Nastya is 42yo, she retired in 2007 (16 years ago). This affair should have been massacre of the innocents! Still she looked quite competitive and you had to solve a few problems to overpower her. And her great sense of humor... Good for Nastya!
@@benparsons4979Yes, she did retire at 26. Not a very standard case, but it happens. For example, Martina Hingis (5 times single Grand Slam champion) retired at 27.
@@benparsons4979It was a little early, but she was struggling with performance and injuries. At the time, most players retired around the age of 30, or soon after. It was very different than it is now.
Nastya Myskina was one of the reasons I followed women's tennis back then. Her groundstrokes were laser-like and her anticipation was second only to Hingis. There's no player who plays with her elegance and grace at the moment in the women's game aside from maybe Rybakina. I miss her very much.
@alani3992 I agree with you, but I was just talking about how elegant their manner of playing is. To me, it seems like they have an effortless way of playing tennis, which I appreciate very much. Lindsay Davenport and Roger Federer have the same quality.
You don't even know what nostalgia this brings forth for me! Myskina was one of the first players I ever saw play on tv and eversince I've been watching tennis. She was just incredibly cool. Such a unique personality and game. You are so lucky you got to meet her and play with her!
Still these so lovely eyes, Nastya ! I was rooting for her at the french, no matter how deep the got in the draw, for years. We (french) got to know her a bit better, thanks to on court /studio interviewes. She had such a charming mix of being shy, yet with a good sense of humour and these beautiful somewhat mischievous eyes... wasn't hard to root for her 🙂 ! Nice to see she is ageing so gracefully. Superb tennis academy ! I love those wooden arches, and the view and natural light this "transparent wall" is offering.
Sometimes people think that this or that foreign player doesn’t have a personality when, in fact, it’s often the fact that English is not their first language and they are not fluent enough to show their humour / personality. Rublev is viral for his humour but even with him i sometimes see how he translates his jokes from Russian and it would 100% be funnier in his language, also the delivery is different in different languages. I’ve seen this with Czech girls whose jokes often remain lost in translation lol
I loved watching her in the early 2000s. I saw her play a world team tennis match in 2002 in Springfield, Missouri, she wasn’t a slam champion yet but she was becoming a top player at the time. Anyways I remember after the match going to get her autograph and there wasn’t even hardly a line to get it because John McEnroe was also there so I got to speak to her for a second. Nothing much I think I just told her she played really well and congrats and she said thank you but I remember her being really friendly and kind and smiling and stuff and it seemed very genuine. Love her sense of humor here!
what this kinda reinforced to me was that one has to have a really gritty, unflappable, self-assured, and airtight personality to get anywhere within the WTA. even with the obvious power-difference at hand, she didn't lose one step of self-assurance; it was like she owned just being there. i can imagine any number of other people just really intimidated by the situation, but not an instant of that, at least visibly. brava to her, respect!
true and also i think once somebody plays and wins in a french open -- stuff like this youtube vid probably aren't working the nerves too much. could be wrong - who knows? good to see her for sure!
Not sure if everyone noticed. Nastya said in Russian "Grisha, if you train properly, you would be world class player." So Grisha, давай. One idea that came to mind is to try to collaborate with Kasatkina. I am sure she would like to play you for her youtube channel. Could be really fun to watch.
Back in the day (1980), I was playing varsity High school tennis. I was a bit of a freak in that I hardly practiced but had a natural ability to serve and my serves reached nearly 120mph. Unfortunately, the rest of my game wasn’t at that level and my natural laziness prevented me from reaching my potential. Something I regret. Anyway, I was at a group lesson at Tam Tennis Club in north IL burbs and a younger girl was training with her coach on a nearby court. I noticed her coach exchange some words with the pro who was coaching our group. That pro, Bob Marimba(sp?), signaled for me to come over. When I did he told the younger girl , “ if you return this kids serve, then you can return just about any serve you’ll face in competition.” Needless to say she quickly started returning everything I had. It was like hitting against a wall. I don’t think I won a volley. That younger girl was Andrea Yeager. That’s My brush with greatness!
she would whoop my behind... and at 42, holy cow shes still got it. Also, playing against a slam winner is super special. Thanks for your content as always grisha!
@@gladiatorstribe crazy indeed! it was a war! i really felt so bad for Vera after her loss. but she's still top 20, 25 so she's still living her dream job while all her RUS peers have retired. not bad for Vera 💪
Let it also be known that Myskina destroyed Dementieva for that French Open Grand Slam too, 6-1 6-2. She was also a very underrated cutie in the Kournikova and Hingis era
That was a super fun video. Always was a fan of hers back during her titles runs, and for us Americans we typically only got to see her during the grand slam tournaments.
