FULL VERSION Sabatini vs Graf 1990 US Open
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- She Can't Believe It
''It's very hard for me to talk right now,'' said Sabatini, the first woman from Argentina to win a Grand Slam title. ''I just can't believe that I won this tournament. There are no words to explain this emotion. I've been training a lot to win it; I just can't believe this came true.''
While the victory brought Sabatini the biggest payday of her six-year professional career - $350,000, or $50,000 for each of seven victories at the Open - it validated one of the most important decisions of her life, to change coaches the day after she lost to Jana Novotna in the fourth round at the French Open in June. It was a demoralizing moment, especially in that she had been a semifinalist at the French in three of the previous four years.
Her game under Angel Giminez had seemed to stagnate, so the decision was made to hire Carlos Kirmayr, a former touring professional from Brazil with a mellow personality: he's a part-time drummer in a rock band.
It was Kirmayr and an American sports psychologist Sabatini had been working with, Jim Loehr, who began teaching her the advantages of approaching the net without fear. Never before the Open had the tactic worked so well, as she registered straight-set victories over Kathy Jordan, Isabelle Demonogeot of France, Sabine Appelmans of Belgium, 11th-seeded Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia and Leila Meskhi of the Soviet Union. In the semifinals, she beat eighth-seeded Mary Joe Fernandez in three sets.
''I was working with my coach very much to come to the net,'' said Sabatini, seeded fifth here at the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, Queens. ''I want to say 'Thank you' to my coach. We've been working together only two months now, and he already gave me a lot of confidence.''
''Nobody was expecting me to win this tournament,'' she said, glowing. ''I think that really helped me because they were talking about Steffi and Martina and Monica Seles, and I didn't feel any pressure. I was just played my game, started playing good tennis and worried about what I had to do.'' 
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Apart from Gaby herself, I may have been the happiest person in the world this day to see Gaby win this Championship 🏆❤ Always *LOVED* watching Gaby play. Such lovely strokes.
Very happy that Gabby won here. A great player and a truly humble champion.
Almost beat Graf again Wimbledon 1991. 30 years have gone by fast.
Sabatini said in 2006, “Steffi made me a better player and a better person.“
Lovely Gabriela. She deserved more slam titles
Riccardo Bollani she actually looks really butch here
Steffi said years later that she had a real attack of nerves before this match, the worst she'd ever had until that point. She said the loss hurt her so much that she didn't leave her hotel room for several days. Gabi had a perfect game plan in this match, giving Steffi nothing she could bite on, pushing her back with her heavy topspin and getting to the net behind short, sharply angled cross court slice backhands that Steffi had real problems running round. Gabi would win 7 of their next 10 matches.
Genial Gabriela ,la mejor la más elegante, super Star ,gracias por tanto talento!!!!!!❤❤❤
Nice match to watch again, and a pleasant surprise to see Gaby take it - I really thought Steffi was a shoo-in for this match. One of those rare occasions when Gabriela demonstrated her fullest spectrum of natural talents. This was another nice page from the past to revisit; thanks for posting :-)
At the end of her career Steffi said that she was happy for Gaby to have won the USO 90 final.
In 90 she was not so happy about that, though. 😄
Thanks for the upload. I always cheered for Sabatini and watched that live =) She should won at least one slam more (Wimbledon 1991)
I think she lost her momentum when she lost that final with Steffi. She would have been number one too.
Steffi is my idol and the greatest of all time, but I was happy to see Gabby win her one and only slam.
Gaby was my all time fav player. Had all the shots and so much talent. Unfortunately it was her weak second serve that was the difference between Graf and Seles being no.1 and 2 in the world from 1990-93 and sabatini during the same period being ranked 3-5 in the world. Gaby should of won the 1991 Wimbledon title was only 2 points away from the title and would of had 2 match points if it was not for gaby missing an easy volley and in 1992 was up 4-2 v Seles In the semi finals of the French (gaby did not lose a clay court match in 1992 and defeated Graf in the final at amiela island and Seles in the final of the Italian Open) all the players were playing brilliant tennis. Believe gaby would of defeated Graf in the French open final that year. During her era of 1986-95 gaby was the 5 imo the 5th best female player of her era behind 1.Graf 2. Seles 3.Navratilova 4. Sanchez-Vicario 5. Sabatini 6. Martinez 7. Evert (from 86-89) 8. Fernandez 9. Sukova 10. Maleeva-fragniere
Yeah, first of all Gabby played a great match here, lots of courageous forays to the net and clutch volleys. I'm surprised she didn't win one or two French Opens. I also forgot how gorgeous she is......
Gaby lost her 92 Hamburg semi-final to Sanchez.
