Steffi Graf vs Gabriela Sabatini 1992 Miami SF Highlights

[@rapture25]

11:46... THAT BACKHAND. Gaby's backhand technique is incredible, so talented.

[@tennisviking]

The skills on this court alone surpases everything we see in todays game!

[@sssimon6156]

This was a great match! Women's tennis was so much more intelligent and varied in those days, even if the power was slightly less than today

[@jskellyjskelly7708]

I would almost guarantee Steffis power would be about the same as today's WTA tennis. Also her consistency would regularly beat almost every player outside the top 20. That says 2 things: 1 grafs game is timeless and 2 today's wta tennis is awful quality

[@loril6437]

Back then more anything, wrong?

[@patrizioorru772]

I would love to see current players using a Dunlop max 200g!

[@zhandigustav7777]

True! WTA girlies nowadays are only about who bash and hit the ball harder than other player. Their movements and shots variety today are just 👎👎👎👎 WTA becomes more and more boring

[@danoirustia4570]

No me canso de ver estos highlights. Partidazo! Que tiempos aquellos! Amé el tenis por ellas. Gaby es todo lo que está bien, adentro y afuera de la cancha.

[@pollobox944]

...y nunca la recocimos...siempre la cuestionamos...

[@Logans3Run]

What a brilliant high quality match, between these two former grand slam winning, doubles partners...The top-spinning Sabatini vs the games greatest athlete.

[@monicabosetti1741]

Gabriela has been a very talented player, my favourite, her backhand, her net Play, her touch, her tweeney.... only a weakness the service. Anyway my n. 1...none like her!

[@memoir4you]

Brilliant win for Gabi! Outstanding shots from both of them.

[@sds2954]

Graf used to hit that forehand so late but my word was she fast and beautiful to watch. Her slice backhand sat up quite high during her slump and did not cut through the court. Later she would change racquets and fix the backhand which contributed to two of her most dominant seasons in 95 & 96. Gabi played and incredible match. Her game style often gave Steffi nightmares. She should have won more GS titles imo.

[@gk891]

In 1990, after taking some time off due a thumb injury, many noticed that Graf's backhand had changed. She was hitting it much closer to her body than before and she wasn't opening the face of her racket as well as she did before. It made it go from a hard and vicious slice backhand into a short and choppy one. Plus she was hitting it crosscourt all of the time as her down the line slice backhand disappeared. She finally amended these issues in early 1995.

[@gaelschroder1395]

for Gaby it was a difficult times for GS titles...Navratilova , Evert and Steffi at the beginning ...after Seles capriati Sanchez Navratilova And Steffi....but a wonderful carreer for gabriela; us 90 after a wonderful final...final wimb 91 incredible match, and 15 semi-final in grand slam... Evert Graf Navratilova Sabatini Seles....the great times...

[@mauro8662]

Y además, lo que contribuyó a sus dos temporadas más dominantes 95 y 96, fue que un fanático suyo bajara a Seles de una puñalada.

[@gaelschroder1395]

what a great player...unfortunately the beginning of the end for Gaby.. but a wonderful carreer for Gaby ...US 90 winner...final wimb 91 and 15 semi-final in grand slam...Graf was for me the greatest champion all the time and ...What a forehand and footwork..

[@sebastianolmos227]

Look at that beautiful down the line backhand. Pure magic.

[@moviefan4life166]

Indeed!!

[@mariachiarapitzus5879]

Gaby non si discute ,si ama.Roma siempre sera tu casa .Gracias por todas Las emociones,Las lagrimas,por tu humildad .1992,Foro Italico,Roma yo estaba alli .

[@johnmike533]

Gabriela Sabatini was the best female player of her time, she proved that Argentina will always be on the world stage for life. That type of talent does not exist today in other players from around the world

[@ricardagottschalk_duran2677]

No that was Steffi Graf.!!!

[@1stGeorgiePie]

Wow oh wow, I would have hated playing against Gabby. Difficult game to analyze and dismantle. I think Steffi detested seeing Gabby in her part of the draw...

