Ivan Lendl: What has been your biggest disappointment?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Ivan Lendl said elsewhere, not written here

Plenty of matches got away, but there’s nothing I can do about it, so why worry?

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2017 source ↗

Others on this question

Adam Kay British comedy writer, author, youtuber, comedian and former physician

I’ve never been upgraded on a plane.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 June 2023 source ↗

Danny DeVito American actor, comedian and filmmaker

That the US, Britain and all these other bozos are still fighting wars all over the world.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 January 2013 source ↗

Adrian Dunbar Irish actor

Not having come from a class that understands how the world works.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 August 2022 source ↗

Not joining the circus.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 4 July 2026 source ↗

I am not thinking about dying yet.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2017 source ↗

As a guy who had fun.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2017 source ↗

People who have done really well in their sports: in tennis, Steffi Graf; in ice hockey, Wayne Gretzky.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2017 source ↗

I always wanted to play tennis. Otherwise, I always thought it would be fun to do something in mathematics or physics.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 July 2017 source ↗

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