Yep, she was unheralded going to Rio but welcomed like a national hero when she came back home to PR. That is what an olympic gold medal does to every athlete's life 🥇
Elena Dementieva what a legend to win silver and then come back and win gold eight years later! Also, Myskina was up 5-1 in the final set against Henin in the SF and still lost.
The most deserving player to should have won a slam in the last 20 years! I’m glad she has a place in history as an Olympic champion! Double Olympic medalist in tennis at that! She played in the most grueling era against Serena, Maria, Justine, Kim, Jennifer, Venus, Lindsay 🥴
Yep, she was unheralded going to Rio but welcomed like a national hero when she came back home to PR. That is what an olympic gold medal does to every athlete's life 🥇
Venus and Serena. Two sisters, both holders of a Singles Gold (2000 and 2012) and THREE Doubles Gold medals (2000, 2008, 2012) at the Olympics. Tennis Icons.
Puig was unheralded going to Rio but welcomed like a national hero when she came back home to PR. That is what an olympic gold medal does to every athlete's life 🥇
Serena, 2012, one of the most ruthless, breathtaking trouncings of a world-class opponent; her serve was on fire. So happy for Puig and her amazing win. But taken aback by the cold, ungracious handshake from Kerber, even with the consideration that she must have been disappointed.
@@lolitvelasco4585 yup... and I believe they have 3 golds in doubles ... and Venus Williams being the most awarded Olympic medalist in history by an individual (both men and women) 4 golds and a silver
Serena throughout the 2012 Games was the most dominant display of athletics by any tennis player ever. Completely relentless, unstoppable, the ultimate GOAT!!!
It was super windy that day! Sharapova has had some of her worst losses in that condition (I remember Clijsters destroying her on a very windy day too). I think serena handled the win very well.
She crushed Maria so badly. I’m just surprised she didn’t win at least one more singles gold medal considering how great she is. Olympics are funny sometimes as players like Monica Seles never won either, but Monica didn’t play in 92 which was her prime and wasn’t the same after the stabbing in 93.
No. Steffi competed for West Germany in 1988, which had a different flag. Germany was reunified in 1990 as one country, symbolized by the destruction of the Berlin Wall separating the East and the West. It was a huge moment in history.
Steffi Graf- The GOAT of women’s tennis. By winning the Olympics in Seoul, she completed the Golden Calendar Grand Slam, THE single most impressive achievement in the history of the sport. We will never have another champion as big her in the women’s game.
@@ben6883 She absolutely is. - Only player in history to win the Golden Calendar Slam - Only player in history to win a quadruple career Slam (winning all four majors 4 times) - Only player in history to win 6 Slams on every surface - Most weeks at #1 in history - Most years finished as the #1 in history - Only player in history to make 13 consecutive Grand Slam finals - Only player in history to win 3 Slams or more in a season FIVE times - From 1986 until 1996, a period of 11 seasons, she failed to reach the QF of a Slam just ONCE - She won 48% of the tournaments she played and 41% of the Grand Slams she played. - Highest peak in the history of the game (1987-1990) in which she had a 305-11 record, won 47 titles in 4 years including 5 Slams in a row, the Golden Calendar Slam and reached 13 consecutive GS finals
Steffi Graf is indeed the GOAT! Not the one they are claiming to be. Graf did not need a very long span of playing years to achieve her 22 Grandslam titles and her gold and silver Olympic medals!!! Graf was never arrogant too to anybody in the court. She was just quiet and very focused. And most of all, never lost a match due to bad behavior!!!
@@TheHolisticSoul the one they are Claiming to be🤣🤣🤣🤣 Poor you! Of course she didnt need a long span she only need a crazy fan to almost kill to ONLY rival she had in her poor Erea
2016 was Kerber's year. It was her breakthrough year winning 2 GS and making the Wimbledon final. This loss to Puig must have been heartbreaking for her. She looked so disappointed at the net and at the trophy ceremony.
I CAN'T BELIEVE the official Olympic channel put the flag of East Germany instead of West Germany for Steffi Graf, like in 0:14. Come on guys, you can do better than that...
08:20- has to be the worst ‘handshake’ ^ever in Olympic history. beyond dreadful absolutely /no class/. even Sharapova (- when totally brutalised out of a match) can do better than that.
