FULL #1 VERSION 1992 - Seles vs Sanchez Vicario - US Open

[@jmnny85]

Yess Love watching one of my all time faves- The great Monica Seles!!

[@muc390]

Monica was losing matches in other tournaments, but she was winning those that counted most. Won 7 of last 8 slams she played pre-stabbing and also won the WTA finals three years in a row!

[@zeddeka]

That summer was a strange one. She didn't win a tournament for three months between the French open and US Open and often looked very out of sorts. She said years later that the war in Yugoslavia was really affecting her during that period. At this US Open she had a bad cold and never had to play her best tennis. She was slightly lucky in that all her main rivals, Graf, Navratilova, Sabatini and Capriati never really showed up, and Arantxa played a very poor match in the final. Monica sailed through without dropping a set.

[@muc390]

@@zeddeka Actually, only one tight set (7-5) against young Lisa Raymond in R2.

[@jujumusique1305]

@@zeddekashe went on unbeaten through year end. And her slump was losing 3 finals ^^

[@carrerau7138]

@@jujumusique1305 Which #1 player of the years 1982 to 1990 lost more matches per year than Seles did in 1991 & 1992? Was the “not even one“ I heard…? Oopsie…. 😆

[@jujumusique1305]

@@carrerau7138 🍒

[@sovansarkar6846]

The true G.O.A.T whose number of grand slams were cut short unfairly

[@jonelmarcialboncayao1405]

Love you Monica. From your avid fan here...

[@kkauffman9673]

Seles was a great competitor. She didn’t have tantrums, didn’t bad mouth others, didn’t make excuses. Seles was direct and some don’t like candor. In terms of biggest “B”’s in tours how about all the top players who voted against Seles getting a protected ranking upon return to tour. Only Sabatini said yes give Seles protected ranking. Protected ranking like injury return to tour ranking that had time of injury. A stabbing on tournament court during a match most certainly was out of Seles control. Yet the selfish mindset of other top players voted no! That says much about their jealousy of Seles and fear of her game. That to me is a “B” characteristic, extreme selfish mindset.

[@ralphbourgeois5875]

Yes it makes sense to freeze her ranking when nobody knew if she would even return to tennis. What if she didnt, would Seles still be the #1 ranked today with her frozen ranking? Granted I know most Seles fans believe she would still be the dominant player today at age 47 if she were not stabbed or something, so maybe I am asking the wrong person that.

[@maxipaz5597]

Graf was the biggest of them all, never supported her at all, read

[@maxipaz5597]

Seles would have won 6 US opens

[@anoop5660]

@@maxipaz5597 Seles herself said that Steffi gave great support. And that freezing vote poll conducted without Steffi, it was done with Italian Open participants in May 1993.

[@anoop5660]

That poll was one at the Italian Open 1993, where Steffi wasn't playing for years. 17 of 25 top players only were asked to vote. And Seles said herself Steffi gave great support to her, and Steffi happily agreed to share her rank in 1995 return. If anybody said or wrote Steffi didn't agree to give support to Seles, it means he/she didn't know or maybe a hater.

[@charomiami]

7 grand slams by the age of 18 🤗

[@joeyconvery2055]

👍

[@ChicanoPhD]

And she probably would have repeated at the French and possibly at the US. Most likely 10 by the age of 20! 8 GS as a teenager will never happen again.

[@carrerau7138]

@@ChicanoPhDHow would Seles have beaten Steffi at the USO 93?? 😂

[@jujumusique1305]

@@carrerau7138shut up Parche.

[@jujumusique1305]

@@carrerau7138 AO 1993 provides a good indication on the “how”, dear Gunther. Watch it again and cry.

[@riccardombollani]

Monica, simply the best evet. I miss you toooooo much

[@ΝτίναΔρένου-ω5ψ]

Monica's penultimate trophy.A few months later a pshychopath cut off her golden wings,shattering a real legend.She is the best and most special number 1 in the world.We will never have another like her.Miss u so so much!