[@anindyabanerjee543]

Sabatini my all time favourite ❤️

[@usaskjock]

I SO much prefer the lower camera angle shown in these highlights to the standard one use - the match between Nadal and Djokovic from Miami 2007 also uses this view and it's so much more exciting and visceral. Thanks for uploading - a fantastic set of highlights between two tremendous athletes over a high quality match!

[@jesicanoelialipariferri]

La mejor de todas, dentro y fuera de la cancha| Gaby!!🤩

[@tennisviking]

Nice to see the superb slicing technique from both players...so much skill and strength!

[@sebafloyd1]

a pesar de que miraba los partidos de Gaby ya ni me acordaba lo bien que jugaba, una "diosa del tenis" !!!!!!

[@marcosuboldi1908]

With all due respect to present day women's tennis, I prefer this era of women's tennis. I agree with the comment below, that there was less power in women's tennis back then, but tons of variety....long rallies, chip and charge, etc. It's funny how people in recent years say that Roger Federer came up with the SABR (sneak attack by roger). Gaby Sabatini was doing that way back then. She did that in this match against Steffi. I miss that era of women's tennis.

[@mauro8662]

Que nivel de tenis! Super estratégico, de toda la cancha, gran variedad de golpes y efectos, gran espiritu de lucha y concentración, gran desgaste fisico y mental, un lujo y de las mejores rivalidades de la historia, para que lo vean los y las tenistas en formación.

[@marcosalterio6306]

Gaby me hizo apasionado por el tenis, cuando haciendo zapping la descubri en la final del US Open 1990. Nunca me lo voy a olvidar. Nunca la dejè de seguir desde ese dia.

[@charlycepedaculacciatti3048]

Q lindo era ver buen tenis , q épocas gloriosas de Gaby, debió ser número 1. Como se disfruta ver un juego de este nivel.

[@pabloquintana3417]

Domingo 28 de agosto 2022 Acá viendo este gran partido de tenis Steffi Graf la mejor tenista de todos los tiempos y Gabriela Sabatini una gran jugadora que tenía todo como para haber dominado el circuito pero en frente había jugadoras muy fuertes

[@3883melange]

So incredible!!

[@JamesFrew1]

Gabriela was a fabulous player my god, the insane talent-but her style was so laborious it’s no surprise she’d retire at 26. If only she could have had a stronger serve to get more free points, been a little tougher mentally, she’d be in the 4-6 slam range I think. She was better than Aranxta, Martinez by far, and doesn’t get the credit she deserves for really being Steffi’s greatest rival.

[@kazuakigabychan8147]

Gaby was the most elegant player, but she didn't have killer's instinct like Graf and Monica. Gaby was the most complete player after Martina Navratilova. My cat's Gaby.

[@1Rdby]

You are correct…. Sabatini’s talent was insane. That serve was such a liability unfortunately, and I always thought her general nature/personality was too sweet and soft. She was missing an edge or determination that marks the all time greats. The way she played in the early 90s was just amazing. It was such a shame that she pretty much abandoned this aggressive net rushing style in 1993. Add that to the horrible Seles stabbing, Navratilova’s career ending, and capriati moving backwards, and the women’s game really suffered. It wasn’t that exciting watching Slam finals with Sanchez-vicario retrieving enough to annoy Graf into errors.

[@kazuakigabychan8147]

@@1Rdby , Yes, I felt strange that she had good overhead, but her serve wasn't as good. On the other hand, Graf's serve was great, but not overhead. I thought service would be the easiest to fix, as there's no opponents involved. I can say Gaby was sweet, friendly and humble. I met het at a hotel in Melbourne for half an hour. I sometimes wish Gaby had had more killer's instinct, but then it's not her.

[@douglasbrown5671]

She is not Steffi's greatest rival at all. Sanchez and Seles were both tougher opponents for Graf.

[@zeddeka]

@@douglasbrown5671 Gabi beat Steffi more than anyone else

[@erwansyahsyah28]

Sabatini is Queen tenis sport

[@trhansen3244]

Serena Williams? She was on the cover of Tennis and Vogue at the same time.