Great ranking you made though
Sabatini finally realized her potential with this victory and was just one serve away from winning Wimbledon in 1991 but let that one slip away. IMO, she was the Yannick Noah of women's tennis; a very talented albeit inconsistent player. She was much too talented to have won just one Grand Slam tournament.
Same like Leconte and Mecir, awsome players but not lucky in Slam finals
Gabby had too much topspin on her strokes..that would pop up in the middle of the court for players to tee off on them...her game was more suited for clay....her serve was also very slow ...sometimes only 50 mph and again too much top spin....when you hit too much topspin the ball falls short...she should have had a little more drive on her shot...imo
@@michaelhenderson2657 Everything you said is true but, in her career, Gabby won 27 singles titles and was at one time ranked number 3 in the world. And she was just one serve away from winning the 1991 Wimbledon Open. Her game may have lacked finesse but most of her opponents had a very hard time hitting those topspin volleys.
Cuantos recuerdos acompañando cada partido de Gabi televisado!
As long as her shots stayed deep, the topspin didnt work against her. She sometimes would volley and go for the winner, but usually just try to keep returning the ball deep and try to force an error
Sabatini's top spin back hand is perfect.
Sure is…..best one hander on the woman’s side ever.
Wow hoy 8 de septiembre de 2021 se cumplen 31 años de esta victoria! Viva Sabatini donde quiera estés. Una gran y humilde campeona argentina!
that forehand and backhand topspin....the best of all of them all, period. the hardest shot to return. She had the best on both wings. What a talent.
i love those heavy topspin shots helluva topspin lob in this match also
The problem with those shots , she put TOO much spin on those and it literally would slow down her shots , Seles would use those as target practice. Pierce and Capriati and Davenport all had losing records against Sabatini. Simply because Seles rarely missed. The others did .
Now this was a great rivalry! I really had a thing for Gabby, she's fucking gorgeous! She thinks she's Guillermo Vilas, plays a bit like him too.
@Max E Yes, maybe a bit over the top. She was pretty, but maybe not fucking gorgeous, unlike Emma Radukanu, is is 100% that!!
This was my favorite match of all time. I remember the last point of the match GAbby won. Steffi starred at the line as if in disbelief. Rooted for Gabby all the way.
Super Gaby. She deserves Manu more grand slam titles
Que momento! Lo reviví con la misma emoción con que vi el partido en el 90
Geniaaaa Gaby!!!!!
Love sabatini.....
31 years later and ova Sabatini still looks hot as ever
True words….Gaby is such a rare timeless beauty that keeps getting better with time.
Unfortunately 1 Slam wonder.. Great Match Gabby.. Steffi under par... Epic Upload..
WOWOWOWOWOW AMAZING PLAYS
Gaby was great, so powerful. She really tore Steffi a new ass that day
Always had a crush on Sabatini
Horrible camerawork on the handshake, I would really have liked to see it up close, especially because they got along very well with each other. Steffi really did not have a good year in 1990, basically losing all Grand Slam titles after the Australian to her biggest competitors. Congrats to Seles, Navratilova and Sabatini, of course all outstanding players!
Excellent play by both, bit of luck to Gaby, couple of netcords went her way. But Exceptional volleyer and heavy topspin with depth Gabys game..
e venkat how was it lucky when she outplayed Steffi the entire match
Yes, I wholeheartedly agree with the latest comment about everyone being happy for Gabriella. Possibly not happy was Steffi back then, but I'm sure Steffi is even happier now for her great friend and compadre, as they are consumers of each's professional career with a very wise and respectable (and over their youth and growth over their prodigious phenom years undoubtedly promoted themselves in no facade or rigidity with all their amazing early adulthood when, particularly in retrospect as we can sense and know each other's admirable acceptance, gratitude and humility transforming in eye-opening welcome, even willingness to hope and learn contentment as both Graf and Sabatini share and dwell and celebrate in each's familiar confidences and intensities, oh what a huge delight and highly upright and representative of humanity highlighting these two champions' integrity and circumspective wherewithal to maintain appreciation and be respectful of each other and all surroundings in this prideful world we live in. My latest point is my favorite---Steffi and Gabriella were friends before this U.S. Open Championship Match.. And yes, only two years prior to this, these two geniusly became doubles partners and won the 1988 Doubles Title on the accelerated grass at Centre Court Wimbledon......Wow!!!! I love it. Not enough can be said for their equally courageous fortuitous hearts and insightfully generous mind with a fruitful joyous spirit to always be individual champions, but, in unity and edification reflecting each other in shared gifts and eternal kindness and goodness (as we all reflect one another) these two are Co-Champions in One Heart and one Mind, One Tournament, singularly as One. Now you cannot be serious!! Hearts flew