[@zeddeka]

Nope, the Australian open 1993 was her penultimate grand slam trophy. Remember she won the Australian open in 1996

[@carrerau7138]

In 1991 and 1992 she had the worst winning percentages for a #1 player since Evert in 1981. Navratilova and Steffi were far superior.

[@maxipaz5597]

After Graf won Wimbledon I’m so glad Monica returned to the throne, even if only briefly

[@ChicanoPhD]

Monica is so classy. She's obviously not feeling well, but she refutes that point from Tony Trabert out of respect for ASV. Total class.

[@shravkumar55]

What an amazing Champion ..

[@jansnauwaert1785]

Monica Seles (before the horrible stabbing): probably the best ever.

[@carrerau7138]

😂 Navratilova in 83/84 and Steffi in 88/89 were far better. Seles in 1991/92 had weak opposition.

[@jansnauwaert1785]

There we have our stupid Seles hater again.@@carrerau7138

[@ChicanoPhD]

You can tell how much Tony Trabert respects Monica as a player and as a competitor.

[@irina25701]

Seles was not really feeling at this time but she still won it for 2 consecutive yrs easily...n she's only 18?..

[@portes2011]

Goat ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@ranisaxena1497]

Monica seles is a real player.

[@zeddeka]

Monica had been in something of a slump coming into the US Open, not having won a tournament for three months since the French open in June. She'd had easy losses in that period to Graf and Navratilova where at times she didn't really look like she was there, and also lost her first match to ASV in Canada, looking very tired and frazzled during the match at times. At the US Open she'd been suffering from a bad cold and wasn't really at her best in this match. As for ASV, she played an awful match here. It was delayed because the men's semi final before had gone on for 5 hours, and ASV took a long time to wake up. Also, there had been controversy about how she should play this match - she actually had two coaches at the time and one wanted her to play attritional tennis, whereas the other wanted her to attack. She looked confused at times as a result. Also, ASV had just had her first win over Monica a few weeks earlier in Canada. On the one hand I think it raised the pressure on her to win again, and also made Monica more determined to get revenge.

[@jansnauwaert1785]

Wtf. I didn't even factcheck all you are saying here, but I know for sure that Monica was one of the best, if not the best, women's tennis has ever seen. The horrific stabbing almost put an end to her career and if it had not been for that awful event, Monica could have become the GOAT. Reading your comment, though, one would tend to believe she was almost average.

[@zeddeka]

@@jansnauwaert1785 maybe fact check before commenting next time? Monica didn't win a tournament in 1992 for three months between the French open in June and the US Open in September. She had a very lopsided loss to Graf at Wimbledon (6-2, 6-1) then had another lopsided loss to Navratilova in Los Angeles (6-4, 6-2) - that match is on KZbin and she played awfully. She said after the match that her game just wasn't there. She then followed that up losing to Arantxa for the first time at the Canadian Open. That match is also on KZbin and she looks tired and somewhat underweight. Monica said years later that the war in Yugoslavia was badly affecting her during that period. I'm curious as to why you think stating facts about what happened is somehow "making Monica sound average" ? She is clearly a great player. If anything, the fact that she could come back from that poor form, and have a heavy cold at the US Open, and still win, is a testament to her. Reality isn't an attack. But weird that you interpreted it like that.

[@jansnauwaert1785]

@@zeddeka Go f*ck yourself; you repeat what you said, nobody cares, I couldn't care less. People who know what they are talking about, know that Monica had the potential of become the GOAT.

[@jujumusique1305]

Interestingly she went on unbeaten for 34 matches, almost equaling her best streak of 1990. Lost only 1 match in 6 months.

[@ChicanoPhD]

Wow, somebody who doesn't choke in a US Open final...

[@moviefan4life166]

Monica never ever choked. I don’t think Arantxa did in general either but she did play so poorly in this match. She was always just steady and fast. That’s a reliable way to win unless you are playing an opponent with power like Monica or Steffi on most occasions.

