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Crowd nulls Connors thru’
| NEW YORK. Aug ' 28: The Stadium I Court at the US 1 Open had it all
Tuesday night Connors and
McEnroe, disputed line calls, an unruly crowd and. above all, great tennis, reports AFP.
After a marathon match that lasted more than four hours. 38-year-old Jimmy Connors emerged the winner, rallying from two sets down and 0-3 lo beat McEnroe — Patrick, not John — 4-6, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.
Connors, making his 21st appearance at the US Open as an unseeded wild card," displayed all the tenacity and stamina he had 10 years ago when five-set comebacks were one of his trademarks.
Perhaps more Importantly, though, he still had the ability to fire himself up at the right moment and to get the rowdy New York crowd firmly in his
That moment came in the third game of the fourth set, after Connors had rallied to take the third set and was looking to go up a break In the fourth.
McEnroe had Jysl come up with an ace and a service winner lo erase a double break ^‘calfed ^£7 In the fine judge even though telcvtofon replays showed it was several inches wide.
Connors. who had disputed two earlier Une calls, erupted, demanding that chair umpire
Dana Loconto call for the referee.
When he refused, the fans who remained booed loudly, ignoring Loconto's pleas for order as Connors stood well behind the baseline, soaking It all In.
Amidst the commotion, McEnroe found the poise to* serve and win the game. but it was the beginning of the end for the younger brother of Flushing Meadow’s favourite bad boy.
Connors won the next five games to draw even at two-sets apiece and bring the crowd to Its feel. The several thousand spectators who had stayed would be glad they had
Connors broke McEnroe's serve in the third game but McEnroe fought on bravely to the very end. turning the final set into a pitched battle.
The final game was a microcosm of the entire match, with Connors falling behind 0-40. only to rally back to deuce and triumph on the third set point — a service winner that McEnroe deflected Into the sets behind the chair umpire.
Afterward, Connors received a standing ovation from the crowd to whom he gave all the credit.
The crowd won ft for me." he said, adding. They pulk-d me through this match."
McEnroe, who was playing on the Stadium Court for the first time, confessed that he had underestimated his opponent.
T thought I had won the match." he said. "But that’s when Jimmy Connors Is his most dangerous. Obviously, he got a second wind Its a great comeback for him."
Asked whether the crowd was a factor. McEnroe responded: "I expect It to be like that. If I were tn the crowd I’d have been rooting for him. too"
Connors admitted things looked bleak in the third set. But he refused to give up.
"Il wasn't looking good.” he said. "Once I got on the board and broke at 3-2 then by game lifted, by racket felt better, my feet felt belter and I was play Ing more like I should have.
"I hale to lose more than 1 like to win. I enjoy the grind
Til know when It's time to stop playing. But I won't stop if I can keep going out their and doing this to the crowd.'