up! Everything good in us grew up!!! Congratulations to these two beautiful women!! Two of the Greatest EVER Warriors on and off the court in every endeavor!! Hell, my own endeavors, my own vision and smiles I'm reflection of one another are a lot more enjoyable largely because of the likes of Steffi Graf and Gabriella Sabatini. So many more generous tennis-playing spirits as well that have been integral or instrumental in one way or another....Thank you also to Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, what a light you two have been!! And thanks to Vitas Gerualaitis, (please forgive any misspelling). Thank you Arthur Ashe!! You personified courage!! Thanks to Althea Gibson, how very ultra gifted!! Thanks to Richard Williams and Oracene for producing two of our greatest. Thank you, ITF, thanks ATP!! Thanks Andre' Agassi so much for taking Steffi and giving her the best children and a supremely happy life. You two look like the most happy couple EVER!!! I have loved Steffi since I watched this 1990 US Open in it's entirety. My first to see all of any tournament. Boy and never missed her play one match after that. Call me a slow learner. Oh, and I adore you, too, Monica Seles. What an inspiring individual and a soldier you became....for all of mankind's history, Monica, Thank You!!!! I loved seeing your parents always in the stands and how supportive your mother always was to you and your father. I miss your ferociously powerful two-handed ominously penetrating beautiful shots. What the Champion you are in every aspect forevermore . Guess I better thank a few more players and genius folks like Nick Bolleterri. And don't forget the pistol Pete and Chris Evert. Pure love.....agape'
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She was a legend Gabriela
Whatever she is but before Steffi she is nothing. Steffi ended her career by defeating her always. The ball is out, its luck she wins
Gaby genial, Steffi la más grande tenista de la historia!!!
La mejor Gabi, gran tenista, y la más grande de argentina, te queremos Gabi!!!
Graf looks so stressed the entire way through. You just want to tell her to relax a little bit. You can feel her anxiety. Yes, she is a perfectionist and hates to lose, but on this day it was more than that. Something quite negative dragging her down.
you are really right but at the end she managed to go trought
She was to say later that she had a huge attack of nerves before this match.
Genia Gabi!!!
Glad for Sabatini that she won. Would have been nicer if she had won another slam at some point.
Tyson. Totally agree. Very good analysis. Gaby would have been number one in the world if she punched that backhand volley against Graf and took it. It would have cemented her at the top and given her the belief to keep attacking. I wonder if deep down she was exhausted in that 3rd set. I heard she lost a lit of matches because she was anemic and became very depleted in some matches.
Was too difficult with her game . Seles was hitting the ball harder than some men by the following year . Graf imo even more so by 93/94 . Sabatini was a big girl but the spin should have been hit deeper . She got away with 60 60 wins so many times in the early rounds . Then suddenly she would hit a monster hitter in the quarters and just swat her shots away .
La mejor Sabatini. La amo¡¡¡¡
Gaby's semi final against Mary Joe Fernandez is perhaps one of the most important women's matches of the 90s. If Gaby had lost that match, its very likely steffi would have won the final; Steffi would have stayed #1 for longer; Gaby probably wouldn't have gained the confidence to dominate Steffi in 1991 / 92 and Steffi may not have had the accompanying crisis of confidence she had in 91 /92. I guess it's possible that Monica Seles may not have been stabbed if Gaby had lost the 1990 US Open semi final.
Nice theory but the guy fixated on harming Seles after she beat Graf in Berlin
@@benwyld9149his objective was to make Steffi #1 again.
@@zeddeka by harming Seles. Had he not succeeded in Hamburg he said he was going to travel
This tournament was the 1st time they were not played doubles together... and its a good decision for gaby to focus in singles carrer 🤔
They both actually played doubles at that US Open. Steffi played with Lori McNeil and Gaby played with Mercedes Paz. Carlos Kirmayr had started coaching Gaby just before Wimbledon. He told her that she needed to end her doubles partnership with Steffi as it was making her too deferential to Steffi. In Kirmayr's words, "Why would you play doubles with someone who beats you all the time?"
nothing funnier than hearing Pat Summerall pretending to care @ tennis. or to know more @ it than the score. 😅
Graf always ungraceful in defeat
Graf was a very bad loser , I say this as a german and Sabatini fan
Graf was known for her "drive by" handshakes in her early years. She did get a little bit better later on but her game was definitely superior to her management of defeat.
Pam Shriver said that when Steffi was first on the tour, she got the nickname "Little Miss Sauerbraten". A lot of it came from her obsessive perfectionism, which I think in turn came very much from the pressure from her appallingly abusive and controlling father.
❗ The problem was that she only had few occasions to practice graceful defeats because she was winning all the time.
