Ví en vivo este partido...sólo Dios sabe la emoción de ese día para el deporte argentino y lo que euforia que yo tenía frente a la televisión. ¡Gracias Gaby por Tanto! ¡¡GRACIAS DIOS MÍO!!
Very true. However, her passion for competing and travelling for competitions started to wane as early as 93/94, and Gaby revealed this herself. Because as she retired suddenly in 96, people assume her passion waned that year or 95. But it was earlier. It's frustrating as she was so naturally talented and could have competed even into the early 2000s as she was talented and into fitness, but it was about passion and drive. At least Gaby Sabatini made her decision and a firm one with no regrets. Plus 11 years on tour was good enough. We were blessed with 11 years of Sabatini on tour!
She should have won more and I mean a lot more, but I think her main weakness was that she genuinely liked everyone on the women’s tour. She was popular among the players for a reason.
Just watched a few videos for the past few days my goodness. That was the golden age of women's tennis. Women's tennis has become one-dimensional. Match was beautiful
Such a clever match from Gabi. Pretty much slow balling Steffi here with big loopy topspin and floating slice, pushing Steffi back and giving her nothing to bite on. Gabi then mixing it up with some great net play. As for Steffi, she said that she had a huge attack of nerves before this match and she was so devastated by the loss that she didn't leave her hotel room for several days.
On this day, Gaby moved incredibly well, made hardly any errors and as you say, her low biting backhand slice and heavy forehand topspin were hit so well with such depth and Gaby also approached and volleyed brilliantly and passed with perfection on both sides. That one topspin backhand lob and those 4 or 5 bcrosscourt forehand dipping passers snd of course the several really hard, down the line drive backhands were something else. They played so many times in slams, but I’ve never seen Gaby play with such conviction and confidence as in this match. She always played Steffi so well at the us open though. Her losses in 88, 89, 93 and 95 to Steffi were all very high quality. If they met at the French between 90-93, Gaby could have picked up another win, but Monica had other plans!
@@moviefan4life166 There are some really odd quirks in their rivalry. One is that Gabi never beat Steffi on red clay, but had a fantastic record against her on green clay. Also, Gabi only ever beat Steffi once outside the USA (Tokyo 1991) and 8 of Gabi's 11 wins came in Florida.
@@moviefan4life166 Monica only prevented one possible Graf-Sabatini meeting at the French, in 92. In 91 Gaby lost to Monica, but only after Graf was blown out in one of her most terrible performances ever by Sanchez Vicario in the 1st semi. In 1990 she lost to Jana Novotna, and in 1993 to Mary Joe Fernandez.
Sabatini was so smart. Keep playing to Graf's weaker backhand side so she had time (graf always slice on her backhand) to keep the ball in play and dictate the points
This was a lot like the 1990 French Open final....Steffi was just a bag of nerves and couldn't find her game at all. But all credit to Gaby, she actually made Steffi look ordinary on this day.
Was 18..had watched this match..now again 2024 enjoying it.. Sabatini was my favourite n she won it...if she had continued she could have definitely won more..
Max. Very very true point. And she lost 2 to Sanchez Vicario in 94 which was peak Sanchez Vicario who won both slams she beat Gaby in, and one to MaryJoe in Australia in 92 and I believe she actually lost 3 to Seles (2 French and 1 AO). None of the players she lost to in the semis were weak for sure. All but MJ, were probably either 1 or 2 in the world or Martina on grass or Evert on clay which is the ultimate test. I’d say her biggest miss was Wimbledon 91, just two tiny points away on her serve and probably the French open 92 when she was the best in the world on clay and led Seles 4-2 in the 3rd set. She also played very subpar against MJ in Australia after beating her easily two weeks prior. Looking back the 87 French open loss to Steffi 7-5 in the third was probably a defining result as neither had won a slam and had Gaby won that match and the final, it could very well have changed the dynamics as Steffi went on an absolute tear after that and it took Gaby 3 years to win a slam.
If Sabatini could only play like this regularly she would have denied Graf a lot more Slams. Sabatini just destroyed her here with elegance, beauty and brains.
