Connors US Open 1974 V Rosewall 1/2

this is great stuff to watch!!! Pity the uploader couldn't upload the entire match! Great to see Connors in '74 who actually had a big serve then.
What went wrong?!

Anyway Jimmy absolutely dominated tennis in '74 and lost 5-6 matches.

Also nice to see U.S. Open in Forest Hills and vintage grass-court tennis. Hey howcome the U.S. Open changed surfaces. Anyone know?

Rosewall was one of the greatest players of all time,Rose wall won the US open as a Jr Vet.This match was when rosewall was 39.Latter that year some where in the far east at an Indoor event Rosewall still lost but the scores were 7-5 7-5 not bad for a guy pushing 40.How would Sampras at 40 do against Rafa or Federer.Just saying that if you mean to say that Ken Rosewall couldn't compete in his prime whith anyone you are sadly mistaken.

nadal would slaughter these mugs!

One of the problems was the Ken is a natural lefty that turned righty. It was this conversion that created that "legendary slice" but created weak serves and no top-spins on his shots. Jimmy likes people who hit flat and hard because he can just sit back and nail it. Spins/wobblers gave Connors more problems. You saw what Jimmy did to Ivan Lendl who I think had a better slice backhand than Rosewall not to mention that lethal forehand but no spins on his shots until a year later.

I think Rosewall was an underrated server on his best day. It's important to keep in mind that Ken played with no days rest here and at 39 years of age. His game was affected. Now if you can get your hands on Rosewall's four-set triumph over big server Newcombe in the semi watch that. That was Rosewall at his finest, just simply outlasting a power player with a game precision and angles.