Steffi is always a winner and losing to sabatini because of her own mistakes, its obvious she feels bad because sabatini is a show piece
I loved watching this match. Those two played a lot of doubles together, yet it seemed like Steffi was always a sore loser when she lost matches to Gaby. Gaby was always a gracious loser.
Well, the psychology was different. Gaby usually expected to lose especially on a faster service while Steffi expected to win. Steffi was definitely off in this match. And 91-92 were even worse for her. But as others have said, we are all happy that Gaby won one and I know Steffi is too now.
Gaby Sabatini, orgullo de Latinoamérica!
De Argentina, el único país latinoamericano que se preocupa por destacarse en los deportes...!!
I was a huge fan of both players. Of course, Gaby is beautiful and has that fight. Graf was just poetry in motion. I met them for the first time at the Family Circle Cup in Hilton Head, SC around 1985 or so. Gaby was just 15, and I think Graff was 17. Graff beat Evert in the finals to end her streak at that tournament.
Do you mean "wide"?
I think gaby was just 14 because 1985 family circle cup held before 15th gaby's may birthday... and steffi beat chris in 1986 final only 16 before her 17th june's birthday
Evert, not Everett
Gabriela 😍
Cuanto talento tenía Sabatini. Ella y Vilas los mejores tenistas argentinos por lejos.
Mejor Gabriela de Guillermo
@Marcela Alvarez para mí si es suficiente, disfruto mas viendo a Sabatini que a Sanchez Vicario
@Tinta News y esa mujer que tiene que ver con Argentina?
Malditos subtitulos tapan la mitad de todo !!!!!!!!
all he commentators were against her, she played fun tennis
I love watching Sabatini demolish Graf
guao que hermosa era Gaby me acuerdode esa final me tenia comiendome la uñas casi todas haha saludos Ecuador
Gabriela, you are a fine athlete with great reflexes and many powerful shots. When you serve as powerfully as you play your overhead smashes, you will be so much more difficult to play against.
You do realise she retired nearly 30 years ago
None of the commentators gave Sabatini much of a chance in the beginning. Amusing.
Exactly!!!!
@Max E well, not really. Gabi had been playing really patchy tennis throughout the tournament, and her whole year had been up and down. Gabi had to really struggle through her semi final and everyone assumed she'd be exhausted, like she often was. Steffi by contrast had really brushed aside Capriati, Novotna and Sanchez Vicario. Everything was pointing to a Graf victory. Gabi had also never beaten Steffi in a grand slam (and never would again).
Gabi had been playing really patchy tennis throughout the tournament, and her whole year had been up and down. Gabi had to really struggle through her semi final and everyone assumed she'd be exhausted, like she often was. Steffi by contrast had really brushed aside Capriati, Novotna and Sanchez Vicario. Everything was pointing to a Graf victory. Gabi had also never beaten Steffi in a grand slam (and never would again).
You could see Graf had little confidence in this match - she didn't seem to know what to do.
She didn’t know what to do because Sabatini was playing a completely different game and strategy against her. Graf was on form as earlier rounds suggests. That’s why the loss stung her.
idk why everybody thought she couldn’t win. she was playing much better tennis at that point in her career. i thought she could beat her. chrissie was wrong🙂
She had a terrible year previous to this tourney
The winning forehand was actually out
totally agree , tennis before camera challenge
It looked out to me
ST WATERS that ball was in and you could tell steffie knew in the replay. smh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!nnnnnnoooooooooo it was in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Play it on 0.25 speed and you can see that it's in. However, if you think, from watching shitty youtube LD quality video footage you can tell better than both the umpire and the line judge - who were actually there and watched in real time - then you're Dunning-Kruger.
Did you run the hawk eye yourself? Impossible to tell without today’s technology, and it totally looks like it touched the outside part of the line unless you’re trying to discredit Gaby’s win, which is really cheap.
The best Championship Ball ever
SABATINI ES UNA DIOSA
The "match point" was OUT. Therefore Sabatini still has no Grand Slam title.
The one time that Sabatini really put it all together and stayed tough until the end. It's a shame for her that it was kind of fleeting. She really should've won a few more slams.
She was aided greatly by a very flat and weak performance by Graf in this final though, not to mention aided by Seles and Navratilova both going out before she could even play them (had the draw held she would have had to beat both Seles in the quarters and Navratilova in the semis).
