She is a good commentator in general. Fair and impartial to all the players. Only a bit biased to the Australians, but that is understandable and acceptable.
@@jamesdavidkmoss So because she loves your favorite player that makes her the best commentator. Super objective and impartial reasoning you have. I am sure the Williams sisters fans consider Mary Joe Fernandez the best commentator, and people who hate Chris Evert found Jo Anne Russell their favorite commentator. Hingis lovers would find Tracy Austin the best commentator too.
@rolandgreen7484 Lol,not at all,I think she is a great commentator no matter which match up she is covering, and she has done many over the years, I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.Hope you enjoyed the match as much as i did.
Monica was so fast and quick before the attack. She didn't look very fast but she had to be in order to hit two handed winners off both sides ...virtually unbeatable.
At that point she really was. She had not lost a match in 5 months and went on to extend this streak to 34 matches in a row, her second best, only losing in a third set tiebreaker to Navratilova at the Paris open.
Monica could do whatever she wanted with a tennis ball. Insane short angles, tremendous power cross court or down the line, impossible shots on the run, and even exceptional drop shots that she could hit on the rise. She would also routinely change the direction of the ball and she possessed all of that talent on both sides. She is known for her exceptional power, but her ground game was so much more and she only got better every year in her first career that was way too short.
Imagine how dominant Monica would have been in 1994-1996 if she had had been allowed to develop her game. Her serve and net game would have been devastating along with her already surgical ground game and return. She might have had the occasional loss, but she would have cleaned up at the four majors over the next 3-4 years.
I don't think she would have been, for the simple reason that no human can stay that dominant over so many years. Every player who's had a similar run like Monica did 1990-93 has then had a huge dip for a year or two (like Navratilova, Graf, Federer, Djokovic etc). It takes too much out of them both mentally and physically. Apart from the fact that Monica found out her dad had cancer in 1993 (which would have seriously affected her anyway), she has written in her various books about how the pressure on her was already huge. Her problem with food had started some years before (in 1991 her weight gain was much commented on and she said she was "addicted to butter") and she did start to have some long absences from the tour. Apart from her skipping Wimbledon in 1991 and being absent from the tour for 7 weeks during that period due to the shin splints, in 1992 she went for 14 weeks without winning a tournament from early June to early September. This was followed by what was then the longest ever absence from tour for any female world #1 in early 1993 - Monica absent for another 8 weeks from February to April. So in the year leading up to the stabbing, although she'd obviously won three grand slams, she'd actually won fewer tournaments than Steffi Graf (the main reason why Steffi got the #1 ranking back at the 1993 French open - it left them with 2 grand slams each, and Steffi with more tournament wins).
@@zeddekayawn…she was on the ascendancy with her game. Gunthergraf’s game had flatlined and never changed her boring game. Only her athleticism kept her relevant. And Martina and Chris Evert (heard of them?) both believe Monica would be the Slam leader.
You can see how seles and graf dominated na the 90's. Those stats are remarkable considering that at 19 she already has 7 slam titles and 25 career titles
+adar601278 You're very welcome. I agree, '93 Aus open was Monica at her best... but I often suggest she was actually getting better... and I so looked forward to Wimbledon '93 as her game continued to improve and her experience of the '92 Championships were left behind. Thanks so much for the comment. Enjoy!
Volleys would have made more sense. Sabatini is clearly a better volleyer, although she was too hesistant to come in against the top players, and Monica was difficult to come in against anyway as she hit the ball too hard and deep, especialy when she improved her own serve (and when Sabatini's own serve was utter shit outside her peak years in late 90-early 92).
It is not a good surface for her game at all. Her spin shots sit up to be clobbered by the big hitters. Likely her worst of the 4 slam surfaces by far.
