And I think, even up to today, the only player in the Open era to beat the #1, #2 and #3 ranked players in the quarters, semis, and finals to win a Slam.
@@danielgeorgetheoneandonly no, you are wrong Graf is the only player male or female to beat top 3 players in a same grand slam tournament in the open era.
@@danielgeorgetheoneandonly Serena beat world number 1 in that tournament. She did not beat 2 or 3. The other seeds she played were #10 Vaidisova, #16 Pe'er, 11# Jankovic, #5 Petrova and #27 Santangelo
Lindsay era un gran jugadora, sin embargo en RG no logro brillar tanto como en otros GS. Steffi Graf tuvo un inolvidable RG 99, batiendo en Davenport en QF, Seles (triple campeona en este torneo) en Semis y a la 1 mundial, Hingis en la final. Para conquistar 6 veces este torneo, todo un Hito para Graf
Davenport complained about playing on clay but she actually won quite a few tournaments on it. In this match, she had settled on a game plan against Graf by hitting high balls to her backhand which Steffi didn't like.
4:07 OMG! isn't Steffi the FASTEST female player ever??? and she had a knee injury and retired in 1999! she doesn't move ...she dances around the court!
Love this match and the tournament as a whole for Steffi but I just wish she could have played as well at Wimbledon. I give full credit to Lindsay but having watched how she played against Williams and Lucic, she was well below her best and I think partly due to tiredness. That one final Wimbledon would have been amazing.
I agree. Steffi had some tough matches from the quarters onwards, and she just ran out of gas in the final and you could see from the semis onwards that she was injured. Would’ve been a fine finish to her career with both the French and Wimbledon in her final year.
I don't think she was tired or injured particularly (I know her thigh was strapped), i think the way McEnroe was with her made her angry and she didnt want to be there. Sbe was very flat, and in a foul mood in that match. Its a shame.
@@Logans3Run Her least favorite surface were slow hard courts with a high bounce, like the one the AO had in 1988-2008. Don't forget that she grew up on clay courts in Germany. In the open era only Chris Evert has a better match winning percentage than Steffi on that surface. Both are far ahead of Seles, Henin or Swiatek.
LINDSAY will get her revenge about 1 month later at Wimbledon!! I think STEFFI would have rather been champion at the all England club than here at Roland Garros!!
No doubt Wimbledon has more prestige than all the other Slams but that said the French Open 99 was the most memorable of Graf's 22 Grand Slams. It was the perfect ending to her French Open career, 1st Slam win FO 87, Last Slam win FO 99 - bookends.
Absolutely not. Beating Hingis (who had disparaged her before) in the FO 99 final was the icing on the cake for a glorious career. Lindsay was a nice girl, Steffi was not too much disappointed after her loss (she said so herself).
Steffi habia sido numero 1 en 97, Lindsay numero 1 en 98, Choque de trenes. Sin embargo Graf mostró nivélazo en este RG ganando a Kournikova, Davenport, Seles y Hingis
I'm a huge Steffi Graf fan and was rooting for her but you have to remember that Davenport won all her grand slams without dropping a set and it is therefore obvious that she was playing at high levels in those tournaments. Davenport did not drop a set during this Wimbledon. If any , Graf could have taken a set in the final but I believe Davenport would still went on to win it even if Graf is rested or not injured. 1999 is probably the peak Davenport while Graf is just having her last hurrah in the tour.
You can never know. 1999 was peak Davenport. She just won the 1998 US Open and reached the semi-finals of Australian and French Open as well as barely losing to Serena in the US Open.
@@felipetemplojronyoutube7813 Steffi is a 7-time Wimbledon champ (9 finals). The best Wimbledon record of the open era (winning 7 of 14 tournaments). Davenport won one Wimbledon. Against an injured Steffi. Winning 1 of 13 tournaments.
