Patrick McEnroe Advances By Beating Becker, 6-1, 6-4

"I guess I wasn't good enough tonight," said [Boris Becker], "and the way he played tonight, well, he beat a guy who used to be No. 1. He played an hour and 10 minutes and hardly missed a ball. He took the ball very early and didn't give me a chance to play. And he hit the b...

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Published inThe New York times
Main Author ROBIN FINN, Special to The New York Times
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, N.Y New York Times Company 19.03.1991
EditionLate Edition (East Coast)
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Becker, Boris
McEnroe, Patrick
Seles, Monica
TENNIS
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla., March 18
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Summary:"I guess I wasn't good enough tonight," said [Boris Becker], "and the way he played tonight, well, he beat a guy who used to be No. 1. He played an hour and 10 minutes and hardly missed a ball. He took the ball very early and didn't give me a chance to play. And he hit the ball into the corners, didn't give me a chance to rally or work my way into the points." "I didn't think I could win that match in Australia," [Patrick McEnroe] said. "But my confidence is different now. Here, I went in and felt I could win." "I knew from the beginning I had to get the jump on him early," said McEnroe, who took a 3-0 lead in the first set and never looked back. "He was not close to playing his best: you have to be ready when you get an opportunity like that, and I was."
ISSN:0362-4331