Ralph Bourgeois this was the start of Gaby wining 8 of the next 11 meetings against steffi. When Gaby used her heavy top spin backhand down the line use to hurt steffi all the time. People said Gaby lost confidence after the 91 Wimbledon final loss, but Gaby still had a brilliant first half of 1992 where she defeated steffi in the semis in Miami and final at Amelia island and def Monica in the final at the Italian open. The match that Gaby lost all her confidence is the 92 semifinals at the French. She won the second set and was playing absolutely brilliant when up 4-2 in the third then she stopped her attacking game style and just sliced her backhand. Also the 93 quarter finals where she was leading 6-1 5-1 v Mary Joe Fernandez shattered her confidence. She gained her confidence when she won the wta championships in 1994 and in Sydney in 1995 playing her best tennis since 1992 but was injured with a lower back injury and lost 1st round at the aus open in 1995 where she was the 2nd fav behind Sanchez -vicario (steffi was injured and Monica was still in mini retirement) but then played her next tournament in Miami in the semis and again up 6-1 5-1 lost 7-6 in the third to date. Gaby become so nervous it was terrible to watch. Even steffi and Monica have all said the Gaby was probably the most gifted and talented player they have played. She had all the shots except did a terrible 2nd serve
Ralph. You refer to Steffi being flat, but she absolutely thrashed Sanchez Vicario in the semis and Sanchez would in fact beat Steffi twice at the us open, so comjng into this final, Steffi looked like she was very much in top form. I think the first set Gaby played at such a high level. Even Carlos Kirmaer said his student Gaby played so well in that first set that it easily could have been 6-0. Gaby hit so deeply and didn’t let Steffi find any way to attack or feel comfortable. Gaby on the other hand played well in the semis against MJ, but played a level higher in the final. Gaby played the match of her career. It’s hard to just say that Graf was off.
@@moviefan4life166 While Sabatini did play amazingly well, Steffi wasn't exactly stellar in this match. However, it's very possible that it wouldn't have mattered anyways.
Tbf Graf was totally off here.
sabatino-graf was considered more rivalry than seles-graf because, as of that time, the former played many times against each other than the latter. And I think sabatino went on a streak of 8 consecutive matches that she beat graf (AND THAT IS WORSE THAN WHAT SELES HAS DONE TO GRAF) but graf still won most of their headtoheads anyway, 29 - 11
Sele's won seven slams from 90 to 92. I'm sure that bothered Graf alot more than the loses to Sabatini.
How slow are Sabatini's 1st serves?
very
Pero con una variedad de juego exquisito.
MOROCHA BELLA DE ORO!!!
This was the year Graf's form and game for whatever reason fell WAY off from her 87-89 level dominance, especialy 88 and 89. She lost to Seles twice on clay, lost to freaking Garrison at Wimbledon, and a really weak limp performance vs Sabatini to lose here. Even nearly losing to the Maleeva sisters throughout the year. She would continue to play this poorly in 91, and while her form would improve a bit in 92 it wouldnt be until 95-96 and briefly in early 94, that she would regain her top form from the late 80s.
I think with hindsight, she was really burnt out. You just can't have that level of dominance without paying a price for it. We've seen it with other players who've been similarly dominant too - they develop a kind of post traumatic stress disorder. John McEnroe was never the same after his 1984 run. Martina Navratilova said looking back she was very burnt out after 1986. Roger Federer apparently used to wake up in the night in a state of anxiety and have to be calmed down by his wife. Novak Djokovic had also had some real dips after dominant years. You can see in some of Steffi's matches from 1990-92, she looks like she either doesn't want to be there, or she's so anxious that she rushed herself out of matches and look completely confused about what to do.
@@zeddeka I don't think so.
Graf getting served some humble pie that year. Beaten in straight sets by Seles at the French, 3 sets in semis by Zina Garrison at Wimbledon, and straight sets at the USO by Sabatini. The Graf era was effectively over at this point. It took a knife to deal her back into the game. Anyone who tells you anything different is living in a fantasy world or flat out lying.
Nobody Cares. It happened over 30 years ago.
@Max E You're the biggest clown and worst liar on YT. As usual you have to put Graf in a time tunnel to get your desired result. Let's shave off the following years...
1999 78%
1998 78%
1997 80%
1985 75%
1984 62%
1983 46%
1982 33%
Those are all of her pro records. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Steffi is behind Evert and Court in winning percentages and she always will be. You don't get to slice and dice pro records. Thanks for pointing out yet another record where Graf is third (or lower) in rank ordering. Still somehow she manages to vault to first even though she owns almost none of the open era records...or even amateur for that matter. LOL. Loser
@Max E While you're slicing and dicing records choke on this one....from June 1983 to Nov 1984 Navratilova had 126 wins against 1 loss for a WR of 99.2% And guess what? No one had to get stabbed to make that happen. The Graf record book isn't worth the paper it's printed on....it's quite brief though. LOSER
I completely agree. That horrible stabbing changed tennis and changed the careers of Graf and Seles!