[@ChicanoPhD]

@@moviefan4life166I was throwing shade at Novak for choking in the final in 2021.

[@trent8002003]

Monica was pretty much untouchable in 1992!

[@richardross4677]

Yes losing to 5 different people and losing a Wimbledon final 6-2, 6-1 and nearly losing in the round of 16 at the French to a player ranked outside the top 100 is pretty much untouchable. If that is untouchable for you what would Navratilova in 82-84, Graf in 87-89 and 95-96 and an in form Serena who are all way harder to beat than 92 Seles be.

[@dado72]

@@richardross4677 Fuck you loser, she was untouchable (except Wimbledon) because of which she was stabbed in 1993 Hamburg

[@nala3038]

@@richardross4677 you must be a real blast at parties, good lord!

[@peterhammer6915]

@@richardross4677 I agree with everything you said. Not even close to untouchable.

[@carrerau7138]

@@dado72Only retarts thought that Seles was untouchable. Parche was one of them.

[@arthurnewmanltd5670]

The best ground strokes in women’s tennis. An iron will and great on big points. Proved without a doubt was one of the best ever.

[@mirroslavvw]

There is something to be said about Sanchez forcing her rivals to play their best in order to beat her. The other side of that is...every time they did play their best they always beat her.

[@kupo7790]

😂😂

[@paologonzato5202]

It's true,Seles Graf Navratilova Pierce Hingis Both Williams Sisters...when these players played her best Arantxa Always lost

[@jujumusique1305]

But kudos to her for beating Graf, Seles and Pierce in slam finals, none of which she entered as the favorite. And while she benefitted from illness, injury, stress or lack of fitness of her opponent in those matches, she demonstrated incredible grit to win.

[@leisurefarm]

I really enjoyed the match! Such an excellent performance by Seles. Sanchez just chose the wrong game plan...although Seles' game was at its peak. Gripping match, nonetheless. Seles hit so hard, so early with so few errors, as Mary Carillo said.

[@ralphbourgeois5875]

Just curious what do you think was wrong with Sanchez's game plan? It looked to me like she tried to be more agressive than usual, which IMO made total sense, she just didnt execute it well at all this day, but the game plan itself I felt was the right one for her.

[@leisurefarm]

Ralph Bourgeois yeah she was more aggressive than usual which i feel was not working. It's sort of like the other us open final where she played graf. In that match, she lost the first set 6-1 trying to blast graf, but won the next 2 when she took pace off. That said, I'm not sure it would've worked agst such a prime form Seles, but well worth a try.

[@ralphbourgeois5875]

True about the 94 final but Graf's back went out bigtime in the 2nd set (she was even stretching her back squatting on the ground numerous times in the 2nd and 3rd set) which really helped Sanchez come back too.

[@leisurefarm]

Ralph Bourgeois completely agree with you. Separately, from what i recall, the one time being more aggressive worked for sanchez agst seles was the 98(?) French final where she was aggressive and successful at it. But then, post stabbing seles was not this good.

[@ralphbourgeois5875]

Yes she was a bit more agressive than usual and able to execute that day, unlike in this match, but as you said Seles was not the same player at that point. This match she tried to go overboard and hit her forehand regularly in a way she isnt capable of hitting it, and made a ton of errors.

[@rhettgannon4417]

The old “Super Saturday” set up with the women’s final sandwiched between the two men’s semis was always ridiculous. Meanwhile, the NY crowds here seemed to be particularly obnoxious, talking loudly throughout the points. On top of the planes approaching LaGuardia, it’s a complete sensory overload.

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

I know. kinda ridiculous

[@loddarmaddaus9271]

Monica soooo amazing

[@jagjitsinghmanku2283]

Commentator Quote: She’s good at this stuff. Me: UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE CENTURY!!!

[@myerklamb8529]

Arantxa was never going to win this match, Seles was way too good at this time on hardcourts.