I don’t care much for Kerber but I cut her some slack on this one. It’s a tough loss. I can’t imagine it feels to lose the gold medal match in front of the world while representing your country. That’s a lot. I think she can be excused for not being more enthusiastic.
and Sharapova’s loss against Serena at Wimbledon /the .12 Olympics? Serena knocked her off the court and Sharapova /*still looked Serena in the face/ and said “Well played.” and Sharapova, please note, was not regarded by her contemporaries as a gracious player. then look at Kerber. this is shameful. recognising the winner and congratulating them is a /bare minimum/ in competitive sport. i did gymnastics, track and field competitions at school and tennis at university. win or lose, i have /never treated/ anyone like this.
@Olympics: Steffi Graf is from West Germany (FRG) in 1988!! The flag you're showing is from the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Are you kidding me?!?! Seriously?? Please change that, it's not acceptable!!
Naomi will win the gold medal this year in Tokyo! Wow, I just realized I only recognize Serena and Venus but they look so different. i know several others by name. I started watching last year because of Naomi so it’s interesting to see all these old players who won before. It’s kind of crazy how good and better Naomi’s game looks compared to some of the players in this video like Graff and Henin. She is at 23 already a better player than them IMO and will continue to improve until she passes Serena.
You can’t really compare different eras, technology has helped change the game a lot, it would be interesting to see players like Osaka using those raquets&balls&shoes from the 80’s And by the way, Graf was 19 when she won the Gold medal in Seoul, she had already won 5 Grand Slam titles plus the Gold medal in Los Angeles 84, do you honestly believe Naomi at 23 with only 4 slams and no medals to her credit is better than her?
@@franciscolaprida2133 Absolutely. Naomi would pummel Graff 6-0 6-0 as would Serena. She will win more Slams than Graff and in a much tougher era too. Tennis just keeps getting better. Everyone thought Serena was the best, but then came Naomi and started regularly dragging her like 6-3 6-2 in Miami, 6-2 6-4 in USO and 6-3 6-4 in AO. It’s not even close. One day someone better than Naomi will probably come along too, but for the time being she is the most talented female player ever (so far).
@@akizaizinskii Naomi Osaka has yet to prove how good she is on all surfaces. Until now (23 y/o) she has not done it on grass, or on clay, she has not even reached the finals un any tournament on these surfaces. Steffi and Serena at 23 y/o had already won on all suurfaces, and consecutively. There still a long way to go to Osaka to get even close to these two great stars of world tennis. I like Osaka's game, but I think he should improve a lot , both on clay and grass to show to fans and followers how good she is.
@@rudyromero9788 Please. Sharapova won two RG titles and she is not 5% talented as Naomi. Naomi will win multiple RG and Wimbledon titles in the following years for sure.
@@akizaizinskii i wish that would happen, but so far she has a long way to go. In my comment, never mentioned "Masha",who by the way reached three finals in RG, winning two, reached three finals in Wimbledon winning one. Now it's time to see how many finals Naomi will reach, both in clay and grass. Hopefully many of them.
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Watching Puig’s emotions is what olympics are about!
She is so brave .
Yep, she was unheralded going to Rio but welcomed like a national hero when she came back home to PR. That is what an olympic gold medal does to every athlete's life 🥇
So very true 😢
Kerber didn’t think so (with the cold handshake)😂
Elena Dementieva what a legend to win silver and then come back and win gold eight years later! Also, Myskina was up 5-1 in the final set against Henin in the SF and still lost.
God, I loved Dementieva!!
The most deserving player to should have won a slam in the last 20 years! I’m glad she has a place in history as an Olympic champion! Double Olympic medalist in tennis at that! She played in the most grueling era against Serena, Maria, Justine, Kim, Jennifer, Venus, Lindsay 🥴
Dementieva will be remembered as the best slamless player of women tennis.
Yes myskina that was an epic choke. Would probably have gone on to win gold had she won that match and ended up leaving with nothing.
I’d say Safina was best seamless player.
Puig was something special
She's so pretty
The Best 👍💯
Talk about one hit wonder
It gives me chills each time!
Yep, she was unheralded going to Rio but welcomed like a national hero when she came back home to PR. That is what an olympic gold medal does to every athlete's life 🥇
Venus and Serena. Two sisters, both holders of a Singles Gold (2000 and 2012) and THREE Doubles Gold medals (2000, 2008, 2012) at the Olympics. Tennis Icons.