Yes I agree. Gaby took all of Steffi’s weapons away playing like this. She knew exactly what her game plan was and executed it perfectly. When Gaby was committed to attacking the net, she was very very hard to beat on a quick hard court. The us open was her best major by far. A win, a final losing to Graf in 3 in Steffi’s golden year, and a bunch of highly competitive semis vs Steffi. She should have made a number of finals in Paris too, but the players who defeated her were usually Steffi, Monica or Evert and what can you do!
The word "destroyed" is not appropriate here. It was only a 62 76 win for Gaby. Who was destroyed several times by Steffi: 62 62 Amelia Island 1987 63 60 AO 1989 63 61 Berlin 1989 63 62 Zurich 1990 60 62 Miami 1993 61 60 FO 1995
So glad Gaby won this one, would have been a big injustice for her to retire slamless, just ended up playing in such a tough period, the final years of Navratilova/Evert domination only for Graf/Seles to take control after.
Looking at the match again, you can see that Gabi is well aware of Steffi's patterns and where she's likely to hit the ball. By contrast, Steffi doesn't seem aware of Gabi's. It was well known for example that Gabi's forehand passing shots usually went cross court and yet you see Steffi leaving that side open time after time.
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I love that Gaby was one of the main characters in the golden age of women's tennis. GOAT.
We don't associate Gaby with an excellent volleyer, but she actually was. I suppose she was the best volleyer after Martina Navratilova. Graf is powerful and Gaby is skillful. It doesn't happen very often that skill beats power. It's a pity Gaby didn't come to the net as she did in this match. She could have beaten Graf and other players many times more.
Everyone associate Gaby with an excellent volleyer. She was the 3d best vollyer after Martina and Jana Novotna. She came enough to the net to beat Graf more than any other player in history (11 times) Including 5 times in a row (between 91-92)
@@andyray6324 , Yes, indeed! I should not forget about Jana Novotna. May she rest in peace! I must say Martina and Jana had great serve, but not Gaby. Therefore, she had to entirely rely on her volleying ability alone, rather than strong serve or ground strokes. She was a poetry in motion. I suppose after the loss in the Wimbledon final in 1991, I don't think she came to the net as much as she used to, Graf came to resurface after Monica's stabbing, but not Gaby. Graf took advantage of Monica's absence.
… actually, she beat Stefanie 5 times in a row in the following months with her “new” game that included more volleys. Since Graf had to defend a lot of points in 1991 (she had won every tournament she played in 1990 until Berlin in May) and lost a series of matches against Gaby in tournamentzs where she was defending champion, that was the reason Monica became No. 1 so soon (and of course, because Monica herself won so much in that period). This is why Gaby even was a slight favourite in the Wimbledon 1991 final which she only lost very closely. 8 of the victories of Gaby against Steffi were in the period between the US Open Final 1990 and Amelia Island 1992. After that, she never won another match against Steffi.
@@tobiaskluke7094 , Thank you for your running commentary. Yes, I was watching Wimbledon 1991. Gaby could have won it easily, but lost to Graf in the end. The similar thing happened to Novotna in Wimbledon 1993. I don't know if Graf was lucky or both Gaby and Novotna were nervous. Maybe both. I think for Jana, she was really nervous. I'm glad she won the title some years later. May she rest in peace.
I wonder if Gaby beef up her serve, I would think she would have more grand slams. EDIT: Did Steffi win any points at the net. Gabby played really smart, coming in on Steffi's backhand.
Steffi was less consistent in 1990. Gabriela, who always had the game to disrupt Steffi's sliced backhand played a lot more towards the net and revealed Steffi's weaknesses. Steffi could not hold the shock here. Gabriela was so much solid. If Steffi could have used more topspin backhands down the line maybe the score would have been different.
Do you have any doubles matches from Serena and Venus 1999 US Open or 2003 Wimbledon? Or any of Serena’s singles matches from the 2000 Australian Open?
To be fair, Sabatini's shot on match point looked out but Steffi never complained. I think Sabatini jumping up and down waving her arms in the air may have influenced the chair umpire that her shot was good, although Steffi did stare at the line where the ball landed for a couple seconds.