Still, Gaby did beat Pierce in both 93 and 94 and Capriati in 92 so she could handle power players well. Monica was deadly on the rebound ace. I actually think Gaby should have hit heavier topspin balls and well placed angles here. She hit too many balls short enough in the court and not with enough angle to get Monica running. To me the losses that hurt Gaby the most were the ones at the French. She should have beat Monica in 92. She lead 4-2 serving final set and had the momentum. The MJ match in 93 obviously as well. Clay was her best surface as she was pushing Evert in the semis at age 15. Also, she lead Steffi 5-3 final set in 87, at a time where neither of them had won their first slam. Can you imagine how much this win could have propelled Gaby had she won it. She appeared to get nervous and hit a lot of errors after being on the edge of victory. She always did great at the us open achieving her 90 slam and runner up in 88. She was. Semifinalist a bunch of times, usually losing to Steffi at some stage. Their matches in 88, and 93 were all 3 setters and 95 was a very tight match, competitive matches in straights.
@PertSnergleman thanks for the upload! I completely agree with you about 93 seles being at her best. Even though the finals was a 3 setter, i never got the feeling that graf stood a chance. One could tell in 93 that seles seemed fitter than before and seemed to be more ease with herself (presumably everyone, not least herself, has gotten used to her grunting). Seles' game looked like it was improving in variety as well, with an improved serve and better net game. If she had not been stabbed, it would have been such an interesting year, with graf looking to improve, martina navratilova either nearly beating or actually beat seles/graf. In all, it was incredibly tight at the top 5 and we were treated to very high-quality matches from 91 to 93, with everyone esp the top few improving to match seles.
+leisurefarm What a wonderful assessment of Monica's game. It's funny to note how people not familiar with her pre-stabbing game are not aware of her much improved fitness, service and net play in the early '93 season. I'm sure she would have come close to winning Wimbledon at some stage! Thanks again and Enjoy!!!
Sabatini was always overhyped. As a fan of the game it was annoying. I loved seeing the top players destroy her. Even Sanchez Vicario who was supposed to be a much weaker and less talented player destroyed her in slams numerous times.
Yes I have seen her. That was the best ever Gaby but even that one is overrated. Usually folding like a cheap fiddle in big events, being destroyed by a pre prime Sanchez on her worst surface at the 91 Australian Open, being destroyed by Seles at the 91 French, by 15 year old Capriati at the 91 U.S Open, and even being crushed by fucking Mary Joe Fernandez at the 92 Australian and losing to her again at the 92 U .S Open. Choking badly at the end of her 91 Wimbledon and 92 French Open losses to Graf and Seles from a winning position. Still losing some nearly double bagel matches to Seles and having a losing record to mid 30s Navratilova, losing regularly to Fernandez, losing 3 straight times to 15 year old Capriati at one stage, and having a losing record to non prime Sanchez on hard courts, including being destroyed at 91 Australian Open and in the 92 Miami final. Also losing out chances to briefly reach #1 in 91 3 times by losing to baby Huber, Kimiko Date, and Capriati, and thus staying at #3 all 3 times. Yeah not impressed. People overrate her during that period only since she (for the only time her whole career) had a decent record vs a badly slumping Graf who was playing some of her worst ever tennis.
@@ralphbourgeois5875 Gabi was a great stroke maker and could play some great tennis on her day. You need only look at the way she beat Monica in straight sets in the 91 and 92 Italian open finals. In my view, the best match she ever played was at the Virginia slims finals in 1990 to best Graf in the semi finals. A glimpse at what she was capable of. The problem with Sabatini, apart from the technical issues with her serve, were all mental. She said some years after she retired that she hated being in the spotlight so much that she would often deliberately lose matches so she could get away from it all.
Gabriela said after this match that she'd been suffering from a virus that left her weakened - it seems to have been another stop on the road of her very long slump from May 1992 to November 1994 without winning a tournament. Interestingly though, Gabriela played 4 Australian Open semi finals and never showed up in any of them: 1989 - lost to Graf 6-3, 6-0 1992 - lost to Fernandez 6-2, 6-4 1993 - lost to Seles 6-1, 6-2 1994 - lost to Sanchez Vicario 6-1, 6-2
That’s very accurate. She was unusually absent in the 89 semi vs Graf, and that’s interesting about her virus in 93 because she got sick in 94 after her quarterfinal win over Jana, and the last person you want to play when you are sick is ASV. She was great in defeating Capriati in 92 quarters but was again indescribably lackluster against MJ and she beat MJ only a few weeks prior with great ease. Of these 4 matches, that was the one she really should have won. She was on a god run of beating MJ and had won a sizable bunch in a row leading into that match. Still, a ferocious Monica would have likely beaten her in the final.