Puig was unheralded going to Rio but welcomed like a national hero when she came back home to PR. That is what an olympic gold medal does to every athlete's life 🥇
The fact that Venus Williams is still playing is beautiful
Love to see her playing forever more
And Monica Puig wins for being the most amazing and special winner thus far
Graf also won in ‘84 when tennis was an exhibition sport
Monica Puig gold medal victory embodies the spirit of the Olympics !
Dementievas reaction is amazing. She was such a good player.
I miss Henin. Her one handed backhand was an absolute stroke of BEAUTY.
Serena, 2012, one of the most ruthless, breathtaking trouncings of a world-class opponent; her serve was on fire. So happy for Puig and her amazing win. But taken aback by the cold, ungracious handshake from Kerber, even with the consideration that she must have been disappointed.
That Kerber handshake was just rude.
The williams sisters are the only siblings in tennis history that have a remarkable achievement.
Not the Bryan brothers?
@@mattbeidleman6799 no cause they're only playing in doubles no single st all unlike the williams sisters playing single and double.
@@lolitvelasco4585 yup... and I believe they have 3 golds in doubles ... and Venus Williams being the most awarded Olympic medalist in history by an individual (both men and women) 4 golds and a silver
@@dblog your absolutely right.bravo!
Capriati was only 16 wow
It should read “every women’s singles GOLD MEDAL match point”
Serena throughout the 2012 Games was the most dominant display of athletics by any tennis player ever. Completely relentless, unstoppable, the ultimate GOAT!!!
Agreed! And she faced Jankovic, Wozniacki, Vika, and Sugarpova en route to the title, barely losing games.
It was super windy that day! Sharapova has had some of her worst losses in that condition (I remember Clijsters destroying her on a very windy day too). I think serena handled the win very well.
@@ajollypanda4175 serena has the power to overwhelming everything, even the wind.
@@ajollypanda4175 i don't if the match you mention between maria and clijster is US open 2005 semifinal?
Serena’s GOAT run was amazing!!
She crushed Maria so badly. I’m just surprised she didn’t win at least one more singles gold medal considering how great she is. Olympics are funny sometimes as players like Monica Seles never won either, but Monica didn’t play in 92 which was her prime and wasn’t the same after the stabbing in 93.
@@moviefan4life166 she crushed EVERYONE so badly. By the final, Serena was fully motivated. Sharapova was gracious in defeat as ever though.
Out of all the sports siblings Peyton/Eli for example you will never see the Pure joy 7:20 that Venus has for her sister
2004 - Where single-handed backhands were all on the podium
Mónica Puig so so emotive 😍😍
Davenport winning reaction in every match she won is something special
monica puig was the most amazing that was the biggest tittle of her life
2012 AceRena!!🤩
1988-2016: 4/8 Gold Medals in Women's Singles Tennis went to USA. Capriati, Davenport, Venus, and Serena (with an ace, no less). Bravo.
I hope we have a Puig-like winner this year... that was exciting!
Osaka is the favorite this year as it's her home ground. But also Barty, Sabalenka, Kvitova, Halep(if she's recovered)
Williams Sisters is Venus wins her gold in Sydney 2000 and her younger sister Serena wins her gold in London 2012!
Pure demolition : Serena vs Sharapova
You got the wrong Flag for Steffi Graf!!!
Huge Mistake
No. Steffi competed for West Germany in 1988, which had a different flag. Germany was reunified in 1990 as one country, symbolized by the destruction of the Berlin Wall separating the East and the West. It was a huge moment in history.
You‘re right, but at 00:13 there‘s the flag of the GDR
Steffi Graf completed THE hardest task in the olympic year won ALL 4 grand slams and the olympic gold in the same year
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7:38 3 legends
Steffi Graf- The GOAT of women’s tennis. By winning the Olympics in Seoul, she completed the Golden Calendar Grand Slam, THE single most impressive achievement in the history of the sport.
We will never have another champion as big her in the women’s game.
she's not the goat......cmon now
@@ben6883 She absolutely is.
