I saw this picture on the Guardian website today and it made me smile and chuckle. Firstly it's a great iconic photograph of 2 of the greatest tennis adversaries of all time. In the picture Borg is the ultimate figure of calm, Scandinavian cool. He looks like a great Norseman wearing Fila. By contrast, McEnroe looks like some spotty New York toe rag who's just left a frat party. Secondly, the game between these 2 great players was one of the best games of tennis I have ever seen. I liked Borg and I thought McEnroe was a twat. I now recognise that McEnroe was an incredible player but he was still a bit of a twat.
My chuckle came from Borg's great look and uncanny resemblance to Ritchie Tenenbaum, AKA Luke Wilson in Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums film.
It's been a while....
7 years ago
2 comments:
that is a great photo ! made me really chuckle with your words too...you have to read the blog link on my sight to easy tom's site..it is great particularly for a budding surfer as your good self.
I love this picture and your words.
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