Oh please, they showed it so many times on highlights and it landed on the inside edge of the line. Steffi was a rotten loser every single time Gaby beat her.
Max. I enjoyed both players but even if your a diehard fan of Graf, you must admit that even though these two were great friends, Steffi looked like she was enraged after most of Gaby’s wins over her. I love this sport, and show respect to everyone on tour, and do not make false statements in my comments. To me, this is what I observed. I also don’t come here to offend other commenters. This is 31 years old, honestly it’s not the important to any of us at this point.
I used to get so mad at Steffi. because she always seemed cold towards Gabbi at net every time she lost to her. Toward Seles, or Sanchez Vicario, she was very congradulatory, but not Sabatini. Why did Gabbi put up with it?
It was either two things: Steffi felt she was simply the better player and most of all, far ahead in mental toughness, so she expected to defeat Gaby. The other factor was that it was always difficult playing her dear friend and doubles partner, Gaby Sabatini, and either a win or loss would have been difficult for Steffi to face.
strange year 1990 was for Steffi, 6/0 up in the French Open Final first set tiebreak, then semis at Wimbledon and this was a very bizarre loss, somewhere I read she had personal problems (Peter Graf)
Sabatini aurait pu gagner plus de titres en Grand Chelem.....je pense particulièrement à la finale à Wimbledon 1991 où elle a servi deux fois pour remporter le trophée......
Had Gaby not have to play in the Golden Age against Evert, Navratilova, Steffi, Seles, Sanchez she would have been a multiple slam winner. That she won only one slam but players like Capriati, Sharapova, Kerber, Osaka 3-5 slams is a cruel joke.
Actually regarding movement the game hasn't evolved at all. Grafs movement has still to be paralleled by a female tennis player. Now it's mostly ball bashing with players like Ash Barty being the rarity.
Que jugadrora Gaby Sabattini,unica y en esa epoca hasta 1992 fue una numero 1 virtual como afirmo Norma Baylon y en esa epoca surgieron grandes jugadoras argentinas como Mercedes Paz, Ines Gorrochategui,Batina Fulco Vilela ,Patricia Tarabini y Flor Labat que siempre estaban en 4tos de final de los Gran Slams como Wimbledo,U s Open o Roland Garros
Hmmm, not sure that last forehand down the line was good...oh well, just wanted to add, that though Sabatini won only 1 grand slam title, I do think its important to note that she was in the closet during her career. Way back then, I always laughed at guys fawning over her, to me it was so obvious she was gay... Not sure at what age she came out, but publicly, it was learned way after her career. I think that had she lived in a more open and accepting world, she could've been her true self and probably, her tennis would've shown that confidence. Oh wel, still she had a decent career and made a lot of money...And last time I heard she was happy and in a loving relationship - I hope that's true.
Maybe ugly visually, but it was lethal for her opponents... they were putting easy balls in return, so she was able to move around those balls and slammed them with her crushing forehand, "game over" (only player who could keep up with this strategy was Seles with her horrible - visually again - two handed shots :)
she is the greatest ever and you know it..did you see her complain at the end when the ball was clearly out??? no, she just let it be where as many other women would have lost it there
ya ok LOLOL..Seles was stabbed 6/10 of an inch deep..it was just a superficial flesh wound..good lord, do your homework before crying murder..Seles just sucked under pressure, mostly Wimbledon where she always choked under pressure
@RoamHockey Obviously, u know nothing about tennis or life. Had she not been stabbed by someone like u. ( maybe u did it). She would have had 14 grand slams or more.
You're missing the major point. It was part of Gabi's strategy - she wanted to slow things down. She knew Steffi loved nothing better than hard, flat groundstrokes coming at her. So she put plenty of air in the ball, pushing Steffi back with high topspin balls or floating slice and waited for her opportunity to attack. She nullified steffi's strengths very well here. Intelligent tennis players know it isn't just about hitting the ball as fast and as hard as you can - taking all the pace off can often ruin your opponent's game.
