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>>>This reminds me of what was Bjørn Borg's biggest strength as a tennis player. He always used his right (stronger) arm to support his left (weaker) arm on his backhand strokes.
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>>Was he the one who invented that? I thought it was one of the lady players but could be wrong. For sure his epic set against John McEnroe at Wimbledon was a classic, maybe the best match ever played. Bud Collins, the announcer on NBC -- maybe going a little over the top -- said "This is the plot where the Swedish undertaker buries them all."
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>I don't know if he invented it, but he used it ALWAYS. I don't recall having seen him beat the ball holding the racket in only the left hand, not even once. And in those days I saw as many of his matches as I could.
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I just checked the sports news and see there has now been another match for the ages. Novak Djokovic outlasted Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5. It was the longest singles final in tennis history, lasting 5 hours and 53 minutes and ending at 1:37 a.m. Monday morning in Melbourne. Wow.