@@Fedthebest75 I think Davenport would have fared better than Seles in 1992 (who lost 26 16) But even some 63 63 for Steffi here would have been "easy" in my book.
what Steffi learnt in her last years on the tour , was to be in the game with the bigger hitters , she could no longer just sit and try and dominate each point.. but also run for a few extra balls, and learn to counter punch some shots. that's how she got the better of davenport in a few tourneys and Venus and Seles.
@Max E I think she would have struggled once Serena began dominating in 2002 (Graf would have been 33 by then and you'd have to think the injuries would have been more severe by then), but Graf could have easily added a few more slams to her name in 2001-2002. Capriati and Pierce were no match for her, and I honestly think she'd have the edge over Venus at Wimbledon.
@@deedledave9826Serena dominated only for 13 months in 2002/03 and wouldn‘t dominate again before 2009. BTW, Jennifer Capriati said in 2003 (!) about Steffi, “That would have been her time.“
@@deedledave9826 “She was the greatest champion I ever played against. …. What if she had kept playing? She would have won a lot more slams titles in my opinion.“ (Lindsay Davenport, Tennis Channel, March 2020)
I see a lot of similarities between Federer and Graf, from the forehand, movement, and their stance when receiving. It's clear he watched Graf and learned from her.
@@deedledave9826 “Watched her for hours, mesmerizing forehand, footwork and attitude. What a champ!“ (Roger Federer on Steffi Graf, Twitter, April 16th, 2020)
@Illya Kuryakin It was A HUGE surprise, I was there watching them both. Grass benefits the more fit player, and that is obviously Graf. The fact that Graf beat Davenport on clay was a bigger surprise than Graf losing to her on grass. And to that point, were these Slams? I would have to look, having won 4 out of the last 7 is no biggy. If you said 6 out of the last 7, I would say maybe. But again, taking this into the occasion, Davenport winning was an upset at the time. Most commentators agree with my assessment.
@Illya Kuryakin I would like you to understand tennis more. Alot of times it is about momentum. After Graf won the 1999 French Open she sped to the Wimbledon Final beating Venus Williams along the way. The way most people saw it, Graf had the momentum and the past experience to win Wimbledon, including myself. I think her biggest mistake was playing mixed doubles, that was too much effort. She was quite tired in that singles final. If she had not played mixed doubles, I feel she would have beaten Davenport.
@Illya Kuryakin Any extra play was a hindrance. That being said, Davenport played very well and she deserved that win. As for Graf she is always sick and tired because she over-practiced. Something the ladies in tennis should do instead of the opposite. If Graf practiced LESS and used her topspin backhand MORE, we would have a much different grand slam total for her.
Lindsay would later beat Steffi in the Wimbledon final the very next month because the grass plays far faster and lower than the red clay. Sweet revenge. 🙂
I think Steffi could have won more majors if she would have had a 2 handed backhand. She had a great slice and it served her well, but a solid 2 hander would have been devastating with her excellent forehand and her awesome speed.
@Ilya Kuryakin Well said! But maybe Steffi should have used more the one-handed top spin backhand .... That would have saved her some "work" at times ....
@@Yeah23H Her slice backhand was far from a neutral or defensive shot as we see today (unfortunately on the female tour, they hardly use any slice whatsoever). It was agressive, low bounce, usually very well placed backhand. She used her topspin at times. Yet, her slice backhand was a strong weapon and she obviously 'felt' it better than her topspin backhand.
I suppose it depends on who she was playing. Steffi's slice was lethal against the biggest group on tour - two handed baseliners. They had a really hard time digging the ball out,it dragged them out of position, mixed up the pace, and if they did get the ball back,it was often a weak reply that Steffi could mop up with her forehand. It was also a great attritional shot - having to bend down low each time to scoop up the ball is exhausting. That pattern of play with the slice backhand is something we've seen a lot over the years from other players like Federer, Sampras and notably ivan Lendl. Lendl used the slice backhand ruthlessly against two handed Bolletieri style players like Agassi and courier, and as a result he had a brilliant head to head against them.
