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Greatest Final Ever?: Lendl v Becker, 1988

Ivan Lendl had held the upperhand, but his rivalry with a young Boris Becker was beginning to turn by 5 December 1988, the occasion of the year-end Nabisco Masters final, at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City. The route to the final wasn’t easy for either player, but their 12th meeting (Lendl led 7-4) was to hit new heights. It remains one of the greatest matches in the 47-year history of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. “I hadn’t played much for a few months, since the US Open, due to shoulder surgery, and played at the Masters against my doctor’s advice,” Lendl told ATPWorldTour.com, 28 years on. “But, having played a few exhibitions, and knowing how...

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Five Former World No. 1s Lead 1980s Finals Club Celebration In London

Former players from the 1980s involved in the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals were welcomed to The O2, venue of the season finale in London this week. Stefan Edberg, the 1989 champion, and former World No. 1 Mats Wilander took part in this week’s celebrations, while those working on-site: five-time former titlist Ivan Lendl, who reached nine straight year-end finals, and three-time winners John McEnroe and Boris Becker, were also honoured. More than 30 players, who featured in the year-end singles and doubles championships from the 1980s, travelled to the English capital as part of The Finals Club, an initiative established in 2015 that welcomes some of the game’s former greats from the past 45 years return to the...

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