[@guicon2007]

EXTASIS AL VER ESTE NIVEL DE TENIS QUE NUNCA MAS LO VEREMOS...😪😪😪

[@tennismax985]

Fenomenal match

[@danilmronz6742]

Graf game in my opinion is the most beautifull tennis, female and male, ever seen in the history of this Sport we will never seen again someone like Steffi graf, even more than federer

[@beblessed1010]

Absolutely right ❤❤

[@silviatennismusic]

Bien jugado Gaby.Stefanie muchas gracias por tu maravillosa carrera 👍👌

[@jdoesmath2065]

Steffi has flawless footwork and mobility. Her legs are amazing. Not only did this serve her well in her career but she's an influence to the future of the sport.

[@pablocortez5486]

Las dos más grandes del tenis ❤ son una inspiración 😊

[@mattstyles1244]

Superb video and memory ❤

[@emmanuelcannou2433]

Steffi, whose game became more predictable from 90 on, was also less consistent in the rallies. Gabriela, who always had the game to disrupt Steffi's sliced backhand, had been on a winning streak since the end of the 90s. She played a lot more towards the net and revealed Steffi's weaknesses. Steffi could not hold the shock here. Gabriela was so much solid and powerful Beautiful flat backhand from Steffi down to line at 18 ! Why didn't she make that more often ?

[@musicpainting1520]

True, martina navratilova off her prime knew how to beat her too

[@douglasbrown5671]

@@musicpainting1520 Martina had only 2 wins over Steffi in 7 whole years after 87 so I wouldn't say off her prime she knew how to beat Steffi well at all.

[@kazuakigabychan8147]

Gaby reminds me of a bit of Matina Hingis, so tactical and great tennis brain, but not too much power or killer's instinct. I miss both of them as they are not power hitters but more talented,

[@capalozza_ba]

Gaby Sabatini, como quiero a esta mujer y deportista. Lo mejor para ella

[@senorgato70]

The 1991 and 1992 Semifinals between Sabatini and Graf might be two of the best women's matches I've ever seen. When Sabatini was playing confidently and aggressively, she was just on point. Graf always played confidently and aggressively. It's just too bad that Sabatini didn't play this way more consistently, otherwise, there's no doubt in my mind she would have won many more Slams. In the finals of both years, she played very passively against Seles and Sanchez-Vicario, respectively. It was very frustrating to see after the amazing matches she played against Graf the round before.

[@jayowens6383]

When Sabatini's game gelled and she could protect her weak serve she was terrific, but in the long run she didn't have easy power and her serve betrayed her. Be it a mental or technical limitation Graf did not take many balls early, and throughout this match let the ball play her. Monica took her time away blasting the ball, Martina took time away by volleying, and Sabatini bought her time with all her spins. Sabatini was rarely out of position. Her forehand was working -- often it would land short and Graf could bury it in the corners, but not on this day!

[@EnzoCorsettiYT]

Unfortunately things started to get worse straight after this game - Sabatini got even beaten by Sanchez Vicario in this tournament's final

[@carrerau7138]

For me the two sexiest women players of all time! That they played so elegantly and gracefully was the icing on the cake. .😍😍

[@treychrs]

Oh lord do I miss those days.

[@Aetnaboy73]

These two are unreal, this is what tennis is about. No one comes close to either of these ladies today

[@fransei9378]

Increíble nivel! Excelente! Gabriela 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@kazuakigabychan8147]

Wow, Gaby! What a great volleyer! Martina Navratilova must be proud of her. I have no idea why Gaby didn't come to the net so often after her sad loss in Wimbledon to Graf. The only way to bear Graf for her is come to the net, but Monica didn't seem to mind that. She likes the target.

[@moviefan4life166]

I totally agree! She needed to attack the net. It made her whole mindset so aggressive.

[@kazuakigabychan8147]

@@moviefan4life166, Hi, yes, it's a pity in her later career, Gaby didn't come to the net as often. She could have beaten Graf many more times, but I'm not too sure about Monica Seles.