Yes, that's true. I think Gaby depended on her skills rather than her power. Gaby's beautiful to watch, but I wish she had shown more power and meanness and hunger like Graf and Monica, but being a nice lady like Gaby, I suppose she could not do it.
Vechris. Your comments are rude and ignorant. You know nothing of the sport. The athleticism and variety of shotmaking shown in this match is incredible. Gaby’s stab volley in the tiebreak was out of this world. It’s like Federer, Gaby and Steffi were pure poetry on a tennis court. And Steffi has the best forehand ever in women’s tennis and Gaby has arguably the best one handed backhand of all time. Her drive down the line backhands were second to none.
Sabatini to me seems to be overrated. I’m not that familiar with her but based on this match it seems she’s just more of a pusher esque schiavone. Nothing exciting. I see why she didn’t win another. I will say however, she is absolutely beautiful. More so than Sharapova or Kournikova to me
I followed the 90s era and she really isn't overrated. However, you can't compare her with the new generation of power machines of the last 20 years. Today's game is somewhere else, thanks to different materials and surfaces. Back then, she was very exciting to watch and able of upsets against the best but she was not that as consistent as them, for some reason.
@@patriktoby9723totally agree, you can’t compare. My comment was from a few years back and admittedly pretty misguided. You can’t compare eras, it’s tennis evolution and each era leads to the other. Sabatini is special for sure
You might laugh at this ... but one of the main reason she didn't win as much as the others (Navratilova Graf Seles etc.) because she was extremely shy (!) to the point that she was almost terrified to have the obligation to give victory speeches, and this phobia/paranoia often blocked her on the court. You know where she won a lot ? In Rome (Italy), 4 times in 5 years. Because over there she was loved and admired by the italian public, they were all cheering for her so she felt relaxed and at ease, like being home.
Ví en vivo este partido...sólo Dios sabe la emoción de ese día para el deporte argentino y lo que euforia que yo tenía frente a la televisión. ¡Gracias Gaby por Tanto! ¡¡GRACIAS DIOS MÍO!!
What a match from Gaby! She could have and should have won so many more. So talented!
She was in love with Luis miguel
with a better serve she would have won at least 3 more.
Very true. However, her passion for competing and travelling for competitions started to wane as early as 93/94, and Gaby revealed this herself. Because as she retired suddenly in 96, people assume her passion waned that year or 95. But it was earlier. It's frustrating as she was so naturally talented and could have competed even into the early 2000s as she was talented and into fitness, but it was about passion and drive. At least Gaby Sabatini made her decision and a firm one with no regrets. Plus 11 years on tour was good enough. We were blessed with 11 years of Sabatini on tour!
She should have won more and I mean a lot more, but I think her main weakness was that she genuinely liked everyone on the women’s tour. She was popular among the players for a reason.
I LOVE GABY, I MISS YOU ...for ever my NUM1💞🌹💞💞💞🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Just watched a few videos for the past few days my goodness. That was the golden age of women's tennis. Women's tennis has become one-dimensional. Match was beautiful
Such a clever match from Gabi. Pretty much slow balling Steffi here with big loopy topspin and floating slice, pushing Steffi back and giving her nothing to bite on. Gabi then mixing it up with some great net play. As for Steffi, she said that she had a huge attack of nerves before this match and she was so devastated by the loss that she didn't leave her hotel room for several days.
On this day, Gaby moved incredibly well, made hardly any errors and as you say, her low biting backhand slice and heavy forehand topspin were hit so well with such depth and Gaby also approached and volleyed brilliantly and passed with perfection on both sides. That one topspin backhand lob and those 4 or 5 bcrosscourt forehand dipping passers snd of course the several really hard, down the line drive backhands were something else. They played so many times in slams, but I’ve never seen Gaby play with such conviction and confidence as in this match. She always played Steffi so well at the us open though. Her losses in 88, 89, 93 and 95 to Steffi were all very high quality. If they met at the French between 90-93, Gaby could have picked up another win, but Monica had other plans!