Gaby was not overated she was a great player. Hey even defeated a prime Graf in 1988 abs 1989 when she was at her best and defeated a prime Seles and the 1991 and 92 Italian open finals in straight sets. Problem with Gaby is that she had a weak second serve and was too defensive. Gaby was brilliant at the net but hardly went to the net apart from when she won the US open and reached the final at Wimbledon in 1991 lost 8-6 in the 3rd to steffi. How can a player who was in the top 10 for 10 consecutive years including 6 consecutive years in the top 5 including; 27 career singles titles- 1 x grand slam (us open), 2 x Virginia slims championships (draw of the best 16 players in the world), 2 grand slam runner ups, silver medalist at the Olympics, and 15 grand slam semi final losses be overrated. She was a very good player and inducted into the tennis hall of fame. This was the start of Gaby’s decline and a grand slam threat but no doubt if she had won Wimbledon in 1991 I think Gaby should of won the French in 1992! She was such a confidence player
@@jamesdavidkmoss She won only 1 major and has the worst record in slam semis in tennis history (3-15). So yes for those who claim she was this super great player, and there are some who do this, she is overrated.
People don’t give enough credit for the immense talent Gaby had. I would say her mental toughness and focus were some of her weaker attributes along with her serve. Talented as she was, she didn’t have anything to threaten 1993 Monica on this day.
I understand what you mean. I"ve often wondered how nice it commentators would be silent,(except for Navratilova ). I always found mary carillo to be so biased. If we ourselves tune in , i think our own eyes can tell us.
What accuracy from Seles...beautiful !!!!!! Almost no unforced errors !!!!! No easy points offered ....clear transparent view on the game and analyse her mistakes quickly got her to top
@@asterixx6878 the final was not one of their great matches. Monica was nervous at the start and Steffi had been in patchy form that whole fortnight. Rebound Ace was also one of the best surfaces for a player like Monica. Some of the other Bolletieri players like Agassi, courier and Pierce also had their best grand slam results on rebound Ace.
Strange comments given that Sabatini lost much more easily to Seles than Graf did. Heck Sabatini lost much easier to Seles than Julie Halard did the previous round, lol! Obviously whatever Graf could have possibly done better in the final, she would have learnt nothing from Sabatini about it.
Wendy Turnbull is one of the few former players/commentators who appreciated the genius of Monica. Kudos to her.
She is a good commentator in general. Fair and impartial to all the players. Only a bit biased to the Australians, but that is understandable and acceptable.
Yes, Wendy Turnbull appreciated Monica's talent than anyone else.
she was always fair to everyone, but loved monica seles,absolutely the best commentator.she knows the game.
@@jamesdavidkmoss So because she loves your favorite player that makes her the best commentator. Super objective and impartial reasoning you have. I am sure the Williams sisters fans consider Mary Joe Fernandez the best commentator, and people who hate Chris Evert found Jo Anne Russell their favorite commentator. Hingis lovers would find Tracy Austin the best commentator too.
@rolandgreen7484 Lol,not at all,I think she is a great commentator no matter which match up she is covering, and she has done many over the years, I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.Hope you enjoyed the match as much as i did.
Monica attitude like a star and classy since beginning. She really determines and intimidates other players♥️
Monica was so fast and quick before the attack. She didn't look very fast but she had to be in order to hit two handed winners off both sides ...virtually unbeatable.
At that point she really was. She had not lost a match in 5 months and went on to extend this streak to 34 matches in a row, her second best, only losing in a third set tiebreaker to Navratilova at the Paris open.
Monica could do whatever she wanted with a tennis ball. Insane short angles, tremendous power cross court or down the line, impossible shots on the run, and even exceptional drop shots that she could hit on the rise. She would also routinely change the direction of the ball and she possessed all of that talent on both sides. She is known for her exceptional power, but her ground game was so much more and she only got better every year in her first career that was way too short.
Yes! Also, she had the best overhead off the bounce ever.