[@carrerau7138]

@@kazuakigabychan8147 Sabatini tried the same again and again in later years against Steffi - but was punished. Steffi hit better passing shots. But even more important was that Steffi had more length in her shots, denying Gaby an easy path to the net.

[@musicpainting1520]

Sabatini at her best. Steffi has no answers

[@francinezane4076]

Yet after this she faded head to head steffi wins Gab had no answers 😕

[@cygnustsp]

I was so in love with Gabriela back then good lord She had all the great shots but not the killer instinct. She played great but let too many points go too far. You gotta go right after Steffi.

[@alihansultan]

9:03 loved that backhand 😍

[@NikoaidanielovichNazarenko]

No wonder G has 22GSMs She surely hate to lose. An attitude of a GOAT.

[@akimmalik1329]

I remember this match Gaby played with aggression 👍👍Steffi could not handle her in the 3rd.

[@carrerau7138]

Steffi just fell apart. During that time she was subpar in the mental department.

[@jpman2173]

Her backhand is sharp and very precise. Justine Henin's comes second close.

[@maikerukuku]

For me, Justine's backhand was much better than Sabatini

[@juju1305]

@@maikerukuku top 3 to me are Hénin, Sabatini, Mauresmo.

[@trhansen3244]

I love Gabby but Henin's was the best.

[@beblessed1010]

My favorite Steffi forever ❤❤

[@GastonAriganello]

Las 2 jugadoras más lindas de ver

[@m.a.a.120]

The tennis of that era, in terms of the level of play and the skills of individual players, beats today's leading players who play super strength and are well trained in strength, but their tennis skills are simply too weak for these ladies to be really good. Today's tennis players score points from each other's own mistakes, and these ladies scored from amazing worked out actions and exchanges. They made very few mistakes. Today's WTA is simply boring

[@sorry1988ful]

Steffi could beat any current player with current racquet

[@trhansen3244]

She could. At her best she was the most dominant player I have seen.

[@massimilianoizzi9324]

Top CLASS luxury brividi saluti bella gente

[@zeddeka]

Easy to forget just how young both of them were here as they'd already been on the tour for years. Gabi just 21 and Steffi 22.

[@trhansen3244]

I always loved their matches. This one is one of the all time classics in the sport.

[@jl3322]

Wow-Gabby at her best with a crowd in south miami that loved her-it was all going downhill for Graf who was on a slide down the rankings the last 2 years due to Seles’ rise. Great years in the world of women’s professional tennis.

[@sds2954]

Not just the Seles years. It all started in 1990 with the blackmail scandal of her father which hit just before the French. She went from making 13 straight GS finals and winning 11 to not winning another GS title for a year and a half, only making one final

[@tobiaskluke7094]

Graf did not "slide down the rankingSSS" - She only dropped from 1 to 2. She was at least Number 2 for over 10 straight years. But it's true, the other players, especially Sabatini, had adapted to Grafs gameplay and strategies. In Steffis whole career, Sabatini is the only player to beat her with a double digit number (11 out of 40), second is Navratilova (9 out of 18), 3rd Arantxa (8 out of 36). Only very few more players have won 5 or more times against Graf (Seles, Evert, Davenport)

[@jl3322]

@@tobiaskluke7094 Graf was HATED her whole time on tour-your lucky we are not in the same room with your disrespectful and rude attitude-its ez to hide like a lil girl and talk s***. Being a man and saying it in person is another level but we know where u belong. Yeah she slid down the rankings and was hated by both her peers and fans!