@@moviefan4life166 There are some really odd quirks in their rivalry. One is that Gabi never beat Steffi on red clay, but had a fantastic record against her on green clay. Also, Gabi only ever beat Steffi once outside the USA (Tokyo 1991) and 8 of Gabi's 11 wins came in Florida.
@@moviefan4life166 Monica only prevented one possible Graf-Sabatini meeting at the French, in 92. In 91 Gaby lost to Monica, but only after Graf was blown out in one of her most terrible performances ever by Sanchez Vicario in the 1st semi. In 1990 she lost to Jana Novotna, and in 1993 to Mary Joe Fernandez.
@@zeddekaWith those 8 Florida wins being in a row!
Sabatini was so smart. Keep playing to Graf's weaker backhand side so she had time (graf always slice on her backhand) to keep the ball in play and dictate the points
Excellent win and championship for Gaby! :)
wow great quality 👏🏻👏🏻
This was a lot like the 1990 French Open final....Steffi was just a bag of nerves and couldn't find her game at all. But all credit to Gaby, she actually made Steffi look ordinary on this day.
Was 18..had watched this match..now again 2024 enjoying it.. Sabatini was my favourite n she won it...if she had continued she could have definitely won more..
So incredible!!
Tatticamente uno dei migliori match in carriera della Sabatini. Strategia perfetta
Gabriella une très grande joueuse et avec beaucoup de classe 🤩
Seeing her both volley and pass like this, can’t explain why she didnt win more majors.
Max. Very very true point. And she lost 2 to Sanchez Vicario in 94 which was peak Sanchez Vicario who won both slams she beat Gaby in, and one to MaryJoe in Australia in 92 and I believe she actually lost 3 to Seles (2 French and 1 AO). None of the players she lost to in the semis were weak for sure. All but MJ, were probably either 1 or 2 in the world or Martina on grass or Evert on clay which is the ultimate test. I’d say her biggest miss was Wimbledon 91, just two tiny points away on her serve and probably the French open 92 when she was the best in the world on clay and led Seles 4-2 in the 3rd set. She also played very subpar against MJ in Australia after beating her easily two weeks prior. Looking back the 87 French open loss to Steffi 7-5 in the third was probably a defining result as neither had won a slam and had Gaby won that match and the final, it could very well have changed the dynamics as Steffi went on an absolute tear after that and it took Gaby 3 years to win a slam.
@Max E Ash Barty
Seles happened
she didn't win more because of her serve.
Her serve.
Como se extrañan estas jugadoras en el tour. Una variedad de recursos y una calidad técnica envidiable.
If Sabatini could only play like this regularly she would have denied Graf a lot more Slams. Sabatini just destroyed her here with elegance, beauty and brains.
Yes I agree. Gaby took all of Steffi’s weapons away playing like this. She knew exactly what her game plan was and executed it perfectly.
When Gaby was committed to attacking the net, she was very very hard to beat on a quick hard court. The us open was her best major by far. A win, a final losing to Graf in 3 in Steffi’s golden year, and a bunch of highly competitive semis vs Steffi. She should have made a number of finals in Paris too, but the players who defeated her were usually Steffi, Monica or Evert and what can you do!
The word "destroyed" is not appropriate here. It was only a 62 76 win for Gaby.
Who was destroyed several times by Steffi:
62 62 Amelia Island 1987
63 60 AO 1989
63 61 Berlin 1989
63 62 Zurich 1990
60 62 Miami 1993
61 60 FO 1995
Would I be right to say that back then before Henin and Mauresmo, Sabatini was the one player with the best and varied one handed backhand?
I agree
Steffi Graf and her.
Definitely.
So glad Gaby won this one, would have been a big injustice for her to retire slamless, just ended up playing in such a tough period, the final years of Navratilova/Evert domination only for Graf/Seles to take control after.
Looking at the match again, you can see that Gabi is well aware of Steffi's patterns and where she's likely to hit the ball. By contrast, Steffi doesn't seem aware of Gabi's. It was well known for example that Gabi's forehand passing shots usually went cross court and yet you see Steffi leaving that side open time after time.