@1bcordell I totally disagree with that. You like many others fall into the trap of modelling today's tennis (which is awful) on 1990's tennis (much superior in quality). If Steffi had a two handed backhand, she would have had an almost non existent and under-developed backhand slice shot, and this would have handicapped her not benefitted her! If she had a two handed backhand, Steffi most certainly would not have won 22 singles slams but about 10-12 singles slams at best. The slice backhand gave Steffi more options to unsettle and disrupt the rhythm of her opponents and control the rallies using her huge forehand. Tennis is much, much more than just power alone!!
this is clay and yet the slower big mama was able to take the match to 3 sets. it figures why she beat up steffi at wimbledon and steffi knows the big mama's able to track and counterpunch steffi's shots even the slices doesn't bother her. even when she was young she was already givin steffi a hard time
Marion Bartoli is a way better Tennis player than Steffi Graf. Marion bartoli had belief in herself that Steffi Graff as a great tennis player doesn't have even being world no.1 to win Wimbledon. Wimbledon is a grass court tournament and therefore amongst the medium surfaces. which means medium rallies dictated by serve and therefore less exertion of energy during a point and shorter matches in general. you get value for your shot! fat and short or tall and thin! when you play 3 sets against 5 sets for men, it is always an advantage. Marion Bartoli played a more strategic than a grind type of tennis in tournaments. good volleying skills as compared to Steffi Graff even in execution. Marion Bartoli had the belief that she could win and in contrast to Steffi Graff who believed that Bartoli would wear herself down and just lose(not that they don't have to play, just that they had to hang in there long enough for her to break down). Most of them slightly underestimated what she was doing in tournaments. She was an inexperienced player by that point who had proven herself as a former top 10 player. Her winning was really a surprise i.e out of the blue with already having made the finals twice but her consistency was questionable. She had unique two handed forehands and backhands. That was easy to replicate and master but once mastered it was going to be lethal. That was what spectators saw in tournaments of Marion Bartoli to a great extent. at Wimbledon 2013 she had some luck from the draw as 15th seed. she never played a top 10 player en route to her victory. the finalist she played: Venus Williams had already beaten Agnieszka Radwańska en route to the final. Venus Williams was playing her best but was probably worn out a lot by her battles with Agnieszka Radwańska and others. Venus Williams was in the form of her life but Bartoli had the luck of the draw. Regardless of whether your fat or not, if you make your shots even Steffi Graff may not be able to return it at Wimbledon. so if you are playing near perfection and having consistency with your shots then you are playing on a level field. then speaking of fat, technically Marion Bartoli may be classified as fat, yet she was the most successful female tennis player. Bartoli wasn’t really playing a specific style and really had weakness in tournaments and most of her shots had some vigor in it that Steffi Graf generally doesn't necessarily have. Here return games were spot on and had more errors and more importantly she can get Steffi Graff to errors first. all in all, this was a victory that was easily replicable or Bartoli after this mediocre run. She had belief and luck along with inexperience that allowed her to win her only Grand Slam. Marion Bartoli was dubbed as unfit and fat. She still made it to Grand Slam finals. Even in her Wembdon win 2013 she wasn’t fit. Marion Bartoli is an inspiration. It was really a fluke because Bartoli won by dropping sets and beat a few top 20 players along the way. Winning by dropping a set means you played really close to perfection along with dropping the level enough that allowed anyone to comeback and take a set from you. being fat may seem a hindrance, but is a limitation if you want it to be one. Honestly calling her fat in tournaments is really justifiable because she wasn’t thin but fat is really appropriate. And yes, tall and lanky players like Steffi Graf don’t always win , especially in the topsy turvy women’s tour. slightly fatter players can generate more power than extremely thin and tall players like Steffi Graff.
Obviously, good match for Graf (who went on and won her 7th French crown) but Lindsay hit pay dirt a good month or so later with a win over Steffi and her one and only Wimbledon crown.