[@user-gu1un7pb7k]

Love the commentary in this match 31:00 "she reminds me of absolutely no one" now EVERYONE plays like Seles lol

[@Volker7578]

who does?

[@pedropelaez]

Really? There are tons of players playing With 2 hands off both sides? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@user-gu1un7pb7k]

@@pedropelaez Mary wasn't referring to her 2 handed forehand and backhand, she was referring to her playing style which was totally uncommon at the time. Stepping in on the return, taking the ball early, going for first strike tennis, grunting, etc.

[@ChicanoPhD]

But no one, not even Serena, has Monica's combination of power, angles, accuracy, and mental toughness. Women's tennis now is nothing but errors.

[@user-gu1un7pb7k]

@@ChicanoPhD Unfortunately this is true. I enjoyed watching Serena and Sharapova earlier in their careers because they were super aggressive but also consistent and accurate. But nowadays it's just errors from everyone. I hope that changes soon...

[@leodimirromero1902]

Te amo Mónica forever 😍 mi amor es un gran respeto al talento y a lo hermosa q sos 😍😍😍😍

[@romeriothompsonflores4812]

Como é bom rever Mônica Seles.

[@slumnote]

what might have been for seles.

[@maxipaz5597]

slumnote still has nine grand slams, that’s not exactly an underachiever

[@laviniaparisi9154]

Here Monica was at her highest level. In this match she was impeccable.

[@zeddeka]

She definitely wasn't at her highest level at all. She had been ill all that US Open with a nasty cold. She played a very solid match here. She didn't need to play a brilliant one.

[@jujumusique1305]

@@zeddeka27 games lost en route to the title (her personal best) and she clearly wasn’t as sharp as during the AO that year or 6 months later.

[@Denkooo100]

Bravo Monica!

[@netfun8087]

1:13:15 so many micro adjustments in Seles’ footwork to hit the mid court forehand winner

[@riccardombollani]

Monica, the best ever

[@lisahardy9707]

The Williams sisters would take grunting to a new level

[@andyhiggs6932]

Aren't you forgetting about Sharapova?!

[@8sabu1982]

Nice Match...¡¡¡

[@davideferrari5702]

Fantastica Seles...la più esplosiva giocatrice di tennis assieme a Serena ...

[@laviniaparisi9154]

Come tipologia di gioco preferivo la Graf (più tecnica, più atletica, più di classe), ma la Seles aveva una grinta e una cattiveria agonistica mai vista nella storia del tennis. La Sanchez, invece, mi piaceva tantissimo per il suo essere combattiva, qualità che manifesterà in modo eccezionale negli anni successivi ( qui non era ancora al suo top). Serena? Fantastica, eccezionale, ma, e’ più forte di me, non sono mai riuscita a farmela piacere. Amavo molto di più la sorella Venus.

[@keeganthorpe]

Glad they stopped disrespecting the women’s final by having it sandwiched between the men’s semifinals. Each final deserves their day.

[@maxipaz5597]

Sanchez a bit of an underachiever, also voted against Monica’s number one ranking being protected

[@tylerbam7183]

The one number ranking being frozen or protected would have been ridiculous. Nobody knew if Seles would even ever return. What if she didn't, would she still be ranked #1 as a 47 year old who hasn't played pro tennis in 17 years, LOL!

[@maxipaz5597]

@@rolandgreen7484 awww cmon thats a bit rough...

[@maxipaz5597]

@@tylerbam7183 I was meaning I am a bit surprised Arantcha didnt vote with Monnie....as they were great friends

[@rexdby2984]

Dustin Gabe I agree! Arantxa had the heart and belief of a great champion despite her lack of weapons. If the big games of graf or seles were off that day, she could clean up. Sabatini, I think, had more natural talent but not nearly the belief.

[@simonsenecal6560]

@@maxipaz5597 She probably did not for it since there was no timeline for Seles's return so it would be pointless to freeze the ranking for an indefinite period. If they had said freeze it for 6 months or something specific I bet more people would have voted yes, but there was no timeline given and that was never going to get any votes.