[@tobiaskluke7094]

@@jl3322 HOW is my comment disrespectful or rude when i gave credits to Gabby having the most wins over Steffi ? Or when I say that most players had adapted to Steffi’s game? I am actually praising her opponents that they developed their game to be a threat to Graf. Still, that Graf only dropped from 1 to 2 during 1991-1993 is a fact! She was never ranked lower than 2 from 1987 - 1997. You can look that up. Gabby’s highest position was No. 3. I don’t know which substances you take, but you should reconsider the dosis... Also, i am not so sure if Graf was “hated” by her fans when in 1992 and 1999 in Roland Garros 80 % of the crowd was cheering for her... and even today all her past opponents respect her achievements and praise her sportsmanship

[@RomanthonyMR]

@@jl3322 i think you need a check-up immediately

[@pedroalmiron6939]

For Ever Gabriela ... Por Siempre Gabriela ❤

[@kazitude1]

Classy great players

[@kenarthur6253]

It's rare you see Graf pretty much give up in the final set. Great rivalry

[@julian.kollataj]

Interesting to see how Sabatini’s technique was much more geared towards significant amounts of top spin, especially in contrast to Steffi’s flatter hitting, in the 80s/90s - uniquely setting a new standard of technique for women - and then came Justine Henin-Hardenne to carry that flame on! I do wonder if Sabatini had played a bit flatter like Steffi, she would have got some easier points…conversely, interesting to see how Steffi struggled with higher spin balls because of her Eastern forehand grip - how would it be if she had evolved her grip to a more western grip…? 🤔 But no doubt wonderful to see her elusive one-have backhand drive instead of her usual slice, her footwork and balance!

[@dbj4th443]

Although they lack the power in today's game this still fun to watch. Graf's forehand and footwork is just amazing. Sabatani's forehand is also weapon with those high topspin of hers. Imagine of these two had the backhand of henin LOL

[@spirg]

Exactly 👍🏻

[@tobiaskluke7094]

Back then, before Justine's time, experts named Sabatini's backhand the best. It was not as fast as Justine's, but the heavy topspin gave most opponents a hard time and she was very agile and athletic on the court.

[@SH-jx7qu]

How do they lack the power? They lack the technology but not the power’ Graf would destroy most of the wta now with the technology

[@jordanaus75]

I don't think they lack power at all. Its just the racket technology has progressed so much that now they can hit with phenomenal power. But if these two were playing today with today's rackets they'd definitely still be at the top.

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

@@jordanaus75 absolutely

[@jondishmonmusicandstuff2753]

I will never forget this match. A rare time Gaby would beat steffi.

[@carrerau7138]

Gaby beat Steffi 11 (!) times. No one had more wins against the GOAT.

[@andresrush440]

Creo q este partido fue el penultimo q la gran gaby le gano a graf y el ultimo en amelia island, en el año 93 termino d perder la cabeza pero hasta el 92 el historial estaba parejo 21-11 en favor de graf en donde cda dos partidos gabi se llevaba uno, nada mal siendo graf la mejor d la historia por lejos

[@ylmazbey3965]

Gabi was pretty like a Victoria Secrets top model , also super talented player , incredible

[@GastonAriganello]

Q Partidazo !

[@rickhunter_1986]

Es realmente hermoso, al menos en mi opinión, ver que estas maravillosas atletas, ganaban cada punto, y no se ponían a celebrar nada, a diferencia de ahora (2023), algun@s tenistas tienen la odiosa y repugnante práctica de celebrar los puntos como significaran Match point. Lo llamo, respeto al adversario!.

[@erictripton]

Two true champion players. No modern players as good or as cool headed as these two.... too much woke tennis these days, too many complainers...serena definately tops that list.... Venus is cool headed, she is about the only one left who signifies true champion

[@trhansen3244]

Hard to believe Venus and Serena are sisters. They are so different. It was not hard to root for Venus. It became almost impossible to support Serena.

[@Sureela_Dimagh]

❤ bravo Saba ❤ .

[@user-si8zf9hy1b]

Watching these two play in the hot, sweaty,-FL heat...

[@stephen0303]

She might have not beat Chrissy, but still, that talent is unmatched to this day.

[@carrerau7138]

It is a misconception that Gaby had more “talent“ than Steffi. Athleticism (speed!), resilience, mental strength, consistency in your strokes - all this is in your genes as well. It is talent. And Steffi had it in spades. Sadly Steffi had almost constantly to fight injuries in the 1990s. Plus those two devastating family scandals (blackmail, tax). So we got to see only glimpses of what could have been, for instance in the Wimbledon 88, the Wimbledon 92, the AO 94 finals. It may sound funny but for me Steffi Graf is the biggest underachiever of the open era. Imagine Steffi with a career like Evert, no scandals, almost no injuries until age 35….