- Only player in history to win the Golden Calendar Slam
- Only player in history to win a quadruple career Slam (winning all four majors 4 times)
- Only player in history to win 6 Slams on every surface
- Most weeks at #1 in history
- Most years finished as the #1 in history
- Only player in history to make 13 consecutive Grand Slam finals
- Only player in history to win 3 Slams or more in a season FIVE times
- From 1986 until 1996, a period of 11 seasons, she failed to reach the QF of a Slam just ONCE
- She won 48% of the tournaments she played and 41% of the Grand Slams she played.
- Highest peak in the history of the game (1987-1990) in which she had a 305-11 record, won 47 titles in 4 years including 5 Slams in a row, the Golden Calendar Slam and reached 13 consecutive GS finals
Steffi Graf is indeed the GOAT! Not the one they are claiming to be. Graf did not need a very long span of playing years to achieve her 22 Grandslam titles and her gold and silver Olympic medals!!! Graf was never arrogant too to anybody in the court. She was just quiet and very focused. And most of all, never lost a match due to bad behavior!!!
@@TheHolisticSoul the one they are Claiming to be🤣🤣🤣🤣 Poor you!
Of course she didnt need a long span she only need a crazy fan to almost kill to ONLY rival she had in her poor Erea
Have you not heard of Serena Williams?
06:46 great moment in olimpics womens tennise history
AÚN SE ME PARAN LOS PELOS!!!! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
2016 was Kerber's year. It was her breakthrough year winning 2 GS and making the Wimbledon final. This loss to Puig must have been heartbreaking for her. She looked so disappointed at the net and at the trophy ceremony.
Half of them from the USA let’s go
Que mejor lugar q en wimbledon donde podia ganar la medalla de oro serena🎉❤
So good work
I was a Kerber fan until I saw this.
And why is that? Who r you a fan of now?
2012 was the best ever.
Sublime.
The tennis courts in Olympic setups are way much slower compared to normal surfaces on tour. Not a good thing
This makes me wonder. Does how quickly a court is made affect its speed?
Only here for the Queen " Serena "
Me 2 and Venus
I CAN'T BELIEVE the official Olympic channel put the flag of East Germany instead of West Germany for Steffi Graf, like in 0:14. Come on guys, you can do better than that...
The 80s 90s early 00s 10s were amazing tennis players.
Let's manifest this, Naomi Osaka for Tokyo Olympics and Coco Gauff for 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles 💪
An American taking gold in Atlanta! Winning in front of your home crowd is always special, who do you think would win in Paris…?
Thrilling !
general rule of thumb if your serving, you’re winning
Gaby ❤
08:20-
has to be the worst ‘handshake’ ^ever in Olympic history.
beyond dreadful
absolutely /no class/.
even Sharapova (- when totally brutalised out of a match) can do better than that.
I don’t care much for Kerber but I cut her some slack on this one. It’s a tough loss. I can’t imagine it feels to lose the gold medal match in front of the world while representing your country. That’s a lot. I think she can be excused for not being more enthusiastic.
and Sharapova’s loss against Serena at Wimbledon /the .12 Olympics?
Serena knocked her off the court and Sharapova /*still looked Serena in the face/ and said
“Well played.”
and Sharapova, please note, was not regarded by her contemporaries as a gracious player.
then look at Kerber.
this is shameful.
recognising the winner and congratulating them is a /bare minimum/ in competitive sport.
i did gymnastics, track and field competitions at school and tennis at university.
win or lose, i have /never treated/ anyone like this.
Kerber is known for giving bad handshakes.
Kerber's handshake... seemed a bit chilly to me. Disappointing.
She’s German, what did you expect!?
@@ohhiitsjustme3445 to be more polite, cause they are watching by the World? What's wrong about being polite ?
Please update with Tokyo one as well. Thanks
Puig ❤🇵🇷esa something spécial
Iconic Serena
@Olympics: Steffi Graf is from West Germany (FRG) in 1988!! The flag you're showing is from the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Are you kidding me?!?! Seriously?? Please change that, it's not acceptable!!
Serena ❤️
feel bad for safina, 3 runner ups in gs and silver medal as well
QUEEN. SERENA.
who is the winner in 2021tokyo
Hello, for God's sake, hold this year's Olympics. My only joy is the Olympics. We, the people of Iran.
Los Angeles 84 is missing
Tennis was only a demonstration sport in 84
Serena demolition at 2012 Olympics 🎉
Serena's humiliation of Sharapova-priceless
Its ok, Sharapova was still laughing all the way to the bank all those years being named prettiest and richest female athlethe )))
Serena!!! ❤🤍💙
why dont people wear caps like davenport did in the 90s anymore
Elena!