I really love how graf slides into the clay effortlessly
And I think, even up to today, the only player in the Open era to beat the #1, #2 and #3 ranked players in the quarters, semis, and finals to win a Slam.
Serena 2007 Ao
That half of the draw was loaded!
@@danielgeorgetheoneandonly no, you are wrong Graf is the only player male or female to beat top 3 players in a same grand slam tournament in the open era.
@@danielgeorgetheoneandonly Serena beat world number 1 in that tournament. She did not beat 2 or 3. The other seeds she played were #10 Vaidisova, #16 Pe'er, 11# Jankovic, #5 Petrova and #27 Santangelo
@@danielgeorgetheoneandonly😂 dream on. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Right up to the end of her career, Steffi was capable of upsetting or beating the best players she was still part of.
Steffi's slice was giving Lindsay all kind of problems in this match. It's amazing how well she could knife it even on clay.
Slice is a great shot on clay, especially if the court is slightly damp.
Lindsay era un gran jugadora, sin embargo en RG no logro brillar tanto como en otros GS. Steffi Graf tuvo un inolvidable RG 99, batiendo en Davenport en QF, Seles (triple campeona en este torneo) en Semis y a la 1 mundial, Hingis en la final. Para conquistar 6 veces este torneo, todo un Hito para Graf
Please ... upload more from Steffi !
Always love to see a typical Steffi Graf point like on 5:35. Opening up court and bang.... she hits a forehand winner anywhere she wishes to!
power vs power!
Steffi deserves to be a hall of famer. She was a genius on the tennis court. She won lots of trophies.
… do you honestly think the woman considered by many as the GOAT isn’t in the hall of fame?
@@Ineddiblehulkseriously lol. Same as saying “Michael Jackson seriously needs to be recognized as influential to the pop genre”
Albert Einstein deserves a Nobel Prize.
Steffi es la mejor jugadora del mundoooooooooo
Their one and only match on clay and Davenport did better than I thought she would.
Lol. Exactly how I feel.
Davenport was class !!
Davenport complained about playing on clay but she actually won quite a few tournaments on it. In this match, she had settled on a game plan against Graf by hitting high balls to her backhand which Steffi didn't like.
Davenport had 3 set wins over Clijsters at 2005 RG and 2005 Wimbledon
@@7135HOLLY what exactly does Davenport beating clijsters in 2005 have to do with this video of graf taking on Davenport in 1999?
I'm not sure Lindsay ever truly believed she was going to win. She played some great points but seemed to really accept defeat in that third set
4:07 OMG! isn't Steffi the FASTEST female player ever??? and she had a knee injury and retired in 1999! she doesn't move ...she dances around the court!
No, probably Venus or Serena.
Buffalo Williams fastest? In your dreams
@@arathgomez615 Serena's fast but her footwork can be atrocious. I'd put Graf ahead of Venus but it's close.
@Max E True, and nobody could match her footwork. Venus could look a bit clumsy when running.
@@arathgomez615 😆
I love you stephi
Love this match and the tournament as a whole for Steffi but I just wish she could have played as well at Wimbledon. I give full credit to Lindsay but having watched how she played against Williams and Lucic, she was well below her best and I think partly due to tiredness. That one final Wimbledon would have been amazing.
I agree. Steffi had some tough matches from the quarters onwards, and she just ran out of gas in the final and you could see from the semis onwards that she was injured. Would’ve been a fine finish to her career with both the French and Wimbledon in her final year.
Menexpert i couldn’t agree more. It’s probably why I rarely watch that match because it makes me sad
@@gavinjohnson5505 you are right gavin.it makes me immensely sad as well to watch that last grandslam match of steffi graf.😭😭
@@rolandgreen7484 True, but I think if she didn't play mixed with McEnroe she'd have been fit for the finals. She overworked her body.
I don't think she was tired or injured particularly (I know her thigh was strapped), i think the way McEnroe was with her made her angry and she didnt want to be there. Sbe was very flat, and in a foul mood in that match. Its a shame.