[@m.a.a.120]

@@carrerau7138 Steff is a great tennis talent and in my opinion the best player in the history of women's tennis, i.e. the period that I remember (i.e. from the 80s to now) but she was losing with her body (a whole lot of injuries) and other off-court problems. But still, there was no player of the class of Steffi after her, with all due respect to Serena and other great players. And Gaby ... is the most versatile player in the history of tennis (which I associate) and also one of the most talented, but her biggest problem was not the serve but .... psyche. Very shy, and completely without the "killer" instinct on the court (Stefi had it) she lacked the will to win anytime, anywhere and take advantage of every opportunity on the court from the course of the game she had, on the other hand focused on playing 100% with her skills and potential, she was able to give every player a hard time, and really solidly. However, she lacked that winning instinct that characterizes sports champions. She won many matches and tournaments with talent and skills alone, but not with her head or mentality.

[@carrerau7138]

@@m.a.a.120 It was bad luck for Sabatini that in 1985-96 she had to compete with Evert, Navratilova, Graf, Seles. 3 of the top five of all time, plus Seles. Had Sabatini been born 20 years later she would have dominated the 2010s together with Serena.

[@m.a.a.120]

@@carrerau7138 There's a saying "fortune favors the brave" Apparently she wasn't good enough or... she just didn't care to be better on the court. Let's not charm ourselves after years she admitted that she allowed herself to lose not one important match, because she didn't like the interest in her person, it overwhelmed her, she couldn't stand excessive popularity (and she still had a lot of it even though she wasn't the best) or all this pressure. Being on top means a super hard ass and a mega strong psyche and she never had it and still doesn't, plus constant contact with the press etc. and the press didn't give her peace and they followed her everywhere even though she wasn't number 1. If it was, they'd just follow her. .. She may be the nicest tennis player in the WTA and the nicest person you know, but she never had a "killer" instinct. She had the skills and she didn't. She lacked the willingness to do something different than expected on the court, she was preparing her actions for too long, she played one way too much instead of spreading the opponent more around the corners, you can see in her game a slight lack of certainty, a certain plan or, if you prefer, a strategy for victory. Steffi did it in this match, but she missed Gaby's "pair" too rarely, and she certainly could. Steffi in this match, however, played too poorly, lost too much and that's why Gaby won it. If Gany always played 100% of what she could do, she would be a "court monster", but she would have to replace her psyche and mentality, and she absolutely did not care about that. She won matches and tournaments because she is very talented and versatile, but she lacked "teeth" on the court.

[@carrerau7138]

@@m.a.a.120 That Sabatini ever lost a match on purpose is a neat little lie from her.

[@davidrajgnanadurai9696]

Graf skipped 1992 Aus open and started working with her then new couch Heinz who gave her much needed change in approach. With most of the personal problems solved and physically in a better shape, she started the fight to become No1. She became very closer to No 1 ranking by spring of 1993 before Seles was stabbed. Post this tournament steffi would lose to Gaby 1 more time (again in Florida 3 weeks later) and winning the next 8 straight matches against the same opponent.

[@gk891]

She didn't skip the Australian Open by choice. She had planned to play but came down with the German measles. When she came back later that year, I thought she looked kind of second rate. But to her credit, she fought valiantly to at least get to the French Open finals and made the final match against Seles close. She looked better in the later rounds at Wimbledon and during her Fed Cup matches that summer afterwards. But then she looked second rate again at the Olympics and the U.S Open. And while she did win four indoor titles after the U.S Open, many of those wins were very unconvincing IMO and she was kind of fortunate to win some of them as many were by the skin of her teeth. But I agree that she did look better in the spring of 1993 but she still wasn't anywhere near her best. I thought she looked much better in 1994 when she finally switched rackets.