She was so calm. Great content as always! The only issue was the camera person over the last couple of minutes of the game, was moving the camera too fast. Instead, it would be much better if he/she took a wide shot.
Though you make a big deal about her former abilities and success on tour, you also downplay your own ability before the play to make it seem like a victory by you would be a "major upset." In reality, your tennis is advanced enough and polished enough to not only stay with her, but to take it to her, using superior power and consistency. That was no upset. She was overpowered. What would've been more competitive, would've been a handicap set, where she has the alleys, and you get only one serve.
It would have been disrespectful to her if he changed the rules to give her a chance for points, this was better in terms of respecting her by playing some points easy to give her a score and then overpowering her as her body is too weak to handle a man’s play right now
You know grisha’s serves are very very good when the former world number two is struggling to return it and also great video! We would love to see more!
@@Sebalovedaddy.62 I guess yeah, but between woman and man tennis there is an abyss of difference. Anyway I agree with you and I think grisha it's a great player but maybe this is not the right person to compare him with rn
However in many sports women are competing with men and in several instances competitive. I'm not saying in 2023 women should right now be in all men's sports. But if you look at history. Women are faster and stronger than ever before, and i think as time goes on youll see more and more women cross over into male sports. Not ready in 2023 not ready maybe even in 2083. But in the future sports will drastically look different.
You tore your bicep? Is this before or after your UTR matches? I was looking forward to your renewed training commitment but a torn bicep is pretty serious.
Such a good video. Grisha...man...incredible ma man. She's awesome. So funny. Great chemistry between you two. She did pretty awesome actually; I think. Thanks for sharing this. Really enjoyed it. Would love to visit Moscow one day, and her academy. Cheers! M
Damn. U got to play a former Grand Slam champion, former world no 2 & the first female Russian grand slam champion ever. I am so jealous. I remember watching her back then she was really good. However she was just unlucky to be born during that era. Her era was the most competitive era in women's tennis ever. Names like The Williams Sisters, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters all peaked during her time. It was just a lot harder to win grand slams during that era compared to the last 10 years. Had she been born 10 years younger she would have win more slams in the 2010s.
everybody speaks about Nastya’s tennis and how good it still is…let me say rather this: boy is she still so good looking, was beautiful when she was young and is still beautiful today
Congrats dude 🎉 I really enjoyed this. Your serve is excellent and you appear to have a balanced game. Waiting to 1/2 way through the second super breaker to produce something vaguely resembling a drop shot wasn't particularly imaginative, even though it's a slow indoor court. Her anticipation, after years of early practice, has allowed her to pretty much "predict your shot before you hit it." Amazing anticipation! Awesome rhythm and fluency too in her game. Just fitness is her problem now. Where are the courts located?
That was great. I swear, russian people...! In the end, you guys are the ones who get the most wta top 50 players in the world, and it's been like that for decades. Nastia is some personality, wish she was my coach. Keep it up guys
Those Russian ladies made the 2000s so special. Would love to see you hit with Dementieva, Kuznetsova, Petrova, Safina, or Zvonereva! Kasatkina from current players too.
@@gladiatorstribe So you string a racquet with same string but with different tensions in main and cross? Does this give a hybrid type feel? I think I also need to give it a try
That's the same thing happend in the match of Billie Jean king and nobody said anything about it but the man was 55 year old . That means she beat a literal dead man
Nastya is 42yo, she retired in 2007 (16 years ago).
This affair should have been massacre of the innocents!
Still she looked quite competitive and you had to solve a few problems to overpower her.
And her great sense of humor...
Good for Nastya!
So she retired at 26?
@@benparsons4979Yes, she did retire at 26. Not a very standard case, but it happens.
For example, Martina Hingis (5 times single Grand Slam champion) retired at 27.
@@benparsons4979It was a little early, but she was struggling with performance and injuries. At the time, most players retired around the age of 30, or soon after. It was very different than it is now.
Yes! She's soo awesome!!
I love when she said that men have trouble playing at this speed. Took Grisha some time to adjust.
Nastya Myskina was one of the reasons I followed women's tennis back then. Her groundstrokes were laser-like and her anticipation was second only to Hingis. There's no player who plays with her elegance and grace at the moment in the women's game aside from maybe Rybakina. I miss her very much.
Would definitely look great on tour today!
Rybakina has the best effort-to-power efficiency ever.
Myskina was more counter-puncher style.
@alani3992 I agree with you, but I was just talking about how elegant their manner of playing is. To me, it seems like they have an effortless way of playing tennis, which I appreciate very much. Lindsay Davenport and Roger Federer have the same quality.