I love that Gaby was one of the main characters in the golden age of women's tennis. GOAT.
We don't associate Gaby with an excellent volleyer, but she actually was. I suppose she was the best volleyer after Martina Navratilova. Graf is powerful and Gaby is skillful. It doesn't happen very often that skill beats power. It's a pity Gaby didn't come to the net as she did in this match. She could have beaten Graf and other players many times more.
Everyone associate Gaby with an excellent volleyer. She was the 3d best vollyer after Martina and Jana Novotna. She came enough to the net to beat Graf more than any other player in history (11 times) Including 5 times in a row (between 91-92)
@@andyray6324 , Yes, indeed! I should not forget about Jana Novotna. May she rest in peace! I must say Martina and Jana had great serve, but not Gaby. Therefore, she had to entirely rely on her volleying ability alone, rather than strong serve or ground strokes. She was a poetry in motion. I suppose after the loss in the Wimbledon final in 1991, I don't think she came to the net as much as she used to, Graf came to resurface after Monica's stabbing, but not Gaby. Graf took advantage of Monica's absence.
@Max E , I don't want any tennis lesson from you, thanks! Graf and Gaby are like Naomi Osaka and Ashley Barty. Power again skills.
… actually, she beat Stefanie 5 times in a row in the following months with her “new” game that included more volleys. Since Graf had to defend a lot of points in 1991 (she had won every tournament she played in 1990 until Berlin in May) and lost a series of matches against Gaby in tournamentzs where she was defending champion, that was the reason Monica became No. 1 so soon (and of course, because Monica herself won so much in that period). This is why Gaby even was a slight favourite in the Wimbledon 1991 final which she only lost very closely. 8 of the victories of Gaby against Steffi were in the period between the US Open Final 1990 and Amelia Island 1992. After that, she never won another match against Steffi.
@@tobiaskluke7094 , Thank you for your running commentary. Yes, I was watching Wimbledon 1991. Gaby could have won it easily, but lost to Graf in the end. The similar thing happened to Novotna in Wimbledon 1993. I don't know if Graf was lucky or both Gaby and Novotna were nervous. Maybe both. I think for Jana, she was really nervous. I'm glad she won the title some years later. May she rest in peace.
El segundo set es espectacular!!! Tremendaaaa Gabi❤
QUE LINDA!!!. SE PUEDE SER MAS DIOSA!!!!????.
SALUDOS DESDE BS AS ARGENTINA 😙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Sabatini had the audience with her for sure.
Esse dia eu torci muito para a Sabatini.
One of the few times that Graf didn't seem to be able to find her game. Good win for Gabriela, highlight of her career.
2 ladies with 1 handers. You'll never see that in a match today
Sabatini ❤
I wonder if Gaby beef up her serve, I would think she would have more grand slams.
EDIT: Did Steffi win any points at the net. Gabby played really smart, coming in on Steffi's backhand.
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Wonderfull........the second latín woman to get the US Open after the chilean Anita Lizana i'm 1937..
Didn't Maria Bueno win the US Open in the 60's?
There is a reason why Gaby beat her 11 times, which is more than anyone else.
Steffi was less consistent in 1990. Gabriela, who always had the game to disrupt Steffi's sliced backhand played a lot more towards the net and revealed Steffi's weaknesses. Steffi could not hold the shock here. Gabriela was so much solid. If Steffi could have used more topspin backhands down the line maybe the score would have been different.
La última bola probablemente estaba fuera, pero eso no importa mucho.
Do you have any doubles matches from Serena and Venus 1999 US Open or 2003 Wimbledon? Or any of Serena’s singles matches from the 2000 Australian Open?
To be fair, Sabatini's shot on match point looked out but Steffi never complained. I think Sabatini jumping up and down waving her arms in the air may have influenced the chair umpire that her shot was good, although Steffi did stare at the line where the ball landed for a couple seconds.
Oh please, they showed it so many times on highlights and it landed on the inside edge of the line. Steffi was a rotten loser every single time Gaby beat her.