I am addicted to Monica
Monica is the best ever
Seles was so sharp in this match and in the final.
Extremely
Imagine how dominant Monica would have been in 1994-1996 if she had had been allowed to develop her game. Her serve and net game would have been devastating along with her already surgical ground game and return. She might have had the occasional loss, but she would have cleaned up at the four majors over the next 3-4 years.
I don't think she would have been, for the simple reason that no human can stay that dominant over so many years. Every player who's had a similar run like Monica did 1990-93 has then had a huge dip for a year or two (like Navratilova, Graf, Federer, Djokovic etc). It takes too much out of them both mentally and physically. Apart from the fact that Monica found out her dad had cancer in 1993 (which would have seriously affected her anyway), she has written in her various books about how the pressure on her was already huge. Her problem with food had started some years before (in 1991 her weight gain was much commented on and she said she was "addicted to butter") and she did start to have some long absences from the tour. Apart from her skipping Wimbledon in 1991 and being absent from the tour for 7 weeks during that period due to the shin splints, in 1992 she went for 14 weeks without winning a tournament from early June to early September. This was followed by what was then the longest ever absence from tour for any female world #1 in early 1993 - Monica absent for another 8 weeks from February to April. So in the year leading up to the stabbing, although she'd obviously won three grand slams, she'd actually won fewer tournaments than Steffi Graf (the main reason why Steffi got the #1 ranking back at the 1993 French open - it left them with 2 grand slams each, and Steffi with more tournament wins).
@@zeddekayawn…she was on the ascendancy with her game. Gunthergraf’s game had flatlined and never changed her boring game. Only her athleticism kept her relevant. And Martina and Chris Evert (heard of them?) both believe Monica would be the Slam leader.
A devastatingly good match from Seles here. Fantastic stuff.
I love Gaby but Monica is just too good.
Monica, the tennis goddess
Monica is so sweet in the interview and humble.
You can see how seles and graf dominated na the 90's. Those stats are remarkable considering that at 19 she already has 7 slam titles and 25 career titles
Thank you, Monica😍🌷
Thank You so much for the upload PertSnergleman. I always look forward to your Monica Seles vids. Great quality. Monica at her best :)
+adar601278 You're very welcome. I agree, '93 Aus open was Monica at her best... but I often suggest she was actually getting better... and I so looked forward to Wimbledon '93 as her game continued to improve and her experience of the '92 Championships were left behind. Thanks so much for the comment. Enjoy!
PertSnergleman Thank you very much for all your vids I love them. Happy days mr
I like how in the match analysis the commentator checked the box for Sabatini on court movement. Seles was clearly the better mover here.
Oh c'mon, they had to give Sabatini something!
PertSnergleman your right lol,Seles movement was never a problem before lol
Was Sabatini considered to be a good mover? She was a great player but her movement never struck me as something that was a strength of hers.
She had great reach with her long arms so got a lot of balls back, and it sort of made her movement which in itself wasnt that good, seem effective.
Volleys would have made more sense. Sabatini is clearly a better volleyer, although she was too hesistant to come in against the top players, and Monica was difficult to come in against anyway as she hit the ball too hard and deep, especialy when she improved her own serve (and when Sabatini's own serve was utter shit outside her peak years in late 90-early 92).
Love you Monica
Sabatini reached 4 Australian open semi finals and in each one she was absolutely thrashed. Makes you wonder what was going on with her mentally.
It is not a good surface for her game at all. Her spin shots sit up to be clobbered by the big hitters. Likely her worst of the 4 slam surfaces by far.
Just overall. She played 3 slam finals (2 losses vs 1 win) and lost 15 semis…
Still, Gaby did beat Pierce in both 93 and 94 and Capriati in 92 so she could handle power players well. Monica was deadly on the rebound ace. I actually think Gaby should have hit heavier topspin balls and well placed angles here. She hit too many balls short enough in the court and not with enough angle to get Monica running.
To me the losses that hurt Gaby the most were the ones at the French. She should have beat Monica in 92. She lead 4-2 serving final set and had the momentum. The MJ match in 93 obviously as well. Clay was her best surface as she was pushing Evert in the semis at age 15. Also, she lead Steffi 5-3 final set in 87, at a time where neither of them had won their first slam. Can you imagine how much this win could have propelled Gaby had she won it. She appeared to get nervous and hit a lot of errors after being on the edge of victory.