[@zeddeka]

@@gk891 yup, 1992 a really odd year for Steffi. Still very low on confidence, she put in some very patchy performances. I think looking back that she was probably pretty burnt from her great years 1987-89 and it took her a long time to find her confidence and love of the game consistently again. In 1992 she really put in some odd performances at times. Totally disappearing mentally in the third set here, losing a set 6-0 to Sanchez at the French, playing a very ropey, tired looking match against Capriati at the Olympics, playing very poorly at the US Open including an error strewn loss to Sanchez there, then finally playing an awful match against McNeil at the season ending championships, just completely looking like she didn't want to be there.

[@gk891]

@@zeddeka Yes, 1992 was an odd year for her. I think coming down with the German measles at the start of the year threw her for a loop. I recall Mary Carillo saying that Graf found it demoralizing because she had worked really hard during the off-season with her (then new) coach.

[@tomloft2000]

I think they both got more satisfaction out of beating each other.Evert and Navratilova (and to some extent Mandlikova) were the old school. to top it off, they were sometimes doubles partners.

[@c.j.carney8432]

21-11. It was real rivalry and you could see it on Graf’s face. She didn’t like losing to Gaby.

[@roshidihashim1637]

Gaby i lup you.....

[@NikoaidanielovichNazarenko]

Sabatinis back hand Good stuff.

[@stephen0303]

I think Gabriella was way more talented, Why she quit, is anyone guess. She could have beat them all.

[@carrerau7138]

More talented than Steffi?? Don‘t be asinine. 😂 You probably don‘t know what “talent“ means.

[@andresrush440]

​@@carrerau7138 more talented and less strong mentaly and physically

[@carrerau7138]

@@andresrush440 Even Sabatini would laugh you in your face, you clown.

[@rossananunez1410]

12:11 reves de Gaby💪

[@mariacristinamontixi1327]

La graf grande talento tennistico mitica la Sabatini un talento del tennis ma la graf e'un'altra cosa

[@Santi-wc9mw]

14:39 🔥

[@zeddeka]

Steffi totally disappeared mentally in the third set. One of only a very few times in her career she did that.

[@carrerau7138]

Was the same in the previous year in Miami.

[@zeddeka]

​@@carrerau7138the only additional times I can think of were in her 91 slump. Losing the final set 6-1 to Novotna at the 1991 tour finals and the 1991 US open semi final against Navratilova. Steffi losing her serve three consecutive times in that final set, only kept in it because Martina was seriously choking.

[@trhansen3244]

Almost the exact same scenario happened the year before. Gabby and Steffi were good friends and I think that actually gave Gabby an edge in head to head matchups.

[@spencerpierce1251]

Graf has so many penetrating shots where she could have come into the net to put the ball away. She seems to only come in when she had no choice. I think if Graf had more confidence with her volley, like Sabatini, she would have been more of a threat to Seles and Sabatini.

[@grantgoffin4774]

More of a threat to Sabatini, LOL, she leads Sabatini 29-11 in head to head, and most importantly a whopping 11-1 in slams. She also leads Seles 10-5 in head to head, including 3-2 during Seles's reign from January 91-early 93, but to say Sabatini is really ridiculous.

[@spencerpierce1251]

@@grantgoffin4774 I meant during Seles's reign in the early 90s and Sabatini's record over Graf during the same timeframe. In 1990, at the age of only 16, Seles became the youngest ever champion of the French Open. In just a two-year period (from early 1991 to early 1993), Seles amassed a whopping 22 singles titles and made it to the final of 33 of the 34 tournaments she entered. Even more impressive, she lost only a single match in a grand slam tournament, winning six of the seven majors in which she competed. By the age of only 19, Seles had collected eight Grand Slam titles and secured the world No. 1 ranking with an iron fist.

[@grantgoffin4774]

@@spencerpierce1251 OK so since Graf lost some matches to 2 people during the absolute worst period of her career where she lost a slam semi to Sanchez Vicario 6-2, 6-0 she didn't challenge these two people, both who she has a convincing winning record over, and obviously in Sabatini's case you can't come up with any excuses for that. I got it.