@@iamshadowbanned699 I agree! Myskina and Rybakina both have an elegant game. Like an effortless dance. Same with Federer. They make it look easy.
She’s STILL a beauty!
You don't even know what nostalgia this brings forth for me!
Myskina was one of the first players I ever saw play on tv and eversince I've been watching tennis.
She was just incredibly cool. Such a unique personality and game.
You are so lucky you got to meet her and play with her!
That's really awesome to hear!! Glad it got you nostalgic hahahah
She is in remarkably good shape after not seeing her for 20 years. It's like she hasn't aged. She's amazing.
Great seeing Anastasia! She was one of my fav players to watch growing up. She had a great a backhand, speed and anticipation during her peak.
She still does hahahaa Agreed, she's great!!
Still these so lovely eyes, Nastya !
I was rooting for her at the french, no matter how deep the got in the draw, for years.
We (french) got to know her a bit better, thanks to on court /studio interviewes.
She had such a charming mix of being shy, yet with a good sense of humour and these beautiful somewhat mischievous eyes... wasn't hard to root for her 🙂 !
Nice to see she is ageing so gracefully.
Superb tennis academy !
I love those wooden arches, and the view and natural light this "transparent wall" is offering.
She’s a joy to watch and honestly her humor is too cute 😍 you’re so lucky to have gotten to hit with such a legend 🥰
Totally agree with you!
I am watching WTA tennis since 2002, but I had no clue Anastasia has such an amazing humor, love it! :D
Hahahaha yes!!
Sometimes people think that this or that foreign player doesn’t have a personality when, in fact, it’s often the fact that English is not their first language and they are not fluent enough to show their humour / personality. Rublev is viral for his humour but even with him i sometimes see how he translates his jokes from Russian and it would 100% be funnier in his language, also the delivery is different in different languages. I’ve seen this with Czech girls whose jokes often remain lost in translation lol
She has very cheeky humor!
She is flirting 😅
Hahahahaha she does!!
and the most sensual tennis "suffering" moaning I ever heard... 😅
Listen to her grunt 😅sound like moaning
I loved watching her in the early 2000s. I saw her play a world team tennis match in 2002 in Springfield, Missouri, she wasn’t a slam champion yet but she was becoming a top player at the time. Anyways I remember after the match going to get her autograph and there wasn’t even hardly a line to get it because John McEnroe was also there so I got to speak to her for a second. Nothing much I think I just told her she played really well and congrats and she said thank you but I remember her being really friendly and kind and smiling and stuff and it seemed very genuine. Love her sense of humor here!
You got the right impression! She's very kind and charming!
what this kinda reinforced to me was that one has to have a really gritty, unflappable, self-assured, and airtight personality to get anywhere within the WTA. even with the obvious power-difference at hand, she didn't lose one step of self-assurance; it was like she owned just being there. i can imagine any number of other people just really intimidated by the situation, but not an instant of that, at least visibly. brava to her, respect!
true and also i think once somebody plays and wins in a french open -- stuff like this youtube vid probably aren't working the nerves too much. could be wrong - who knows? good to see her for sure!
This is great! Myskina has a great sense of humor!!! LOL And still very competitive!!! Great match! Thank you!
She does! That's just awesome!!
Not sure if everyone noticed. Nastya said in Russian "Grisha, if you train properly, you would be world class player." So Grisha, давай.
One idea that came to mind is to try to collaborate with Kasatkina. I am sure she would like to play you for her youtube channel. Could be really fun to watch.
That would definitely be awesome. I'd be very down to do that!
Being out of the game so long I'm impressed with how well she played, she seems so nice too!
She is very nice and she's in a good shape!
In her playing days maybe she'd spot nine points and still win.
@@andrewmiller3055 Not a chance.
Back in the day (1980), I was playing varsity High school tennis. I was a bit of a freak in that I hardly practiced but had a natural ability to serve and my serves reached nearly 120mph. Unfortunately, the rest of my game wasn’t at that level and my natural laziness prevented me from reaching my potential. Something I regret. Anyway, I was at a group lesson at Tam Tennis Club in north IL burbs and a younger girl was training with her coach on a nearby court. I noticed her coach exchange some words with the pro who was coaching our group. That pro, Bob Marimba(sp?), signaled for me to come over. When I did he told the younger girl , “ if you return this kids serve, then you can return just about any serve you’ll face in competition.” Needless to say she quickly started returning everything I had. It was like hitting against a wall. I don’t think I won a volley. That younger girl was Andrea Yeager. That’s My brush with greatness!