Steffi playing on clay is like watching a fine art.
It was also her least favourite surface to play on and still managed to win 6 FO.
Not bad!
also, davenport DID NOT slide into any of her points, Graf used the sliding and clay court skills for her advantage
@@5rodan5 that’s why Graf has won the FO 5 times.
Or 6 times. It’s hard to keep count
@@Logans3Run Her least favorite surface were slow hard courts with a high bounce, like the one the AO had in 1988-2008.
Don't forget that she grew up on clay courts in Germany. In the open era only Chris Evert has a better match winning percentage than Steffi on that surface. Both are far ahead of Seles, Henin or Swiatek.
Graf gano 6-1 a una jugadora como Davenport que estaba en sus mejores momentos. Gran triunfo de Steffi
Great match from Graf!
LINDSAY will get her revenge about 1 month later at Wimbledon!! I think STEFFI would have rather been champion at the all England club than here at Roland Garros!!
No doubt Wimbledon has more prestige than all the other Slams but that said the French Open 99 was the most memorable of Graf's 22 Grand Slams. It was the perfect ending to her French Open career, 1st Slam win FO 87, Last Slam win FO 99 - bookends.
@@mohawk393939 her first and last gs is at French open beating the current world number one named Martina
@@harryrinaldi2812 thats a good observation harry
Absolutely not.
Beating Hingis (who had disparaged her before) in the FO 99 final was the icing on the cake for a glorious career.
Lindsay was a nice girl, Steffi was not too much disappointed after her loss (she said so herself).
I can see why LD wanted a rematch for the Wimbledon final. LD had something to prove and she did it. Graf retired a few months later.
Steffi habia sido numero 1 en 97, Lindsay numero 1 en 98, Choque de trenes. Sin embargo Graf mostró nivélazo en este RG ganando a Kournikova, Davenport, Seles y Hingis
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You can't be timid with Graf
😘🍀Steffi 🍀😘
I'm a huge Steffi Graf fan and was rooting for her but you have to remember that Davenport won all her grand slams without dropping a set and it is therefore obvious that she was playing at high levels in those tournaments. Davenport did not drop a set during this Wimbledon. If any , Graf could have taken a set in the final but I believe Davenport would still went on to win it even if Graf is rested or not injured. 1999 is probably the peak Davenport while Graf is just having her last hurrah in the tour.
Davenport won the Wimbledon 99 final only with 70-67 on points played.
Had Steffi not been injured she would have won that final easily.
You can never know. 1999 was peak Davenport. She just won the 1998 US Open and reached the semi-finals of Australian and French Open as well as barely losing to Serena in the US Open.
@@felipetemplojronyoutube7813 Steffi is a 7-time Wimbledon champ (9 finals). The best Wimbledon record of the open era (winning 7 of 14 tournaments).
Davenport won one Wimbledon. Against an injured Steffi. Winning 1 of 13 tournaments.
@@carrerau7138 "Had Steffi not been injured she would have won that final easily." Lmao
@@Fedthebest75 I think Davenport would have fared better than Seles in 1992 (who lost 26 16)
But even some 63 63 for Steffi here would have been "easy" in my book.
what Steffi learnt in her last years on the tour , was to be in the game with the bigger hitters ,
she could no longer just sit and try and dominate each point.. but also run for a few extra balls, and learn to counter punch some shots.
that's how she got the better of davenport in a few tourneys and Venus and Seles.
@Max E absolutely
@Max E I think she would have struggled once Serena began dominating in 2002 (Graf would have been 33 by then and you'd have to think the injuries would have been more severe by then), but Graf could have easily added a few more slams to her name in 2001-2002. Capriati and Pierce were no match for her, and I honestly think she'd have the edge over Venus at Wimbledon.
@@deedledave9826Serena dominated only for 13 months in 2002/03 and wouldn‘t dominate again before 2009.
