hi markinjapan

if you have read the posts referring to comparisons with today's players and everyone getting carried away by how good the current crop are, you might now see where I am coming from. (despite the fact he would have to be close to 40 these days.)

this is a good example

I shared a healthy rivalry with Brett in the mid to late eighties just before the aussie players of that era hit the big time. (brett, rodney m, rodney eyles, austin addarraga, chris robbo, tristain nancarrow.) had a few wins too against him in those days. trouble was, i went down, he went up.

Brett was a great competitor, with incredible skill and ability to hit the ball just about anywhere from just about anywhere. When i asked him once (after not having seen him for a few years, he was WR 2) how he was going to beat Jansher, he responded without hesitation, "Break his legs"!

He was a very laid back character - he would go for his shots without hesitation.  this caused him to be a little "up and down" either within a match or between matches. An example:

I beat Brett one night in a competition on the Gold Coast (just south of Brisbane, Australia) where Brett and his brother Rodney and I amoung others were playing in  the number 1 position. The following night in the separate Brisbane competition, where Rodney (1) and I (2) played in the same team,  Brett beat  Rodney (who was ahead of Brett at that time) pretty easily. I could never beat Rodney.

They were all pretty young at the time, but within about 12 - 18 months they were in the world top 10.

ps. I also copped a thrashing that night from Brett's number 2 player!

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Yeah, Brett and his brother Rodney could "pick the eye out of a needle". 
Any match when those guys were at their peak would be worth a look.

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