Downey Fan Club Is Called to Order

I’d like to present another perspective on the Davis Cup than the one offered by Mike Downey (Dec. 6).

My first-hand experience in Vienna in 1990, watching Michael Chang come from behind after being down, two sets to zero, in the deciding match and defeating Austrian tennis hero Horst Skoff, 6-4, in the fifth and final set, was the most exhilarating sporting event I have attended in my life. With 19,000 fans against him, only a handful of Americans in attendance that day know what a hero Michael Chang was.

I have been to Olympic Games, World Series, NBA and NHL playoffs, USC-Notre Dame and USC-UCLA football games and Super Bowls. Only the 1974 USC comeback victory over Notre Dame can match the drama and excitement of Chang’s Davis Cup victory.

TIM TESSALONE

Sports Information Director, USC