[@meilstone]

Seles' grunts are nothing compared to Sabalenka's screams... I remember how Seles was considered loud back then, she would just be average now. The noise level seems to be proportionate to the pace of the game.

[@Andrea-xs4ks]

The crowd was disgustin with Monica!

[@zeddeka]

Long forgotten now, but before the stabbing, she was deeply unpopular with the public and in the wider tennis world.

[@Andrea-xs4ks]

@@zeddeka Monica was just shy!

[@Smudgeroon74]

@@zeddeka no she wasn't. Stop making generic unproven statements that Monica Seles was an unpopular player. Did you go around conducting a survey of tennis fans in different arenas did you hmmm? If anything, Monica may have been affected by the unpleasantness in her homeland of Yugoslavia which broke out in 1991... but unpopular? No way, that's incorrect.

[@carrerau7138]

@@Smudgeroon74Steffi and Sabatini were always far more popular.

[@frankiedelgadoes]

@@Smudgeroon74 LOL you may not like facts but Seles was hated before the stabbing. The crowd didn't root for her in literally a single match she played, even matches she was the underdog like the Wimbledon matches vs Graf and Navratilova. And it is not true a dominant #1 is always rooted against if you are going to claim that, think of Graf, Evert, Goolagong (well not dominant but reached #1 in both 71 and 76), Serena after a certain point, King. Navratilova was almost always rooted against as #1 too, but Seles even moreso, and in Navratilova's case it was largely homophobia anyway. She is also one of the only players I saw ever booed during trophy ceremonies (eg 91 US Open). The stabbing is the only thing that made her a fan favorite.

[@burakustun4424]

500.000 💲wowwwwww

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

Her Movement here is a1 Seles

[@riccardombollani]

MONICAAAAA

[@zeddeka]

An awful lot going on in this match. On Monica's side, she had been going through a dry patch and hadn't won a tournament in about 14 weeks or so, since the french open. During that time she had some strange losses to Graf at Wimbledon and Navratilova in Los Angeles (she said after that match that her game "just wasn't there"). She'd also had her first ever loss to Arantxa a few weeks earlier at the Canadian Open. Monica took 6 weeks off after wimbledon and looked tired and somewhat underweight in los Angeles and Montreal. She'd also picked up a nasty cold during this US Open. On Arantxa's side, she actually had two coaches at the time and they disagreed on how she should play this match. The legendary Australian Mervyn Rose who was one of her coaches thought she should attack. Her other coach thought she should try and wear Monica down. In any event, Arantxa played a nervous, confused match. The appalling US Open super Saturday scheduling didn't help either. These two players had to wait for the 5 hour men's semi final between Chang and Edberg to end. Monica handled it much better and Arantxa looked like she was half asleep at the start. The 1992 US Open was probably one of the most disappointing of the 90s. Graf looked like she didn't want to be there. Navratilova lost very early. Sabatini had taken a sabatical since Wimbledon and also looked like she didn't want to be there. Capriati, fresh from her olympic gold, also had a shock early loss.

[@Tjordful]

I’m surprised it wasn’t more competitive like the Canadian open… aranxta fans should of had a lot of hope she could beat Monica since the win was only a few weeks ago and Monica was sick. What was the difference between this match and the Canadian?

[@zeddeka]

​@tobiasisback4605thankfully ok. Give it time though, I'm only in my 40s! :-)

[@zeddeka]

​@@TjordfulI think a mixture of things. The court was a lot slower at the Canadian Open for one. I think Arantxa felt a lot more pressure here given that she'd just got her first win over Monica a few weeks before, and the confusion with her coaches didn't help. It'd be interesting to know what these two felt about the very long delay they had because of the hyper long men's semi final beforehand that delayed this match. I think this match can be viewed as a step in Arantxa's development. She still wasn't the skilled, thinking match player that she would become in later years. I think the Arantxa of 1994 and later would have played this match a lot better.