@Max E But in the two years of 91-92 when Seles was peaking Graf's winning percentage was at its lowest in the 10 years you mentioned, 89% and 91%. Clearly Gunter Parche was taking notes of Graf's slight decline and decided to do something about it.
It's funny to watch Steffi in these old matches and think 11 years after this Match Steffi will marry Andre lol
Pat Summerall asking if "Steffi is as invincible as it appears" right after she lost at the French Open and Wimbledon? Really Pat?
Pay attention. He was obviously commenting on Steffi's form at that US Open. She had steam rollered Capriati, Novotna and Sanchez Vicario for the loss of just 10 games.
@@zeddeka Invincible for the course of one tournament? Please. It's like saying I have an invincible 3 match winning streak. That's not an astute or thoughtful comment or observation at all.
@@guyinsfare you being willfully obtuse, or are you just stupid? She had been playing tennis that made her look unbeatable - back to her old form where she had been so dominant. It really is as simple as that. It's not difficult in any way to comprehend.
Tony Trabert really rubbed it in Graf's face by asking her if she had seen Gaby played better than today LOL
Graf fans blame the loss on the affair of her convicted criminal used car salesman dad. It had nothing to do with Graf's lack of a topspin backhand. LOL
@@jm7804 She lost because Gaby beat her. I hate delusional fans who make stupid excuses. I think it's great to have favorites but some of these fans are really hardcore and mental. Max E is one of those really crazy Grafanatics. He's a total troll.
@@guyinsf He's been banned under multiple screen names. He's a fan of calling Seles fat and saying Parche shoud've finished the job. That's what we're dealing with here.
@@jm7804 He actually had said Parche should have finished the job? I had no idea he was that crazy! He sounds as crazy as Parche himself! Yikes! Total strait jacket material. Im not going to even bother with Max E nut then from now on. Thanks.
@Max E "forinner?" They don't have spell-check in Russia? Psycho
Always a pleasure to see steffi losing a grand slam final
As a Seles and Navratilova fan I concur.
@@victordunson719 I don't have pleasure in seeing a player lose that much but with Graf her fandom is just so ridiculously delusional. I didn't care for her early in her career because she had really horrible sportsmanship but she did improve later on.
😁 but it was only few times 🤣
Я болею за Габриэлу Сабатини 🌹💥🔥🤟👍👊🙏
Está muy bueno
That last point sure didn't look in.
No, it was out, gut glad for Gabby. It was her only GS. Steffi should have been allowed to talk more to congratulate Gabby. She was still in shock.
It was in. There was another camera view going right down the line and it was on the inside edge.
Ball in.
*Graf* *vs.* *Sabatini*
*3* *-* *3*
Creo que está muy bien
Steffi, whose game became more predictable from the beginning of 90 on, was also less consistent in the rallies. Gabriela, who always had the game to disrupt Steffi's sliced backhand, played a lot more towards the net and revealed Steffi's weaknesses. Steffi could not hold the shock here. Gabriela was so much solid. If Steffi could have used more topspin backhands down the line maybe the score would have been different.
Max. Gaby also beat Steffi more times than any other player in her career. You referred to the two worst losses Gaby ever had to Steffi but Gaby in all fairness troubled Steffi more than anyone else. Most of their matches were also if very high quality. In fact they played 4 other times at the us open and they were all very competitive, with 3 going to three sets. Let’s not forget their Wimbledon classic in 91 finals when Gaby was 2 points away either. Their constraining styles made for an exciting matchup.
Ball is out graf is the winner always
Sabatini was the first woman to have the ATP forehand.
lol no grunting hahah
Steffi was nothing if not honest.... her glum face and words basically said this sucked!
She said some time later that she'd had a huge attack of nerves before this match. Apparently she didn't leave her hotel room for days afterwards, she was so upset.
Sabatini won luckily otherwise Steffi defeated her all the time and finished her career
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Tha Ball was OUT of Championshipspoint. lol
The ball was definitely out on Match Point..
Yes it was , that's why Steffi keeps looking at it, but no hawkeye back then.
Ball in line.
Unexpected win for Sabatini.
Todo lo contrario.
unsual lack of confidence and depth and pace in graf's forehand. she was losin not just to seles in the early 90s but even to others includin the old martina
Tony Target was the worst.
❗ Here is the proof that the last shot was clearly OUT, and that Gabriela Sabatina never REALLY won a Grand Slam: 👉1:25:54
Right, why Steffi didn't challenge that decision
@@beblessed1010 There was no challenge yet.
Está todo normal
Steffi lost at net !
