Memories of a champion w/ Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario | Roland-Garros

[@cyberjonesy]

These time capsules bring back great memories, not only of the game, but of how life was back then. How time flies.

[@redd605]

She has not changed ,she like fine wine. ageless and better with each year,

[@ghislaine3016]

Fue un momento unico . Yo te vi y seguia vivia en Francia donde naci . Eras auténtica!!

[@Raben3721]

Arantxa what a champion! I watched this match on telly in Australia, a great memory of a wonderful victory.

[@juanma9072]

Siempre te admire y fuiste una inspiracion para el deporte español , disfrute mucho con tus partidos..eras garra y fuerza , mental y fisica..No habra otra Arantxa . No le quito merito a las otras grandes , Steffy , Seles, Sabatini , Martinez , y tantas otras...pero daba gusto verte jugar, motivarte cuando iban mal las cosas , mas o menos un Rafa Nadal pero en mujer. Bravo Arantxa, siempre en la memoria.

[@faridddddd]

Well done Roland Garros; these recollections are just fabulous 🤩

[@jabaros75]

La mejor tenista española de todos los tiempos ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ДмитрийАндреев-р6г]

Great and beatiful Arantxa. Favorite tennis player forever

[@enricotaricco6527]

Vamos Arantxa!!!!!

[@pep-63]

A pesar de su corta estatura fue una fantástica tenista, la mejor española. Jugó 11 finales de Grand Slams y ganó 4. Bravísima Arantxa.

[@consternacionmanoli]

12 finales! :)

[@niamhbrennan4482]

Brilliant. Fantastic player Sanchez.

[@yutubeesunaputamier]

Yo recuerdo ese partido con Graf, en mi casa estábamos todos como locos viendo el partido.

[@JorgeJRO]

Creo que en muchos hogares de España debió haber un ambiente similar aquella larga sobremesa. También yo, a mis 10 años, lo viví así con los míos. Un hito de nuestro deporte. Arantxa es un mito de nuestro tenis y deporte.

[@jeanmon9267]

It was Sanchez Graf rivalry that made me a tennis fan when I was a kid. Those were the days. Women's tennis used to be much more fun to watch and it has become less and less enjoyable after the turn of the century. In Sanchez's words: Its all power, power, power now.

[@rafarequeni822]

It's not as bad as the men's tennis, though.

[@bjornopitz6561]

I remember this completely differently. Stupid moonballing all the time, boring af... No, I didn't like women's tennis then, and least of all on clay. 😂

[@hernannecul3837]

Muy luchadora

[@broncoguy4862]

It's more about athleticism and training methods, along with improved racket technology. Of course, someone like ASV would make a sweeping statement about the women's power game, since she was basically a moonball pusher.

[@JordanjamesX]

Arantxa was a great champion won Roland Garros three times!!

[@co9971]

lol so did Serena

[@gayamoorthy1215]

@@co9971 lol and henin, evert and graf won more than her stay bitter

[@lchurbe]

My favorite tennis player. I loved her style of play.

[@MarkMoran-rs1rm]

My favourite tennis I adored her she was my idol missed her ❤❤much love arantxa

[@valentinodelpiero4861]

Only player who managed to beat both Graf and Seles at a Major final, and nothing less than in Roland Garros

[@ilanplazola1715]

Una grande Arantxa

[@raghavavd]

its arantxa sanchez who stopped steffi graf from having a second GRAND SLAM..steffi graf won the remaining 3 grandslams in year 1989..

[@danielaguilera474]

It was always so fun to watch her. Always putting up a fight and had grace. I can feel a little bit of her history in my game. Gracias Arantxa💪💕🫡🎾

[@camilo8344]

Siempre me encantó verla jugar, yo era un niño pero me gustaba querida Arantxa hermosa y grande

[@stevyyjay85]

two teenagers in a Grand Slam final... what a year. Graf was 19, Sanchez 17.

[@JorgeJRO]

Actually, they were four teenagers in the semis: Seles (15) and Fernández (17) were, respectively, Graf and Sanchez's opponents there. Martinez (17) also reached the quarterfinals. And Chang (17, too) became men's singles champion. Roland Garros'1989 was verily a youngers' tournament.