[@celestialspartan7977]

Seles had no men in her life during those days save her old man.Graf had Bartels but kept him under wraps while Navratilova needed no men and Capriati was surrounded by an abusive man....point is ...the leading ladies of those times were leading double lives ...by accident or design

[@Ricky-mo6mv]

It was idiotic of the other coach to suggest that Arantxa should wear Monica down with her defense. Arantxa played her best matches against Monica when she was aggressive and used her own power and angles. However, the more steady and defensive approach by Arantxa was the right tactic to wear down a less fit and more mentally vulnerable Monica in the 1998 French Open Final. As we all know, Monica wasn’t truly Monica post stabbing.

[@Hoyammath]

Arancha's power was quite impressive. If she would keep This power during her careea, she should win more slams from Graf.

[@8sabu1982]

Good Players

[@grantdesjardins764]

While I hate Mary Carillo I did like her self deprecating humor when she mentioned how when young she wanted to be just like Chris Evert in tennis and then admited "and boy have I fallen short", haha.

[@ChicanoPhD]

1:03:52 says it all.

[@pablok2854]

primera vez que puedo ver la derecha de Vicario en profundidad y la verdad me recuerda a Swiatek, por lo recortado del brazo y la soltura de muñeca... solo que el punto de impacto es muy distinto. Vicario pegaba más abajo, dando una trayectoria de abajo hacia arriba, mientras que Swiatek pega más frontal la bola, dandole efecto pero mayor potencia.

[@3883melange]

So good!!

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

Monica was really sick here,but played on.

[@nicolasnieto9262]

Nada que hacer Sánchez en contra de Seles.. mi jugadora favorita

[@ChicanoPhD]

Mía también

[@maxipaz5597]

What does “ Going to the well” actually mean

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

slaying it and eating a dolphin steak afterwards medium rare.

[@seapeoples9461]

There were no dolphins left in the well but she got to have her cake and eat it too.

[@jonathankieranwriter]

It’s an expression that usually means “going back to the basics” or going back to your deepest source of proven strength, your original, most reliable resources.

[@maxipaz5597]

Who beat Graf?

[@robmoody4710]

Vicario

[@liisawinklergirl]

Arantxa in the quarters lol

[@peterballay2231]

Graf beat herself… lol

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Little Mo the best ever ❤

[@carrerau7138]

Seles vs. Graf 5-10 Seles vs. Davenport 3-10 Seles vs. Hingis 5-15 Seles vs. V. Williams 1-10 Seles vs. S. Williams 1-4 😜

[@dreman1970]

I'm not taking anything from Steffi graf....she's one of the greatest ever....but not even a Steffi graf fan can honestly say that she would've still had 22 GS had seles not got stabbed the following February!!! Graf at MOST would've had 17-18...and seles would've been right there with her...when seles came back in 95 she was still good but she was nowhere near the same player she was here...During her comeback she was slower...a lot heavier...but she still had that power....plus....half of graf's 22 grand slams occurred AFTER seles got stabbed....

[@lisahardy9707]

The regular PBP crew must be having dinner during Chris Everet interview ?

[@Hoyammath]

So the knife change everything. Graf was almost about to entired, she couldnt make any major winner except wimbledon. Seles overwhemed Graf. She must thank to the knife

[@zeddeka]

???? Their head to head was 3-3 from 1990-92

[@Hoyammath]

@@zeddeka slams: 8-1 lol

[@ekafardiani1073]

​@@Hoyammath 8-4.

[@rudraprashad]

So true.

[@MrDonanthony]

@@Hoyammath Every match counts, lol.

[@dado72]

Kakve kradje u zadnjem gemu, nezapamceno, minimalno 5 puta su je pokrali na ocigled svih i bez usporenih snimaka. Kako su je mrzili samo sto igra za tada pod sankcijama Jugoslaviju. Zato su je i zboli 1993 jer je drugacije nisu mogli skinuti.