Steffi was never a good net-player !! Why going so often to net ?? Was without sense !!! Also Graf service was extremely bad -never seen by Graf !! But Sabatini played very well !!!
Karl-Heinz Noe Graf was going to net to keep sabatini from the net
Sabatini was the one who was mostly going to the net not steffi
Graf did an amazing job of raising the women's game. Graf's amazing successful career was because Graf was able to maintain her tennis. Graf had injuries but she was still able to play and play through the pain. That's incredible. Graf's biggest weakness is the service return especially off the slice. From 1997, the women's game had champions that was able to take advantage of Graf's slice. From 1990, there was Seles, but a miserable deranged fan ruined Seles' career forever. Especially when Seles' dad passed away in 1998. When the Williams sisters were dominating, their biggest weapon was their serve. Graf made her service a weapon to match Martina Navratilova, the best all around player. Who knew women's tennis would create serves that would be even bigger and consistent. Hingis occasionally hit big serves but couldn't keep that up. Hingis had injuries that would hamper her ability to play against power players.
@Max E I watched the -99 Wimbledon QF against Venus a few days ago. Unbelievable standard of play from both. Even if Steffi was not even close to her prime, she did produce some great tennis from time to time. Its a shame that she was so flat in the Wimbledon final in -99. On the other hand, she maybe was a little lucky in the FO final that same year 😊
@Max E It definitely had.
@Max E Hingis had the match in her hands and gave it away. I consider it luck that your opponent is so stupid. I was glad Steffi won and she deserved it but it was lucky.
@Max E she had it, no question about that
@Max E I thought Selesians were bad, but diehardSteffifans seem to be as stupid. My first Wimbledon I watched was 1970 Newcombe beating Ken Rosewall. Since that every Wimbledon apart from 1998. You surely were not born yet at that time. I have seen every Graf GS-final from a live broadcast.
Steffi is /was a great player but also she is a human being. She was totally lost in that RG final for over a set and if Hingis hadn't choked totally, Steffi would probably only have 21 Slams.
I feel sad reading these stupid comments from Selesians and DiehardSteffifans. Both parties seem to be lost in their own imaginary world.
Steffi is not a gracious loser.
@john smith Stupid guy...
Very sore loser. She did improve after 1995 though.
nope you just aren't looking clearly. 89 french open loss, she hugs Sanchez Vicario at the net.
@@wildfire1120 No one likes losing, some hide it better than others. Steffi did hug Sanchez vicario but she was not always as gracious if she lost until about 1994-1995. She changed for the better after that.
I think so many of the very top tennis players are a bit psychopathic. They live in this tiny bubble where all they have to think about is beating other people. That's literally their life. Chris Evert said recently that she had really started to realise how much that environment had damaged her as a person.
GAB, should have won then all them all... she was bored with her skill, better than Graf, period,
Oh come on, that's ridiculous. She wasn't in the same league with Graf. Graf I'm sure didn't like the soft loopy topspin to her backhand, but Graf did everything better than Sabatini.
@@wilsoch Agree, the only department Sabatini was better in was her net play. She was a good athlete but didn't have endurance in 3 set matches.
I think she was plagued with nerves Gaby was. We saw it more and more often with Gaby. First Wimbledon 91, then French open 92 and 93, and at Lipton 95. She just tensed up when it was the most critical, in a tight match against the likes of Steffi or Seles. They managed to elevate, but Gaby also didn’t have that killer instinct they did. But looking at raw talent, Gaby was right there with the very best. She could hit every single shot in the book. When she retired, Seles said she was so surprised Gaby didn’t win many more slams because she was just so good. At the very least she should have won one or two French opens. She beat Graf and Seles so often on clay away from the French open and Wimbledon 91 was on her racquet.
Sabatini had the worst serve ever.
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@@guccigang6984Sorry but is true and it hurts me to say it as an Argentine I am. Gabriela had a lousy service. She just put the ball in play, nothing more, but the rest of her game was first class. She was the most talented of her time.
Good observation, with even better technology of racquet, her second serve would be butchered..
Actually never won because her forehand was out but...
Play it on 0.25 speed and you can see that it's in. However, if you think, from watching shitty youtube LD quality video footage you can tell better than both the umpire and the line judge - who were actually there - then you're Dunning-Kruger
I put it at speed 0.25 and I was able to stop the ball just and it gives half off and half line. It was a good ball.
@Les Moore GOOD BALL!
I saw a camera covering that line and when they moved the ball in forward and reverse it was clearly on the line. Gaby starting jumping for joy as the ball left her racquet, before it even bounced because she knew she had it. It was a sitter, once it popped up of the let chord, Gaby had all day to crush it.