[@spencerpierce1251]

@@grantgoffin4774 I'm not sure I understand your last message. However, I agree Graf's final records over Seles/Sabatini/Sanchez Vicario speak for themselves. BTW, I am a huge Graf fan. Let me reiterate, my original comment was meant during Graf's rivalry with Seles/Sabitini in the early 90s. Sabatini went on to defeat Steffi 11 times in the next 21 matches they played between 1988 and 1992. Additionally, in the early 90s, Seles was clearly the number 1 player in the world. If Graf wasn't often injured and didn't have the off-court distractions with her father, perhaps Seles would not have overtaken Graf for the number ranking. However, we will never know. Just like we don't know if Seles would have continued to dominate the women's tour if she hadn't been stabbed.

[@grantgoffin4774]

@@spencerpierce1251 My point is at no point in time was Graf not "a challenge" to Sabatini and Seles. Even in 92, Seles's best year ever, she barely beat Graf 10-8 in the 3rd in the French Open final, and got slaughtered 6-2, 6-1 at Wimbledon. So Sabatini led Graf 11-10 from 88-92, but what was their record where it really mattered in the slams? Yeah that is what I thought. And how many of those wins for Gaby were in 1991, the worst year of tennis of Graf's career other than maybe 1997 where she was badly injured.

[@GladysMabelLargo]

Gaby ❤

[@diegotorresaugier7084]

Martina Navratilova cuando se retiró Gaby “pagaría por verla jugar” 😢

[@valentinodelpiero4861]

Did Monica compete here?

[@zeddeka]

She had a shock loss to Capriati in the quarter finals, 6-2, 7-6.

[@valentinodelpiero4861]

@@zeddeka thank you for your response

[@neilmodino9284]

Their friendship was strained because of their rivalry.

[@QuangNguyen-ng5zh]

Too bad it ended on a DF, but Sabatini dancing around on her returns seems distracting to the server?

[@stephenkeye2678]

Steffie wouldn't have 22 slams if Sabatini and Seles were playing during those wins!

[@trhansen3244]

Serena would have around 15 if Henin and Clijsters hadn't both retired at the top of their games. And then they retired again. LOL

[@zovni]

a great "lesbians after the second date" meme right here XD

[@musicpainting1520]

Too sad, gaby has not much interest in tennis for long

[@ΚωνσταντινοςΚαραλης-ω8ψ]

Sabatini was the only beating steffi five consecutive times and had incredible skills,a wasted talent.

[@carrerau7138]

Why wasted?

[@ΚωνσταντινοςΚαραλης-ω8ψ]

@@carrerau7138 Ok,not wasted but she played under her possibilities

[@carrerau7138]

@@ΚωνσταντινοςΚαραλης-ω8ψ Why this? She won one slam, made two more slam finals, made 15 more slam semis, losing almost all of them against ATGs. She was worse than Evert, Navratilova, Graf, Seles. So this was to be expected.

[@ΚωνσταντινοςΚαραλης-ω8ψ]

@@carrerau7138 Sabatinis failure was not a matter of technique,lower talent or skills but a matter of nerves,she even consulted a psychologist.

[@michaelpaskos9052]

@@ΚωνσταντινοςΚαραλης-ω8ψ Sabatini is pretty much regarded as the worst choker in wta history! She was basically Steffi's lap-dog, and the other top girls like Monica, Mary Joe, and Arantxa disposed of Sabatini most of the time in Grand Slam matches. And Jana Novotna and Conchita Martinez also turned the tables on Sabatini in big matches too!

[@numademasi3535]

Il tennis di oggi è una noia mortale.

[@roshidihashim1637]

Gaji empat ribu....

[@joselivia3998]

Tanto esfuerzo para que en la final perdiera facil con la Sanchez Vicario.

[@monicabosetti1741]

What an idiot comment....a great match...

[@joselivia3998]

@@monicabosetti1741 A ver si aprendes a respetar las opiniones de los demás .

[@rebecaoriordan]

La Sánchez Vicario venció el título individual y de dobles.

[@1984leandro1984]

Compare this, with de actual women tennis