To see a W on this channel for a change is nice. Good job Grisha! 😉
she would whoop my behind... and at 42, holy cow shes still got it. Also, playing against a slam winner is super special. Thanks for your content as always grisha!
She's really good!! Thank you so much!
Really impressive how Nastia still can compete well after all those years! Thank you for sharing this!
Nicely done Grish and Nastia. I love how light and playful this was.
Thank you very much!
Thank you for the amazing video Grisha !!! You always find a way to entertain us!! 👍 One question, what will be the next tournament you will play in ?
Thank you so much!! It's most likely going to be an itf!
Yes man love the uploads 💪💪
Thank you so much!
Her trash talking is top-tier. She'd fit right in with our group! What a fun match, thanks!
Love the content and how you learn and how you have a growth mindset
Thank you very much!!
More Myskina!
Hahahahaha
Винстоунчик!! Дорогой!!🤣🥎🤣
Awesome! Thanks! always great to see and hear from former Pro players! great to learn about their tennis history! ❤👊💪💯👏✅🙏 appreciate
Thanks so much! Definitely a lot to learn from her!
of all matches Nastia played, i will always remember the one vs Zvonareva where it ended w a 3rd set 17-15 tb in San Diego!
Crazy!!
@@gladiatorstribe crazy indeed! it was a war! i really felt so bad for Vera after her loss. but she's still top 20, 25 so she's still living her dream job while all her RUS peers have retired. not bad for Vera 💪
Let it also be known that Myskina destroyed Dementieva for that French Open Grand Slam too, 6-1 6-2. She was also a very underrated cutie in the Kournikova and Hingis era
Great video! Always loved to watch her play! Awesome personality!
Thanks! Totally agree!
Wonderful video! Subscribed.
great vid! awesome points and funny dialogue. subbed
Thank you!!
That was a super fun video. Always was a fan of hers back during her titles runs, and for us Americans we typically only got to see her during the grand slam tournaments.
Happy to see she's still in great shape.
She is!
Myskina was a great tennis player. She was playing during the time when women tennis was at its greatest. She was a joy to watch.
Well done great content 💪🥇😀
Thank you !!
She is in great shape! And still looking so good
Absolutely!!
She was so calm. Great content as always!
The only issue was the camera person over the last couple of minutes of the game, was moving the camera too fast. Instead, it would be much better if he/she took a wide shot.
Thank you very much!
Cannot get enough of this channel 🎾
Thank you so much!
Though you make a big deal about her former abilities and success on tour, you also downplay your own ability before the play to make it seem like a victory by you would be a "major upset." In reality, your tennis is advanced enough and polished enough to not only stay with her, but to take it to her, using superior power and consistency. That was no upset. She was overpowered. What would've been more competitive, would've been a handicap set, where she has the alleys, and you get only one serve.
It would have been disrespectful to her if he changed the rules to give her a chance for points, this was better in terms of respecting her by playing some points easy to give her a score and then overpowering her as her body is too weak to handle a man’s play right now
I love Nastya. The way she hit the ball in the early 2000s was absolutely majestic.
Totally agree!
great stuff man!
Thank you!!
When she won Roland Garros I was hypnotized by her beauty... Then I realized how smart she played. I missed her since she retided.
She's great in person too!
She still looks gorgeous, aged like a fine wine
excellent video thanks
for sharing
Myskina so nice, I took a photo with her in Rio Olympics
Thank you hahah That's awesome!
You know grisha’s serves are very very good when the former world number two is struggling to return it and also great video! We would love to see more!
well, she's 42 and a woman
Hshahahahahh vamos! Thank you very much!!
@@4ng3l48 ya I know. But still the former number two right?
@@Sebalovedaddy.62 I guess yeah, but between woman and man tennis there is an abyss of difference. Anyway I agree with you and I think grisha it's a great player but maybe this is not the right person to compare him with rn
@@4ng3l48 Yeah exactly. Current Grisha could most likely beat her at her peak
Love the collab! Shes definitely still great! Nice serve btw
She is!! Thank you!
Such good vibes! Congrats. A very funny video
Thank you so much!
A pleasure to see her!!! More content with former top Russian players would be amazing! (SAFIN...)
Absolutely! Yeah, that would be fun!
@@gladiatorstribe kafelinikov davidenko kirilenko tursunov so many legends
and to hear her 😅
Unbelievable facility. Fantastic
What a pleasure to see Anastasia! Good memories. That said, women's and men's tennis are two different sports.