Max. I enjoyed both players but even if your a diehard fan of Graf, you must admit that even though these two were great friends, Steffi looked like she was enraged after most of Gaby’s wins over her. I love this sport, and show respect to everyone on tour, and do not make false statements in my comments. To me, this is what I observed. I also don’t come here to offend other commenters. This is 31 years old, honestly it’s not the important to any of us at this point.
Max. It’s nice to see how humble Steffi was as indeed she was a perfectionist and surely a beautiful person on the inside and out.
It wasn't out. It touched the line.
@@moviefan4life166 Steffi a rotten loser always when Gaby beat her, what?? you must really hate Graf.....
at 54 she looked so fit yesteray at the exhibition match at Ashe
I used to get so mad at Steffi. because she always seemed cold towards Gabbi at net every time she lost to her. Toward Seles, or Sanchez Vicario, she was very congradulatory, but not Sabatini. Why did Gabbi put up with it?
It was either two things: Steffi felt she was simply the better player and most of all, far ahead in mental toughness, so she expected to defeat Gaby. The other factor was that it was always difficult playing her dear friend and doubles partner, Gaby Sabatini, and either a win or loss would have been difficult for Steffi to face.
Fucking dead at Chris Evert dragging Mary Jo in the commentary out of nowhere
peppered Steffi's BH, came to the net to disrupt Steffi - great game plan
strange year 1990 was for Steffi, 6/0 up in the French Open Final first set tiebreak, then semis at Wimbledon and this was a very bizarre loss, somewhere I read she had personal problems (Peter Graf)
6/2 up in the tiebreak
Sabatini aurait pu gagner plus de titres en Grand Chelem.....je pense particulièrement à la finale à Wimbledon 1991 où elle a servi deux fois pour remporter le trophée......
Had Gaby not have to play in the Golden Age against Evert, Navratilova, Steffi, Seles, Sanchez she would have been a multiple slam winner.
That she won only one slam but players like Capriati, Sharapova, Kerber, Osaka 3-5 slams is a cruel joke.
@@carrerau7138
Shoulda coulda woulda???
@@stephenkeye2678 Yes.
A cool invention by Selestial nutters.
How pretty Gabi is. ❤❤❤❤❤
That last ball looked out
Bien gabriela sabatini
That ball at the end was wayyyyy out...?
That last shot from Gaby looked way out.
Can imagine how Hingis or Serena would have reacted...
Como o saque da sabatine era fraco
My how the game has evolved, from this paddle tennis to modern day tennis.
I'd love to see modern tennis players play with a Dunlop max 200g
Actually regarding movement the game hasn't evolved at all. Grafs movement has still to be paralleled by a female tennis player. Now it's mostly ball bashing with players like Ash Barty being the rarity.
mais son coup est OUT c'est grotesque!!!!
She was much better than Steffi
yeah..well..ummm..good luck with that🤣
This was Gaby's lone major win in singles. She was a pretty good player, but you are what your record says you are. That is all.
Que jugadrora Gaby Sabattini,unica y en esa epoca hasta 1992 fue una numero 1 virtual como afirmo Norma Baylon y en esa epoca surgieron grandes jugadoras argentinas como Mercedes Paz, Ines Gorrochategui,Batina Fulco Vilela ,Patricia Tarabini y Flor Labat que siempre estaban en 4tos de final de los Gran Slams como Wimbledo,U s Open o Roland Garros
Hmmm, not sure that last forehand down the line was good...oh well, just wanted to add, that though Sabatini won only 1 grand slam title, I do think its important to note that she was in the closet during her career. Way back then, I always laughed at guys fawning over her, to me it was so obvious she was gay... Not sure at what age she came out, but publicly, it was learned way after her career. I think that had she lived in a more open and accepting world, she could've been her true self and probably, her tennis would've shown that confidence. Oh wel, still she had a decent career and made a lot of money...And last time I heard she was happy and in a loving relationship - I hope that's true.
It is
I never realized how ugly graf slice backhand was!