[@stevyyjay85]

@@JorgeJRO Amazing. Unthinkable today.

[@mimalikalia]

Grande Arancha!!

[@ALEX1969N2]

Мартина Навратилова, Штеффи Граф , Аранта Санчес-Викарио , Моника Селеш ..... Красавица Габриэла Сабатини ! Какие были теннисистки ❤👍 !!!! Было , как вчера ! Время летит , стремительно .

[@Mehd.J81]

Arantxa was a very great champion . The 1990’s was definitively Graf/Seles/Sanchez/Hingis

[@aureliengdt5932]

La grande époque c était l âge d or du tennis

[@johannebimont6960]

80-90

[@kenm34]

Why did steffi leave the court

[@charomiami]

evert last Match was against Zina garrison at the US open

[@burizaemon9305]

She meant at RG..

[@jkscout]

Why did Steffi leave the court?

[@marfu1119]

Arantxa was just 17 years old. She didn't look 17 at all more like 22 years old.

[@JorgeJRO]

Thirty and more years ago, teenagers looked like men and women in their twenties nowadays.

[@javi4050]

Que pena que tú nombre sea ahora un culebrón familiar y no la de una grande del tenis

[@andressaenz704]

Nadal in women tennis.

[@billyde88]

So why did steffi leave the court??

[@franciscolaprida2133]

I’ve read that she left the court because of menstrual cramps/her period.

[@Hoyammath]

Overall Graf' game manner was not good. She easily feel upset when she about to loose.

[@Douceteric3419]

Cette grande dame du tennis a été ruinée par ses parents qui s'occupaient de ses gains car mineure !!

[@paulbreheny4815]

very lucky to have won it in 89

[@Titicacaberryjuice]

How about 94 and 98? “Lucky” again perhaps.

[@abdullahsuherman2186]

89 lucky but 94 & 98 sanchez was too good for her opponent 🤔

[@TheNathanj2009]

Before she became an irritating pusher who argued ever single close line call

[@oliverjuria993]

steffi took a long break to derail arantxa..what a cheat this woman was

[@pgarciaAP]

She wasn’t cheating. She didn’t need to cheat. Her offense usually beat the monotonous defense. Count up the finals between them. I found ASV to be childish at times questioning calls continuously to get under her opponents skin.

[@rajusaha855]

ASV was lucky to win that match because of Steffi's menstrual cramps otherwise Steffi would have won two consecutive calendar slam. That would have been impossible to beat.

[@broncoguy4862]

Petty Graf haters always somewhere to be found, even after all these years. It's been well documented why Graf took the break at the time, and no rules were broken, were they? Enjoy living in misery.

[@antoniogarzadelacerda3396]

Es un niño 👀

[@angelforceforyou]

I remember her, she was butch back then

[@pgarciaAP]

The whiniest French open winner ever.

[@ДмитрийАндреев-р6г]

She is very feminine now at 50. She was very feminine at 25. But at 17-18 she needed to take better care of her appearance

[@gustavocaamano5663]

Numca me gusto esta mujer como jugadora !!Muy soberbia y agrandada!!

[@mimalikalia]

Arancha soberbia?. Creo que te confundes de tenista.

[@gustavocaamano5663]

@@mimalikalia no me confundo trolls!!Digo lo que percibo!!Gran jugadora fue Martina Evert Seles o Graf!!Esta mujer nunca tuvo talento !! Muy soberbia y oportunista!!Aprovecho el atentado contra Seles para ser una Campeona Mundial no numero 1 como fue en el ranking 93/94 el mismo caso de Guillermo Vilas en 1977 que el ATP nunca lo reconocio como nro 1 si campeon mundia!! A esta tipa nunca le gusto jugar com las jugadoras latinoamericanas siempre le hicieron partidos parejos

[@valentinodelpiero4861]

Only player who managed to beat both Graf and Seles at a Major final, and nothing less than in Roland Garros

[@yotu6102]

And the ony one who had to cheat to beat venus Williams

[@lestatver]

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