BTW, Jennifer Capriati said in 2003 (!) about Steffi, “That would have been her time.“
@@carrerau7138 It definitely would have been interesting to see her go up against Henin, Clijsters, and the Williams sisters in 2002-2003.
@@deedledave9826 “She was the greatest champion I ever played against. …. What if she had kept playing? She would have won a lot more slams titles in my opinion.“
(Lindsay Davenport, Tennis Channel, March 2020)
2mn 22 roger federer has a similar forehand
I see a lot of similarities between Federer and Graf, from the forehand, movement, and their stance when receiving. It's clear he watched Graf and learned from her.
@@deedledave9826 “Watched her for hours, mesmerizing forehand, footwork and attitude. What a champ!“
(Roger Federer on Steffi Graf, Twitter, April 16th, 2020)
@@deedledave9826 exactly
let’s go borneo lindsay.
good day dear biophysicians,good day nature.
And then Lindsay beats Steffi in Wimbledon ☺
Im still bitter but we love lindsay
Yes, that was a HUGE surprise. Davenport played very well in that Wimbledon final.
@Illya Kuryakin It was A HUGE surprise, I was there watching them both. Grass benefits the more fit player, and that is obviously Graf. The fact that Graf beat Davenport on clay was a bigger surprise than Graf losing to her on grass. And to that point, were these Slams? I would have to look, having won 4 out of the last 7 is no biggy. If you said 6 out of the last 7, I would say maybe. But again, taking this into the occasion, Davenport winning was an upset at the time. Most commentators agree with my assessment.
@Illya Kuryakin I would like you to understand tennis more. Alot of times it is about momentum. After Graf won the 1999 French Open she sped to the Wimbledon Final beating Venus Williams along the way. The way most people saw it, Graf had the momentum and the past experience to win Wimbledon, including myself. I think her biggest mistake was playing mixed doubles, that was too much effort. She was quite tired in that singles final. If she had not played mixed doubles, I feel she would have beaten Davenport.
@Illya Kuryakin Any extra play was a hindrance. That being said, Davenport played very well and she deserved that win. As for Graf she is always sick and tired because she over-practiced. Something the ladies in tennis should do instead of the opposite. If Graf practiced LESS and used her topspin backhand MORE, we would have a much different grand slam total for her.
Lindsay would later beat Steffi in the Wimbledon final the very next month because the grass plays far faster and lower than the red clay. Sweet revenge. 🙂
I think Steffi could have won more majors if she would have had a 2 handed backhand. She had a great slice and it served her well, but a solid 2 hander would have been devastating with her excellent forehand and her awesome speed.
@Ilya Kuryakin Well said! But maybe Steffi should have used more the one-handed top spin backhand .... That would have saved her some "work" at times ....
@@Yeah23H Her slice backhand was far from a neutral or defensive shot as we see today (unfortunately on the female tour, they hardly use any slice whatsoever). It was agressive, low bounce, usually very well placed backhand. She used her topspin at times. Yet, her slice backhand was a strong weapon and she obviously 'felt' it better than her topspin backhand.
I suppose it depends on who she was playing. Steffi's slice was lethal against the biggest group on tour - two handed baseliners. They had a really hard time digging the ball out,it dragged them out of position, mixed up the pace, and if they did get the ball back,it was often a weak reply that Steffi could mop up with her forehand. It was also a great attritional shot - having to bend down low each time to scoop up the ball is exhausting. That pattern of play with the slice backhand is something we've seen a lot over the years from other players like Federer, Sampras and notably ivan Lendl. Lendl used the slice backhand ruthlessly against two handed Bolletieri style players like Agassi and courier, and as a result he had a brilliant head to head against them.