Maybe ugly visually, but it was lethal for her opponents... they were putting easy balls in return, so she was able to move around those balls and slammed them with her crushing forehand, "game over" (only player who could keep up with this strategy was Seles with her horrible - visually again - two handed shots :)
@@Helstar74 I agree it was lethal but just ugly to look. I actually love her game but realized it was not picture worthy.
I hate Graf' attitude. She is not deserve to be a champion
she is the greatest ever and you know it..did you see her complain at the end when the ball was clearly out??? no, she just let it be where as many other women would have lost it there
@@RoamHockey
It's undisputed SERENA is the greatest ever. Stick to hockey.
Sharapova is the most beautiful tennis player ever.
It's a tossup between Sharapova and Anna Kournikova, but I think Anna is cuter. Gay has a different kind of beauty.
Never really got Sharapova's appeal but I do like Anna K, Dokic, Halep
and Muguruza.
why mentioning the doper in this thread?
Seles would have done that if she hadn't been stabbed!
It happened 3 years later eh, she was beated by an unknown italian player in the second or third round here.
ya ok LOLOL..Seles was stabbed 6/10 of an inch deep..it was just a superficial flesh wound..good lord, do your homework before crying murder..Seles just sucked under pressure, mostly Wimbledon where she always choked under pressure
@RoamHockey
Obviously, u know nothing about tennis or life. Had she not been stabbed by someone like u. ( maybe u did it). She would have had 14 grand slams or more.
Thank God for Monica Seles that came n sped up women's game. This is boring asf... Snooze fest
You're missing the major point. It was part of Gabi's strategy - she wanted to slow things down. She knew Steffi loved nothing better than hard, flat groundstrokes coming at her. So she put plenty of air in the ball, pushing Steffi back with high topspin balls or floating slice and waited for her opportunity to attack. She nullified steffi's strengths very well here. Intelligent tennis players know it isn't just about hitting the ball as fast and as hard as you can - taking all the pace off can often ruin your opponent's game.
@@zeddeka yea Steffi won 22 slams n she won one... Great strategy
Yes, that's true. I think Gaby depended on her skills rather than her power. Gaby's beautiful to watch, but I wish she had shown more power and meanness and hunger like Graf and Monica, but being a nice lady like Gaby, I suppose she could not do it.
Vechris. Your comments are rude and ignorant. You know nothing of the sport. The athleticism and variety of shotmaking shown in this match is incredible. Gaby’s stab volley in the tiebreak was out of this world. It’s like Federer, Gaby and Steffi were pure poetry on a tennis court. And Steffi has the best forehand ever in women’s tennis and Gaby has arguably the best one handed backhand of all time. Her drive down the line backhands were second to none.
@@moviefan4life166 shut up I don't care. Game was slow n Monica made them run FOH.
Sabatini to me seems to be overrated. I’m not that familiar with her but based on this match it seems she’s just more of a pusher esque schiavone. Nothing exciting. I see why she didn’t win another. I will say however, she is absolutely beautiful. More so than Sharapova or Kournikova to me
She is not overrated. She just didn't have the mental strength to challenge top player at the highest level even though she was the more talented
Gabys problem was her first serve. It was like a nothing push. I agree on the looks though.
I followed the 90s era and she really isn't overrated. However, you can't compare her with the new generation of power machines of the last 20 years. Today's game is somewhere else, thanks to different materials and surfaces. Back then, she was very exciting to watch and able of upsets against the best but she was not that as consistent as them, for some reason.
@@patriktoby9723totally agree, you can’t compare. My comment was from a few years back and admittedly pretty misguided. You can’t compare eras, it’s tennis evolution and each era leads to the other. Sabatini is special for sure
You might laugh at this ... but one of the main reason she didn't win as much as the others (Navratilova Graf Seles etc.) because she was extremely shy (!) to the point that she was almost terrified to have the obligation to give victory speeches, and this phobia/paranoia often blocked her on the court. You know where she won a lot ? In Rome (Italy), 4 times in 5 years. Because over there she was loved and admired by the italian public, they were all cheering for her so she felt relaxed and at ease, like being home.
Sabatini was one of the dullest players I've ever seen.
Che fica Gabriela !