IMO, Jana really knew how to expose Monica's few weaknesses which were 1) she had some extreme forehand grips which made it challenging for her to get underneath the ball if you hit heavy underspin to that side 2) she did not move up and down the court as well as she did side to side 3) if you hit short and angled shots to her forehand, she had a tendency to reach for the ball instead of moving all the way up to it. With her big serve, sometimes big forehand, heavy slice backhand, and superb movement, Jana was amazing at getting Monica out of position on the backhand side of the court and then hitting a low angled shot to her forehand. These weaknesses were even more apparent after the stabbing when Monica's fitness became suspect.
It's interesting that Jana had some of her best results against Monica on clay. I think the clay helped her slice really bite, took the sting off Monica's shots and allowed Jana to manoeuvre Monica around more. I remember Sue Barker once said that in the old days, Jana would have been described as a "spoiler" - a player who gives you exactly what you don't want and "spoils" your game. Jana did that very well against Monica, playing to Monica's weaknesses that you describe. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Jana had converted that match point she had against Gaby in their 1991 French Open quarter final and then played Monica in the semi final.
@@zeddeka I honestly think Jana would have done better against Seles than Sabatini would have in at the 1991 French Open (although I'm not necessarily saying that she would have won that match). Even though Sabatini was the in-form player that clay court season, the matchups are very different between Novotna-Seles than Sabatini-Seles. As you said, Novotna was a master at making Seles uncomfortable and giving her the types of shorts that she didn't like.
Monica's greatest strength as a player was how uncannily early she could take the ball. Allowed her to rush her opponents and play extreme, point-ending angles. Needless to say that generally made her unstoppable on clay, where the high bounce + width augments that style. On the flipside though that means she'll have more trouble gaining control of the point if the balls aren't getting enough height for her to step inside and take on the bounce (she hit plenty hard, but she couldn't self-generate maximum power from any position and off of any ball like some of the players who followed her or Graf on the FH side even), hence why Novotna's slice (in conjunction with her other tactics) could trouble her as they did here.
Monica actually looked in decent shape here compared to the following year but she didn't play any warm ups due to the shoulder injury after Australia and seemed to have lost some confidence on the putaway balls, which was so apparent in the wimbledon horror v studenikova and the 96 US Open final as well. Once they got in long rallies here Jana was able to weave her web with her incredible movement and touch
Jana just made Monica play uncomfortable shots , she also made Monica run a lot using drop shots and angles before the stabbing and us open 95 Monica was fit enough to deal with this and moved better, , here and in the next few losses to Jana she wasn’t in great shape so it just made it harder to retrieve Janas difficult shots . The way to play Jana was to come forward and take the net away from her she wasn’t great at passing shots , she had a terrible record against Navratilova and Graf learnt to do this against her in their later matches,Monica does this somewhat in the 92 slims meeting and watch how aggressive Monica was against Jana in the 91 Essen match she just hits through janas tricky shots .
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Can’t bear to watch it, the end of dream comeback and the actual start to the second career 😢
Great win for novotna, fascinating to see how styles shape match ups. Thanks for the upload
IMO, Jana really knew how to expose Monica's few weaknesses which were 1) she had some extreme forehand grips which made it challenging for her to get underneath the ball if you hit heavy underspin to that side 2) she did not move up and down the court as well as she did side to side 3) if you hit short and angled shots to her forehand, she had a tendency to reach for the ball instead of moving all the way up to it. With her big serve, sometimes big forehand, heavy slice backhand, and superb movement, Jana was amazing at getting Monica out of position on the backhand side of the court and then hitting a low angled shot to her forehand. These weaknesses were even more apparent after the stabbing when Monica's fitness became suspect.
It's interesting that Jana had some of her best results against Monica on clay. I think the clay helped her slice really bite, took the sting off Monica's shots and allowed Jana to manoeuvre Monica around more. I remember Sue Barker once said that in the old days, Jana would have been described as a "spoiler" - a player who gives you exactly what you don't want and "spoils" your game. Jana did that very well against Monica, playing to Monica's weaknesses that you describe. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if Jana had converted that match point she had against Gaby in their 1991 French Open quarter final and then played Monica in the semi final.
@@zeddeka I honestly think Jana would have done better against Seles than Sabatini would have in at the 1991 French Open (although I'm not necessarily saying that she would have won that match). Even though Sabatini was the in-form player that clay court season, the matchups are very different between Novotna-Seles than Sabatini-Seles. As you said, Novotna was a master at making Seles uncomfortable and giving her the types of shorts that she didn't like.
Monica's greatest strength as a player was how uncannily early she could take the ball. Allowed her to rush her opponents and play extreme, point-ending angles. Needless to say that generally made her unstoppable on clay, where the high bounce + width augments that style. On the flipside though that means she'll have more trouble gaining control of the point if the balls aren't getting enough height for her to step inside and take on the bounce (she hit plenty hard, but she couldn't self-generate maximum power from any position and off of any ball like some of the players who followed her or Graf on the FH side even), hence why Novotna's slice (in conjunction with her other tactics) could trouble her as they did here.
@@thb1091 Very good point!
Monica actually looked in decent shape here compared to the following year but she didn't play any warm ups due to the shoulder injury after Australia and seemed to have lost some confidence on the putaway balls, which was so apparent in the wimbledon horror v studenikova and the 96 US Open final as well. Once they got in long rallies here Jana was able to weave her web with her incredible movement and touch
Monica reached the final of the last 10 Slams she entered before - till that day... the beginning of the end. Just aged 22... :(((
This match was a combination of Novotna playing fantastic, Seles lacking sting and super hot temperatures making the court very fast.
Jana just made Monica play uncomfortable shots , she also made Monica run a lot using drop shots and angles before the stabbing and us open 95 Monica was fit enough to deal with this and moved better,
, here and in the next few losses to Jana she wasn’t in great shape so it just made it harder to retrieve Janas difficult shots . The way to play Jana was to come forward and take the net away from her she wasn’t great at passing shots , she had a terrible record against Navratilova and Graf learnt to do this against her in their later matches,Monica does this somewhat in the 92 slims meeting and watch how aggressive Monica was against Jana in the 91 Essen match she just hits through janas tricky shots .