@1bcordell I totally disagree with that. You like many others fall into the trap of modelling today's tennis (which is awful) on 1990's tennis (much superior in quality). If Steffi had a two handed backhand, she would have had an almost non existent and under-developed backhand slice shot, and this would have handicapped her not benefitted her! If she had a two handed backhand, Steffi most certainly would not have won 22 singles slams but about 10-12 singles slams at best. The slice backhand gave Steffi more options to unsettle and disrupt the rhythm of her opponents and control the rallies using her huge forehand. Tennis is much, much more than just power alone!!
this is clay and yet the slower big mama was able to take the match to 3 sets. it figures why she beat up steffi at wimbledon and steffi knows the big mama's able to track and counterpunch steffi's shots even the slices doesn't bother her. even when she was young she was already givin steffi a hard time
The Wimbledon final was far closer than this FO semi.
Marion Bartoli is a way better Tennis player than Steffi Graf.
Marion bartoli had belief in herself that Steffi Graff as a great tennis player doesn't have even being world no.1 to win Wimbledon.
Wimbledon is a grass court tournament and therefore amongst the medium surfaces. which means medium rallies dictated by serve and therefore less exertion of energy during a point and shorter matches in general. you get value for your shot! fat and short or tall and thin!
when you play 3 sets against 5 sets for men, it is always an advantage.
Marion Bartoli played a more strategic than a grind type of tennis in tournaments. good volleying skills as compared to Steffi Graff even in execution.
Marion Bartoli had the belief that she could win and in contrast to Steffi Graff who believed that Bartoli would wear herself down and just lose(not that they don't have to play, just that they had to hang in there long enough for her to break down). Most of them slightly underestimated what she was doing in tournaments. She was an inexperienced player by that point who had proven herself as a former top 10 player.
Her winning was really a surprise i.e out of the blue with already having made the finals twice but her consistency was questionable.
She had unique two handed forehands and backhands. That was easy to replicate and master but once mastered it was going to be lethal. That was what spectators saw in tournaments of Marion Bartoli to a great extent.
at Wimbledon 2013 she had some luck from the draw as 15th seed. she never played a top 10 player en route to her victory. the finalist she played: Venus Williams had already beaten Agnieszka Radwańska en route to the final.
Venus Williams was playing her best but was probably worn out a lot by her battles with Agnieszka Radwańska and others. Venus Williams was in the form of her life but Bartoli had the luck of the draw.
Regardless of whether your fat or not, if you make your shots even Steffi Graff may not be able to return it at Wimbledon. so if you are playing near perfection and having consistency with your shots then you are playing on a level field.
then speaking of fat, technically Marion Bartoli may be classified as fat, yet she was the most successful female tennis player.
Bartoli wasn’t really playing a specific style and really had weakness in tournaments and most of her shots had some vigor in it that Steffi Graf generally doesn't necessarily have. Here return games were spot on and had more errors and more importantly she can get Steffi Graff to errors first.
all in all, this was a victory that was easily replicable or Bartoli after this mediocre run. She had belief and luck along with inexperience that allowed her to win her only Grand Slam. Marion Bartoli was dubbed as unfit and fat. She still made it to Grand Slam finals. Even in her Wembdon win 2013 she wasn’t fit. Marion Bartoli is an inspiration.
It was really a fluke because Bartoli won by dropping sets and beat a few top 20 players along the way.
Winning by dropping a set means you played really close to perfection along with dropping the level enough that allowed anyone to comeback and take a set from you.
being fat may seem a hindrance, but is a limitation if you want it to be one.
Honestly calling her fat in tournaments is really justifiable because she wasn’t thin but fat is really appropriate.
And yes, tall and lanky players like Steffi Graf don’t always win , especially in the topsy turvy women’s tour. slightly fatter players can generate more power than extremely thin and tall players like Steffi Graff.
is this chatgpt?
Bartoli isn't in this video. Go somewhere else
Obviously, good match for Graf (who went on and won her 7th French crown) but Lindsay hit pay dirt a good month or so later with a win over Steffi and her one and only Wimbledon crown.
Her 6th..
@Max E ahhhhhh.....okay. 🤣🤣