Hebat yah elena 😍
2004 and 2008 were the russian females tennis players year.
What about 2020?
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Sabatini❤️❤️
Who is tokiyo Next month??????? Osaka or again serena?
Venus 2000! And she was 20! It was meant to be!!
What next in tokyo????
👍👍
If playing hard court then Osaka wil win this year
Yes they plays on ariake tennis park it is hardcourt
Ooops
Osaka best in clay now
Osaka is totally overrated.
The most surprising and underserved, monica puig, after then her career just go straight down deep to nowhere, sadly.
She retired.
And the 2021 the winer is naomi Osaka
No she lost.
@@lolitvelasco4585 yeah so sad.
I love osaka
@@elionardi9300 sorry i'm not fan with her just se23na the queen forever and ever until the rest of my life.
Where is puig now? I dont even know where she is
She had elbow surgery late 2019 and is due to finally come back in the FO qualies! Shes been inactive due to the injury
I know she still is the reigning Olympic champion
@@luistorres3220 so what's happened between 2016 and 2019 time?????
Monica Puig's victory is the pinnacle of all Olympics tennis gold medals.
@@denongamco1992She retired from tennis. She now competes in triathlons and Ironman competitions.
Kerber is such a sourpuss in defeat 🙄
Wow Sarina
They were all legends of the game, then came Puig and Bencic. Such a shame.
Puig fluke run how annoying for actual competitors who work hard and win slams then you have her win that gold medal 👎
The beauty of the Olympics is when the underdog wins against all odds ! Divinity at work.
@@ralph7545 she won’t be remembered in tennis history.
Lol @ Serena
மிகவும் கடுமையான விளையாட்டு
Who the fck is Puig? 🤣
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Kerber always such a sore looser
Naomi will win the gold medal this year in Tokyo!
Wow, I just realized I only recognize Serena and Venus but they look so different. i know several others by name. I started watching last year because of Naomi so it’s interesting to see all these old players who won before.
It’s kind of crazy how good and better Naomi’s game looks compared to some of the players in this video like Graff and Henin. She is at 23 already a better player than them IMO and will continue to improve until she passes Serena.
You can’t really compare different eras, technology has helped change the game a lot, it would be interesting to see players like Osaka using those raquets&balls&shoes from the 80’s
And by the way, Graf was 19 when she won the Gold medal in Seoul, she had already won 5 Grand Slam titles plus the Gold medal in Los Angeles 84, do you honestly believe Naomi at 23 with only 4 slams and no medals to her credit is better than her?
@@franciscolaprida2133 Absolutely. Naomi would pummel Graff 6-0 6-0 as would Serena. She will win more Slams than Graff and in a much tougher era too.
Tennis just keeps getting better. Everyone thought Serena was the best, but then came Naomi and started regularly dragging her like 6-3 6-2 in Miami, 6-2 6-4 in USO and 6-3 6-4 in AO. It’s not even close. One day someone better than Naomi will probably come along too, but for the time being she is the most talented female player ever (so far).
@@akizaizinskii Naomi Osaka has yet to prove how good she is on all surfaces.
Until now (23 y/o) she has not done it on grass, or on clay, she has not even reached the finals un any tournament on these surfaces.
Steffi and Serena at 23 y/o had already won on all suurfaces, and consecutively.
There still a long way to go to Osaka to get even close to these two great stars of world tennis.
I like Osaka's game, but I think he should improve a lot , both on clay and grass to show to fans and followers how good she is.
@@rudyromero9788 Please. Sharapova won two RG titles and she is not 5% talented as Naomi. Naomi will win multiple RG and Wimbledon titles in the following years for sure.
@@akizaizinskii i wish that would happen, but so far she has a long way to go.
In my comment, never mentioned "Masha",who by the way reached three finals in RG, winning two, reached three finals in Wimbledon winning one.
Now it's time to see how many finals Naomi will reach, both in clay and grass.
Hopefully many of them.
Puig... 🙄🤷🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
It was a fluke run
Graf was FRG not GDR.
Funny how, except for Graf in 88 breaking Sabatini in the last game
, every player won the match on their serve
* every winning matchpoint