[@052970]

Sanchez was a scrappy player. She could give the top players trouble, at times ...

[@CJJAK37]

She was a top player also . Maybe that’s why 😊

[@charomiami]

Lol she was a top player lol. She was number 1 in the world , doesn’t get any more top than that.

[@desmondjrjohnston6315]

-seles-had-to-win-this-matc-for-her-confidence-since-she-had-lost-three-lost-matches

[@neil663]

Never liked Sanchez , too quick to call for the linesman

[@nachobaeza9714]

3 Roland Garros and 1 US Open......

[@neil663]

Nacho Baeza didn’t deny her achievement s but really didn’t like her

[@nachobaeza9714]

@@neil663 I did not like John McEnroe then either and look how he is admired despite his fights on and off the court. That's much worse than calling for the linesman...

[@neil663]

Nacho Baeza I don’t care ,your entitled to like or dislike anyone you want just like me.

[@CJJAK37]

NEIL MCENHILL they all questioned calls . Everyone just jumps on the bandwagon when it comes to Arantxa .

[@meilstone]

What's with the garlic?? 😂

[@8sabu1982]

Arantxa were very nervous

[@moviefan4life166]

She really must have been. She made tons of very easy errors. I don’t know if I ever saw her hit 15 errors in 5 games. The match total must have been well into the 30’s if not 40’s. It was a poor final.

[@stwaters1147]

If anyone lost to sanchez vicario it's simply because they didn't play their best

[@CJJAK37]

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@CJJAK37]

Yeah so all 759 wins were because the other player under performed . She made 31 grand slam finals because she was a crap tennis player . Reached number 1 because every other player played badly . Won 4 Olympic medals because everyone else played badly . Made 13 QF appearances or better at the French open . But that’s because all other players had a shit day . Oh made 35 grand slams QF or better appearances, but yes very one had a bad day since 1987. Tidally agree with you . You are a very knowledgeable tennis fan . Well done you

[@stwaters1147]

@@CJJAK37 hahaha yes you are absolutely correct well done!

[@vcetaditya]

@@CJJAK37 You are taking this literally. You have to consider Seles and Graf. Women’s tennis in those days was mostly crap. What he means is that if Seles or Graf has lost to Sanchez, then they must have played badly. That is actually a truth.

[@CJJAK37]

@@vcetaditya you said anyone that lost . Anyone does not mean Seles or Graf . Yes those two were superior in every way . Totally agree with that . But she still had her wins over them in slam finals. No one else beat both in a major final

[@maxipaz5597]

Match point is a real anti climax, no reaction from Monica or the crowd

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

lame

[@Smudgeroon74]

@@hometo89 that crowd sucked that's why...

[@moviefan4life166]

It’s so true. This was such a flat match in all regards. It’s like no one even cared when it ended. Such a weird atmosphere and you can’t blame the crowd. The ny fans are the most lively crowd anywhere in the world. I think it was clear Monica was winning this match and for some reason, Arantxa made so many errors that it took away from the fun of it.

[@edwardbeckaert9856]

Poor game from both sides. Too many unforced error

[@paskferr]

Not a very good match by either player

[@fredfranchi7502]

Pasquale Ferraro you watch much tennis come on man Monica kicks ass back then if only she didn't get stabbed in the back!!!!😞

[@jess4metoo]

I found it exciting, Monica was amazing prior to the stabbing. She was relentless, a “take no prisoners” approach, afterward she seemed timid. What a shame.

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

Seles was sick at this point,but she worked it out.

[@paologonzato5202]

Clearly not the greatest female final at the US Open,boring!!!!

[@ChicanoPhD]

your momma

[@paologonzato5202]

@@ChicanoPhD 🤮🤮🤮

[@jamesdavidkmoss]

absolutely.monica was clearly sick.

[@JSmith-zr2ve]

Cry

[@oliverzhao1005]

SO SLOW