I won’t say she has no weapon, because being a consistent tactician was her main strength. Besides, she was 1-0 in H2H against Serena, with the score of one set as 6-0. 😄
What a gem, in so many ways: 1: perspective Monica Seles = the one [and only ever loss to MJF] that got away:) 2: perspective Mary Joe Fernández = unlike [many] others, I do not have a bagel Head2Head statistic against Monica Seles. But little did both of them know: They'd become close friends some years later. Monica Seles was I think her bridesmaid and the husband of MJF is Tony Godsick, who managed Monica until Roger Federer and him worked together. RF and TG founded a sports marketing agency and signed Coco early on.
Monica mentioned this match in one of her books, but as i recall she didnt quite remember correctly what had happened. Instead of the point deduction, she said the umpire had called the score wrong.
I remember watching this match live on television. It was super interesting: she got a warning early in the match because her father was coaching her illegally from the sidelines and then in the tiebreaker she got a point penalty because it was a second warning (this time because of time), but then on top the referee called the wrong score and nobody noticed until the end. Monica was crying afterwards and the referee also when he was told his error….
Monica was physically not ready yet that year, she still looked like a child, still did she end the year as Nr. 6 in the rankings which is quite impressive.
I think part of it was the surface as well. She's much better on clay and hard courts but especially so at that point in her career. These indoor carpet courts were probably challenging for her because of the lower bounce. I thought she played a super-impressive matches during the clay court season, especially at the French Open.
@@gk891 she looked outrageously good in that recently uploaded quasi exo (that they all seemed to take very seriously) in essen in 89 and she was sensational indoors from 90-93. some of her best performances of all were indoors - eg v sabatini in year ends 91
@@donallynch1689 Yes I agree. But IMO, she was much better indoors from 1990 to 1993 compared to 1989. However, I am not sure if I've seen this exo tournament. Will have to look at it.
@@justtennischannel2 Seles writes in her book that the umpire made a counting error in the tie-break of this Filderstadt 1989 semis match against MJ Fernandez (which is true). But she tells us that she led Mary-Joe with 3-1 when one of her shots was wrongfully called out. And then the umpire allegedly said "4-1 Fernandez"! Which is wrong. Seles led 2-1 (not 3-1), Seles hit the next ball out, debated the call with the umpire and when play continued eventually the ump said "3-2 Fernandez" (not "4-1 Fernandez") instead of "2-2".
@@carrerau7138 3-2 would have been correct then, wouldn’t it? I thought Monica lost the point to make it 2-2, but was then awarded a penalty point against her to make it 3-2 to Fernandez? All very confusing!
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thanks a lot
Fernandez had no weapons throughout her career. Thanks for the upload. Love my Monica💙
I won’t say she has no weapon, because being a consistent tactician was her main strength. Besides, she was 1-0 in H2H against Serena, with the score of one set as 6-0. 😄
The only time Mary Joe ever beat Monica in their first ever meeting
What a gem, in so many ways:
1: perspective Monica Seles = the one [and only ever loss to MJF] that got away:)
2: perspective Mary Joe Fernández = unlike [many] others, I do not have a bagel Head2Head statistic against Monica Seles.
But little did both of them know:
They'd become close friends some years later. Monica Seles was I think her bridesmaid and the husband of MJF is Tony Godsick, who managed Monica until Roger Federer and him worked together. RF and TG founded a sports marketing agency and signed Coco early on.
Monica mentioned this match in one of her books, but as i recall she didnt quite remember correctly what had happened. Instead of the point deduction, she said the umpire had called the score wrong.
Yeah I think she slightly misrepresented in the book. Vagaries of memory…
I remember watching this match live on television. It was super interesting: she got a warning early in the match because her father was coaching her illegally from the sidelines and then in the tiebreaker she got a point penalty because it was a second warning (this time because of time), but then on top the referee called the wrong score and nobody noticed until the end. Monica was crying afterwards and the referee also when he was told his error….
@@AlexSchurian-t6r Wait, the umpire gave her a point penalty AND he called the wrong score?
How tall was Seles here? Seems about 5'8. A few inches under MJF. Grew a couple inches after this.
Yes show Seles
Monica was physically not ready yet that year, she still looked like a child, still did she end the year as Nr. 6 in the rankings which is quite impressive.
I think part of it was the surface as well. She's much better on clay and hard courts but especially so at that point in her career. These indoor carpet courts were probably challenging for her because of the lower bounce. I thought she played a super-impressive matches during the clay court season, especially at the French Open.
@@gk891 she looked outrageously good in that recently uploaded quasi exo (that they all seemed to take very seriously) in essen in 89 and she was sensational indoors from 90-93. some of her best performances of all were indoors - eg v sabatini in year ends 91
@@donallynch1689 Yes I agree. But IMO, she was much better indoors from 1990 to 1993 compared to 1989. However, I am not sure if I've seen this exo tournament. Will have to look at it.
Seldom for Monica to just give a nod to the Umpire instead of a handshake!!!
Handshake was not possible in Filderstadt cause the chairs were too high up.
What exactly happened at 31:31? What was the point penalty for?
For time abuse. She had a warning before. So she got a point penalty. Very unfair
@@AlexSchurian-t6r Hmm, interesting. Thank you.
When you compare what Seles wrote in her book and what really happened you can see that she lied.
Not the only lie she spread in her books.
Get a life hoffenheim
I'm afraid I have to disagree with your comment.
@@justtennischannel2 Seles writes in her book that the umpire made a counting error in the tie-break of this Filderstadt 1989 semis match against MJ Fernandez (which is true). But she tells us that she led Mary-Joe with 3-1 when one of her shots was wrongfully called out. And then the umpire allegedly said "4-1 Fernandez"!
Which is wrong.
Seles led 2-1 (not 3-1), Seles hit the next ball out, debated the call with the umpire and when play continued eventually the ump said "3-2 Fernandez" (not "4-1 Fernandez") instead of "2-2".
@@carrerau7138
3-2 would have been correct then, wouldn’t it? I thought Monica lost the point to make it 2-2, but was then awarded a penalty point against her to make it 3-2 to Fernandez? All very confusing!