WON IN TWO SETS
Boris won 6-4; 6-4 and many wished to get his autograph after the match. I hope to come back and make this to a tradition Becker continued. The two players haven’t changed much. With self-confidence and with the hair pointing everywhere Boris spoke much more than the quiet Swede. During Stefan’s carrier he often had his look in the ground and this was something his coach tried to change. He didn’t have the winning attitude as all stars have today. It was unthinkable to see Stefan with his fist tied (expression in Swedish) in the old days, said the umpire in the match, Carl Edward Hedelund. In this match it happened several times. Despite that 36 years old Edberg only plays a few matches per year it was a top fit Stefan that could match Boris. Carl Edward Hedelund says that he misses the kind of tennis these two had. Today everyone is standing on the base line.

GREAT RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER
They have always been fighting each other on the tour so I’m sure that both really wanted to win this match. Apart from this match the “artist” Mansour Bahrami showed his fantastic shots in a doubles match together with Frederik Fetterlein. They played against Michael Tauson and Morten Christensen. Bahrami gave the crowd and the three other players many laughs.

Stefan Edberg er i dag 36 år, han vandt i sin karriere 42 titler i single og 18 i double, og ligesom Becker vandt han 6 Grand Slam-titler, blandt andet Wimbledon-titlen i 1990, hvor han i en legendarisk finale over fem sæt besejrede netop Boris Becker. Edberg, der i sin karriere vandt 806 singlekampe, kun tabte 270, og indtjente mere end $20 millioner i præmiepenge, er den mest succesfulde svenske spiller siden Björn Borg, og der er altså nu mulighed for at genopleve den svenske gigant i et møde med tyske Boris Becker.

De to mødte hinanden ikke færre end 35 gange på de internationale tennisscener, og det er Becker der fører 25-10 i de indbyrdes opgør. Seneste møde ligger tilbage i 1996, hvor Becker besejrede Edberg i finalen i ATP-turneringen i Queens, London.

Kampen mellem Boris Becker og Stefan Edberg i Århus Arena bliver transmitteret LIVE på TV2 Zulu, og TV2 følger op senere på aftenen med en timelang udsendelse fra den store tennisgalla.

For det er nemlig ikke kun Boris Becker-Stefan Edberg man kan opleve denne store tennisaften. Inden mødet mellem de to legender,arbejdes der i øjeblikket på at arrangere en forrygende double.

Med andre ord er der lagt op til et brag en tennisgalla og et møde mellem to af tennissportens allerstørste ikoner, når Legends Live III løber af stablen i Århus Arena 6.november.