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I loved Graf. In 1989 and 90 she won 7 of the 8 majors. This was the only one that got away. Two interesting points about Graf. Unless under pressure she always slices her backhand and she is the only player I can think of that hold a ball in her left had when she's playing.
That's wrong I'm afraid. In the years 1989/90 she only won 4 grand slams tournaments
It was in the years 1988/89 that she won 7, missing out on Roland Garros 1989, which she lost to Sanchez-Vicario
wrong! graf also lost the 1990 french open to seles, she lost the 89 one as well to sanchez-vicario.
Graf won almost everything but got halted when Seles learned very quickly how to beat her in only her second year as a pro .... Seles completely took over her throne by force and became the new dominant queen until getting stabbed ..... that historic event allowed Graf to regain her throne as the top player .
Well, life's not fair ... the media's not fair to Seles too, most sports writers nowadays fail to mention the stabbing event when talking about Graf as a possible candidate for the greatest player ever ... The stabbing should have featured prominently in the discussion of GOAT, half of Graf's 22 slams should rightfully be doubted as a special gift from one of her crazy fans ....
@@88feji Us Open 1995 and 1996 loool.
Steffi lost, so many unforced errors, low %serve , very distracted not 100% fit.
This would prove to be on of gaby’s best performances of her career. She took this one away from Steffi more than Steffi gave it to her. I agree that Steffi wasn’t 100% on that day, but her opponent had a say in this outcome. Gaby never attacked Steffi at net like this before. I think Steffi was shocked.
Steffi said afterwards that she had a terrible attack of nerves before the match. She also said she was so disappointed after the loss and it affected her confidence so badly, that she didn't want to leave her hotel room for days.
@@moviefan4life166 brilliant tactics from Gabi. Steffi said afterwards that she had a terrible attack of nerves before the match. She also said she was so disappointed after the loss and it affected her confidence so badly, that she didn't want to leave her hotel room for days.
Gaby no le dio oportunidad, la pasó por arriba.
Never realised how masculine Sabbatini was.
Max. Such a stunner. The diving Argentine. Seles said she would actually feel as if she was playing across the net from a Greek goddess when she faced Gaby.
Beau. This was 1990. Hairstyles weren’t exactly all that lol. Gaby by the close of her career was a model on the court. Her post retirement photos are stunning. She definitely had some solid legs under her and strong shoulders no doubt.
The famous writer Clive James said she "had the beauty of Marilyn Monroe and the walk of John Wayne."
@Max E The famous writer Clive James (who worshipped Gabi) said she "had the beauty of Marilyn Monroe and the walk of John Wayne."
Jajajaja Si Sabatini es masculino, que queda para Graf parece un camionero con su una nariz gigante.
BALL OUT!
Ball in line.
You are right, the last shot is clearly out.
Sabatino, besides being a tennis lesbian of course, is a tennis headcase. She shoulda won at least one French open. She has beaten Seles on Clay.. yet she blew a big lead over Maryjo?? WTF
Khan Tut Her being potentially a lesbian is completely irrelevant, and none of anybody’s business. You don’t highlight someone’s heterosexuality for that matter. And it’s Sabatini, with an i, I presume you wrote it with an o on purpose to make it a “male” last name, but that’s not how italian last names work. Show some respect.
WTF? WHO THE FICK ARE YOU?? GET THE FICKIN OFF MY BUSINESS WTF!!!!!!
Khan Tut I’m someone replying to a disrespectful comment towards an awesome lady and sportswoman.
MR. MACHOMAN? OR WHATEVER PIECE OF ERECTED STUFF YOU ARE?? GET AWAY FROM ME AND STICK IT IN SOMETHIN ELSE YOU HEAR??? AND WHY YOU ARE BEING RATTLED ABOUT THIS WORD LESBIAN WHEN IN FACT, THIS TERM IS NOW ACCEPTED THAT THEY EVEN PUT IT IN THE TITLE OF THEIR COMMUNITY?? WTF!!!!! GET OFF ME! AND DO IT QUICK!!
monchoman is right, Kant Toot, you are disrespectful towards a Champion Tennis player, Gabriela Sabatini. You're so small you need an electron microscope to find your little nothing down south... it's there somewhere, you little dog... or is it? LOL. KEEP LOOKING! Now put on your gloves and knee-pads and crawl back into your filthy hovel, you knuckle-dragging neanderthal.
Gabriela Sabatini is HOT... you're NOT! LOL
Why do they both have Adam's apples? Steffi's is extremely impressive!
Think you're imagining that. Maybe you should see a psychologist.
Google 'Gabriela Sabatini'....you tell me! Whats in her throat?
Google Steffi Graf....same story
Yea Steff hard to beat men ,but you did in most of y'all's matches