over the globe who could all win in their own right.
CONNORS BAD BOY
MCENROE HOLD MHY BEER
Sampras - goodie two shoe American, big serve
Agassi - bad boy American, amazing return
Courier - American work horse, less talent but more spirit
Becker - brash German playboy who would dive on the court
Lendl - serious Czech who came to play, not have fun
Edberg - the bleached smooth swede with the serve and volley game
Rafter and Philippoussis - bro’d out Aussies
Chang - American wheels and heart
Muster - crushed in a car, Steely Austrian king of clay
Ferrer, Fererro, Moya, Bruguera- Spanish panache
Guy Forget - French wildcard
Pioline - the opposite of Forget, buttery one hander finesse
Ivanisevic - may serve you off the court Croate
Stich - German engineering
Kafelnikof - programmatic Russian and other killer open forehand
Krajicek - Dutch touch
Henman - proper Englishman
Mal Washington - quads and a shot
The Woodies - double assault from down under
Todd Martin - big American strokes from Herman Muenster
And my favorite Wayne “if my forehand isn’t working, I’m tanking” Fererra.
And that’s just the top of my head for character. Such a good era
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