Steffi Graf vs Lori McNeil WB 1994 Highlights

Highlights of the 1st round match

[@themsharapova8]

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[@shihlin1]

Lori's game is a sight to behold. She's reminiscent of the Golden Age of serve volleyers like Court, King, Goolagong, Navratilova. Full of compact, clean strokes and she flows about the court like Evonne Goolagong, if anybody immediate comes to mind. Graf played one heck of a match, improvising to come out of her comfort zone to be more aggressive and come to the net. Lori's movement is like flowing silk if there's one way to describe. On this day, she was not to be denied.

[@zeddeka]

Interesting how the weather can affect a match. Here, the conditions were very similar to when Zina Garrison beat Steffi at wimbledon in 1990. Cold and damp. Slowing the ball through the air and allowing both Lori and Zina to manoeuvre the ball about and keep it very low. Steffi may well have had a better chance against Lori later in the tournament when the weather had got hotter and the courts baked harder, playing more like a hard court.

[@willvaneck2145]

I’ve been waiting for this thank you so much

[@themsharapova8]

You're welcome 🥰

[@POObumpoopo]

Lori really broke down that BH passing shot of Graf. Some great placement/pace on her serve and well executed volleys too.

[@AHC63]

A spectacular grass court match. Graf was wonderful but Lori McNeil had the game to beat her...and she did.

[@alasdairw]

This match just shows how much of a weakness Graf's backhand could be at times.

[@neilmodino9284]

That's why she runs around and hit the inside out forehand and that forehand is lethal and hard to defend. Therefore she is called miss forehand.

[@23Echeo]

@@neilmodino9284 but she made a lot of unforced errors of that fake "lethal" forehand

[@neilmodino9284]

@@23Echeo look she is still the miss forehand no matter what

[@cush6827]

I remember this well. Everybody gasped about this upset.

[@hill4252]

Fantastic high quality tennis from both considering the windy and damp conditions

[@kazuakigabychan8147]

I think the damp condition favoured Lori. She's a real serve and volleyer.

[@CJJAK37]

What shit luck for Graf. She draws McNeil first round . Lori was the 17th ranked player in the world at this time . Graf must have been sick when she saw the draw

[@matthewmcalister2165]

That doesn’t necessarily mean that she would have not met McNeil. Either way, McNeil would not have been seeded

[@kazuakigabychan8147]

Wonderful match from Lori McNeil. She's such an elegant player. I've never seen Graf coming to the net so often, as she didn't want McNeil to do it before her, I suppose. That probably backfired her. And what a volley form Lori! it's a pity she could not continue to win the title.

[@MrGroenland1]

Très plaisante à voir cette Lori Mcneil. Un tennis mort depuis longtemps.

[@FlabbyTitmuss]

Superb performance by Lori. Listen to the crowd at the end...they were so into it.

[@jwashington4863]

Go Lori!! Love her!!

[@ForehandVolley-jm3kk]

Mcneil is so elegant, such a contrast to the one who insulted multiple umpires on court.

[@bernardo_costa86]

so cynical to compare lori to another black player

[@Becool666]

@Ilya Kuryakin but why are you assuming that? because of serena williams? is she the only black female player to play tennis? each player has it's own characteristics

[@kazuakigabychan8147]

Yes, indeed. I remember this match. What a Volley it was! If Lori had had killer's instinct like Graf, she could have won many more titles, I feel.

[@shihlin1]

You mean the one who yelled "You're a Thief !" to the umpire in the 2018 US Open final against Naomi Osaka ?

[@carrerau7138]

Not all black players are narcissistic bullies, far from it.

[@Readyteddygo]

Lori just kept Graf out of her comfort zone the whole time. Death by a thousand cuts

[@jigzlamadrid3404]

wow two sets. McN is just playing her own phase and game plan execution..

[@carrerau7138]

Had Seles been in the draw Steffi most probably would have drawn a different player for her 1st round match than Lori McNeil, a match that was played on a wet court late in the afternoon. It is safe to say that Steffi would have then won this 1994 title as well. Which would have meant a 1991-96 title streak, comparable only to Navratilova’s run in 1982-87. So the Seles stabbing cost Steffi a slam title here. Whereas claims that Steffi would not have won all of her 6 slams she did win during Seles‘s absence in 1993-95 have a far more shaky base.

[@kalemarnica32]

That serve at 2:24 was out by miles!

[@zuichiang5088]

You are right! I just saw it

[@zuichiang5088]

Graf's speed at 4:08 & 8:12

[@michaelschwab9806]

How biased are these highlights,they mostly feature Graf winning the points,when we all know..she lost the match!