She always did great at the us open achieving her 90 slam and runner up in 88. She was. Semifinalist a bunch of times, usually losing to Steffi at some stage. Their matches in 88, and 93 were all 3 setters and 95 was a very tight match, competitive matches in straights.
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New to me. Thank you for uploading.
@PertSnergleman thanks for the upload!
I completely agree with you about 93 seles being at her best. Even though the finals was a 3 setter, i never got the feeling that graf stood a chance. One could tell in 93 that seles seemed fitter than before and seemed to be more ease with herself (presumably everyone, not least herself, has gotten used to her grunting). Seles' game looked like it was improving in variety as well, with an improved serve and better net game.
If she had not been stabbed, it would have been such an interesting year, with graf looking to improve, martina navratilova either nearly beating or actually beat seles/graf. In all, it was incredibly tight at the top 5 and we were treated to very high-quality matches from 91 to 93, with everyone esp the top few improving to match seles.
+leisurefarm What a wonderful assessment of Monica's game. It's funny to note how people not familiar with her pre-stabbing game are not aware of her much improved fitness, service and net play in the early '93 season. I'm sure she would have come close to winning Wimbledon at some stage! Thanks again and Enjoy!!!
PertSnergleman 93wimbledon would hv been her great great chance...alas
I think she probably wins Wimbledon once or twice, although doesnt dominate it like the other surfaces.
sales doesn't even look like she's trying very hard
Monica❤️❤️❤️❤️
Sabatini lack of a good serve and lack of weapons hurt her. Seles just dominated her.
Sabatini was always overhyped. As a fan of the game it was annoying. I loved seeing the top players destroy her. Even Sanchez Vicario who was supposed to be a much weaker and less talented player destroyed her in slams numerous times.
@@ralphbourgeois5875I bet you have never seen 90/91 /92 Gaby.
Yes I have seen her. That was the best ever Gaby but even that one is overrated. Usually folding like a cheap fiddle in big events, being destroyed by a pre prime Sanchez on her worst surface at the 91 Australian Open, being destroyed by Seles at the 91 French, by 15 year old Capriati at the 91 U.S Open, and even being crushed by fucking Mary Joe Fernandez at the 92 Australian and losing to her again at the 92 U .S Open. Choking badly at the end of her 91 Wimbledon and 92 French Open losses to Graf and Seles from a winning position. Still losing some nearly double bagel matches to Seles and having a losing record to mid 30s Navratilova, losing regularly to Fernandez, losing 3 straight times to 15 year old Capriati at one stage, and having a losing record to non prime Sanchez on hard courts, including being destroyed at 91 Australian Open and in the 92 Miami final. Also losing out chances to briefly reach #1 in 91 3 times by losing to baby Huber, Kimiko Date, and Capriati, and thus staying at #3 all 3 times. Yeah not impressed. People overrate her during that period only since she (for the only time her whole career) had a decent record vs a badly slumping Graf who was playing some of her worst ever tennis.
I also thought she lack alot. But I guess they need a pretty girl at the wta .
@@ralphbourgeois5875 Gabi was a great stroke maker and could play some great tennis on her day. You need only look at the way she beat Monica in straight sets in the 91 and 92 Italian open finals. In my view, the best match she ever played was at the Virginia slims finals in 1990 to best Graf in the semi finals. A glimpse at what she was capable of. The problem with Sabatini, apart from the technical issues with her serve, were all mental. She said some years after she retired that she hated being in the spotlight so much that she would often deliberately lose matches so she could get away from it all.
Gabby was like her hitting partner for the day ....
Right? She had played such phenomenal matches in Rome and at the French open in 1992 but she looked clueless in this match. Monica was a class higher.
