Jeff thank you so much for providing such a clear video of capriati’s match. I’m watching this on my iPhone w 1080 and it is so vivid and clear ( I know viewing this at such a high resolution isn’t any better than the next best resolution)
I just came from an ITA Women's Pro tournament in the Bay Area of California. The top players were ranked around 150 in the world. What you are watching are two of the top players in the world. What you cannot see on video is how hard these women hit the ball. When you are in person, the power and speed is truly amazing. On video it appears to be going at half speed.
The pro matches are wild in person. The ball moves so much faster than it appears on TV. The footwork of the pros is highly underrated. The serve of the men is just insane.
I too have seen Capriati in real life , though much later in her career at the 96 Ameritech Open semis where she upset Monica Seles in Chicago. Even during her practice warmup against Lori McNeil-we came early hoping to get a glimpse of any pros who happened to be warming up-she was so relaxed like not even exerting so much effort but she was hitting the ball so flat and dead center on the racquet and was generating so much speed and running/wrong footing Lori a lot. It was like bombs coming from Jennifer’s racquet and all Lori could do was slice and deflect back and the only time she tried to roll over her single backhand, the ball fed into Capriati’s wheelhouse perfectly into her famous running forehand down the line and stunned a Lori McNeil heading the wrong way towards a crosscourt shot. And during the match against Seles they were hitting the ball so hard , although you can tell Capriati a bit less relaxed and more jumpy , and the shots she missed were all on her backhand trying to put away a defensive squash shot chip from Seles on her heels - because those shots had no pace and it seemed to throw off Jennifer. But whenever Seles hit the ball hard - and she did - Jennifer seemed to have an answer for everything but it would all happen so fast and you can hear the whole arena gasping in delayed reaction until Jennifer would hit a winner and you hear a collective laugh as a reaction to how everyone was experiencing the same delayed reaction because it was both impressive and too fast. You could hear the upset murmurs of a few spectators who were new to the game, because they didn’t understand how Seles could just lose easily to someone unseeded 6-3, 6-3. I say new to the game because obviously they didn’t know Capriati, their history, and the danger she posed to anyone, especially Seles , but I digress. Capriati easily has the most perfect ground strokes, the purest hitter of the balls, man or woman, as in someone who can hit the ball on the optimal spot on the racquet, shot for shot. I say more so than Davenport because she can do so even at 10-10 in a third set of a final of a grand slam whereas Davenport gets tired often and end up sloppy like sweeping the floor flailing at many balls she can’t reach or going the wrong direction. Capriati is the hardest flattest hitter of the ball more so than Pierce or Seles.
When she was on form, Gaby always a tough match up for Jennifer. Someone once said about Jimmy Connors that he 'liked the ball to come at him in straight lines' (i.e. flat). Much the same could be said of Jennifer, and of course Gaby was excellent at mixing up the spins to break down Jennifer's rhythm.
@@Mntguy-nr9vl the next tournament she played was the old Lipton Championship there in Florida where she was upset in a early round by the french player Nathalie Herremann who was ranked 113 in the world. Capriati had a whole bucket load of unforced errors in that windy match. Beat herself basically, as Herremann basically junked balled her and just got the ball back.
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Jeff thank you so much for providing such a clear video of capriati’s match. I’m watching this on my iPhone w 1080 and it is so vivid and clear ( I know viewing this at such a high resolution isn’t any better than the next best resolution)
I just came from an ITA Women's Pro tournament in the Bay Area of California. The top players were ranked around 150 in the world. What you are watching are two of the top players in the world. What you cannot see on video is how hard these women hit the ball. When you are in person, the power and speed is truly amazing. On video it appears to be going at half speed.
The pro matches are wild in person. The ball moves so much faster than it appears on TV. The footwork of the pros is highly underrated. The serve of the men is just insane.
I too have seen Capriati in real life , though much later in her career at the 96 Ameritech Open semis where she upset Monica Seles in Chicago. Even during her practice warmup against Lori McNeil-we came early hoping to get a glimpse of any pros who happened to be warming up-she was so relaxed like not even exerting so much effort but she was hitting the ball so flat and dead center on the racquet and was generating so much speed and running/wrong footing Lori a lot. It was like bombs coming from Jennifer’s racquet and all Lori could do was slice and deflect back and the only time she tried to roll over her single backhand, the ball fed into Capriati’s wheelhouse perfectly into her famous running forehand down the line and stunned a Lori McNeil heading the wrong way towards a crosscourt shot. And during the match against Seles they were hitting the ball so hard , although you can tell Capriati a bit less relaxed and more jumpy , and the shots she missed were all on her backhand trying to put away a defensive squash shot chip from Seles on her heels - because those shots had no pace and it seemed to throw off Jennifer. But whenever Seles hit the ball hard - and she did - Jennifer seemed to have an answer for everything but it would all happen so fast and you can hear the whole arena gasping in delayed reaction until Jennifer would hit a winner and you hear a collective laugh as a reaction to how everyone was experiencing the same delayed reaction because it was both impressive and too fast. You could hear the upset murmurs of a few spectators who were new to the game, because they didn’t understand how Seles could just lose easily to someone unseeded 6-3, 6-3. I say new to the game because obviously they didn’t know Capriati, their history, and the danger she posed to anyone, especially Seles , but I digress. Capriati easily has the most perfect ground strokes, the purest hitter of the balls, man or woman, as in someone who can hit the ball on the optimal spot on the racquet, shot for shot. I say more so than Davenport because she can do so even at 10-10 in a third set of a final of a grand slam whereas Davenport gets tired often and end up sloppy like sweeping the floor flailing at many balls she can’t reach or going the wrong direction. Capriati is the hardest flattest hitter of the ball more so than Pierce or Seles.
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@@davidr2802 yes please :)
When she was on form, Gaby always a tough match up for Jennifer. Someone once said about Jimmy Connors that he 'liked the ball to come at him in straight lines' (i.e. flat). Much the same could be said of Jennifer, and of course Gaby was excellent at mixing up the spins to break down Jennifer's rhythm.
Jennifer reached the final of her very first tournament at 14 years old! Amazing!
she was 13 still....
I believe she reached the finals of the first two tournament she played
@@Mntguy-nr9vl the next tournament she played was the old Lipton Championship there in Florida where she was upset in a early round by the french player Nathalie Herremann who was ranked 113 in the world. Capriati had a whole bucket load of unforced errors in that windy match. Beat herself basically, as Herremann basically junked balled her and just got the ball back.
@@tomschmitz-dj1fg wow!
@@Mntguy-nr9vlfirst and third tournaments
wow great upload - and great quality! do you have the rest or any other Boca tennis matches from the 80s-90s?
Thanks for viewing. Sorry but I don't have any other matches
@@jeffdemoss5696 hey mate thanks anyway for the upload. Great quality. Don’t suppose you have the second set at all?
Do you happen to have the second set? Regards @@jeffdemoss5696
Are you from Indy? Regards