Gabriela said after this match that she'd been suffering from a virus that left her weakened - it seems to have been another stop on the road of her very long slump from May 1992 to November 1994 without winning a tournament. Interestingly though, Gabriela played 4 Australian Open semi finals and never showed up in any of them:
1989 - lost to Graf 6-3, 6-0
1992 - lost to Fernandez 6-2, 6-4
1993 - lost to Seles 6-1, 6-2
1994 - lost to Sanchez Vicario 6-1, 6-2
That’s very accurate. She was unusually absent in the 89 semi vs Graf, and that’s interesting about her virus in 93 because she got sick in 94 after her quarterfinal win over Jana, and the last person you want to play when you are sick is ASV. She was great in defeating Capriati in 92 quarters but was again indescribably lackluster against MJ and she beat MJ only a few weeks prior with great ease. Of these 4 matches, that was the one she really should have won. She was on a god run of beating MJ and had won a sizable bunch in a row leading into that match. Still, a ferocious Monica would have likely beaten her in the final.
Seles is much better than Graf. If she continued her careea, she would have won 25slams at least
Rubbish her fitness wouldn't have allowed it
@@benchick3565Rubbish, you have know way of knowing that.
Monica Seles Cool woman!
Monica lost her movement after 93,but still a great hitter of the ball
She lost her movement after she was stabbed by a mad German.
Gaby was not overated she was a great player. Hey even defeated a prime Graf in 1988 abs 1989 when she was at her best and defeated a prime Seles and the 1991 and 92 Italian open finals in straight sets. Problem with Gaby is that she had a weak second serve and was too defensive. Gaby was brilliant at the net but hardly went to the net apart from when she won the US open and reached the final at Wimbledon in 1991 lost 8-6 in the 3rd to steffi. How can a player who was in the top 10 for 10 consecutive years including 6 consecutive years in the top 5 including;
27 career singles titles- 1 x grand slam (us open), 2 x Virginia slims championships (draw of the best 16 players in the world), 2 grand slam runner ups, silver medalist at the Olympics, and 15 grand slam semi final losses be overrated.
She was a very good player and inducted into the tennis hall of fame.
This was the start of Gaby’s decline and a grand slam threat but no doubt if she had won Wimbledon in 1991 I think Gaby should of won the French in 1992! She was such a confidence player
Not overrated but many feel she could have won more
Not overrated at all,she was the world no.3 behind two of the players in the world,Enough said.
@@jamesdavidkmoss She won only 1 major and has the worst record in slam semis in tennis history (3-15). So yes for those who claim she was this super great player, and there are some who do this, she is overrated.
Quien dijo que está sobrevalorada?
Graf couldn't!!!
honey you are talking a golden slam winner... what couldnt she do?
@@lb4585 ya beating crap players in a crap generation
@@lb4585 Golden Slam and Gunter Parche Slam
Gabriella is so beautiful ❤️😍
One handed vs two handed player
People don’t give enough credit for the immense talent Gaby had. I would say her mental toughness and focus were some of her weaker attributes along with her serve. Talented as she was, she didn’t have anything to threaten 1993 Monica on this day.
Wow Gaby played so cool in the 2nd set!!
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That interviewer sounds so tepid.
I understand what you mean. I"ve often wondered how nice it commentators would be silent,(except for Navratilova ). I always found mary carillo to be so biased. If we ourselves tune in , i think our own eyes can tell us.
21:51 .....watch this...that's exactly what Steffi should have done in the final....that's why she lost badly to seles
Steffi lost to Seles because Seles was on a completely different level. Seles took women's tennis not one but two steps forward.
@@asterixx6878 to be honest maybe about 4 or 5 steps.
What accuracy from Seles...beautiful !!!!!! Almost no unforced errors !!!!! No easy points offered ....clear transparent view on the game and analyse her mistakes quickly got her to top
@@asterixx6878 the final was not one of their great matches. Monica was nervous at the start and Steffi had been in patchy form that whole fortnight. Rebound Ace was also one of the best surfaces for a player like Monica. Some of the other Bolletieri players like Agassi, courier and Pierce also had their best grand slam results on rebound Ace.
Strange comments given that Sabatini lost much more easily to Seles than Graf did. Heck Sabatini lost much easier to Seles than Julie Halard did the previous round, lol! Obviously whatever Graf could have possibly done better in the final, she would have learnt nothing from Sabatini about it.