However in many sports women are competing with men and in several instances competitive. I'm not saying in 2023 women should right now be in all men's sports. But if you look at history. Women are faster and stronger than ever before, and i think as time goes on youll see more and more women cross over into male sports. Not ready in 2023 not ready maybe even in 2083. But in the future sports will drastically look different.
😅 Love her sens of humor, her family and friends surely have great times with her 😎
For sure!
Извинити..ти-ти!! Ой!..Ай!!.Айайай!! Ооохх!!Аахххх!!!...
ЭТО ЛУЧШИЙ ТЕННИСНЫЙ РОЛИК НА ЮТУБЕ ЗА ВСЕ ВРЕМЯ!!🤣🥎🤣
Ахахахаха спасибо 😂😂
Question, where do you design your shirts?
You tore your bicep? Is this before or after your UTR matches? I was looking forward to your renewed training commitment but a torn bicep is pretty serious.
Hahahahaha that was before, we're all good now!
Very exciting vlog today. Hope the camera can be more stable next time. I find it dizzying from time to time. But great job by the team!
Such a good video. Grisha...man...incredible ma man.
She's awesome. So funny. Great chemistry between you two. She did pretty awesome actually; I think.
Thanks for sharing this. Really enjoyed it. Would love to visit Moscow one day, and her academy.
Cheers!
M
Thank you so much for such a positive feedback! Really glad you enjoyed it!
@@gladiatorstribe Loved it. Hope you're doing better with your bicep!
Чувство юмора Анастасии просто на высшем уровне)
Лучшая!!
You're so good. You were just mucking around with her.
Lovely experience! What is your string setup, Grisha?
You are a gentleman.👍 Very entertaining video. It is also nice to see what a top academy in Russia looks like.
Thank you very much!! Looks good, huh!
Looking at this, it isn't a surprise that they produce so many top players.
Really look forward to your review of prestige pro, and have it compare with your fav gravity pro
Fantastic really enjoyed it now let’s see you hit with Davydenko
That's a great idea!
Still haven't forgiven Anastasia for defeating Venus at RG.
Hahahahahaha 😂😂
Very entertaining. Good personalities
Thank you very much!
Always had a crush on Myskina! in a nice way. One of the better looking WTA players! Also - i enjoyed watching my crush be ACTUALLY GOOD PLAYER
Damn. U got to play a former Grand Slam champion, former world no 2 & the first female Russian grand slam champion ever. I am so jealous. I remember watching her back then she was really good. However she was just unlucky to be born during that era. Her era was the most competitive era in women's tennis ever. Names like The Williams Sisters, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Justine Henin, Maria Sharapova, Kim Clijsters all peaked during her time. It was just a lot harder to win grand slams during that era compared to the last 10 years. Had she been born 10 years younger she would have win more slams in the 2010s.
Absolutely!! Definitely not the best time to compete in tennis 😂😂 She is amazing tho!
@@gladiatorstribe 😅
Peak WTA decade. Not to mention Capriati & Mauresmo also in the top-10.
@@alani3992 Ah see. I already forgot about those 2 because there are too many great players to remember.
everybody speaks about Nastya’s tennis and how good it still is…let me say rather this: boy is she still so good looking, was beautiful when she was young and is still beautiful today
Very nice courts. Very good content!
They are! Thank you very much!
Коллаба огонь, Настя one love ❤
Корты знакомые, играли там не раз 😊
Спасибо большое ! Корты офигенные!!
Content de revoir Myskina
Congrats dude 🎉
I really enjoyed this.
Your serve is excellent and you appear to have a balanced game. Waiting to 1/2 way through the second super breaker to produce something vaguely resembling a drop shot wasn't particularly imaginative, even though it's a slow indoor court.
Her anticipation, after years of early practice, has allowed her to pretty much "predict your shot before you hit it." Amazing anticipation!
Awesome rhythm and fluency too in her game. Just fitness is her problem now.
Where are the courts located?
Thanks a lot for your awesome feedback!
A legend! She still looks great out there
She does!!
That was great. I swear, russian people...! In the end, you guys are the ones who get the most wta top 50 players in the world, and it's been like that for decades. Nastia is some personality, wish she was my coach. Keep it up guys
Those Russian ladies made the 2000s so special. Would love to see you hit with Dementieva, Kuznetsova, Petrova, Safina, or Zvonereva! Kasatkina from current players too.
That'd be very cool!
Great video.
Thank you!!
Her backhand is still very good and it was lethal back in the day!
Absolutely!
What a beautiful location!
Whats your string setup??? seem to be pretty tight from sound through microphone.
26/25 razor soft
@@gladiatorstribe So you string a racquet with same string but with different tensions in main and cross?
Does this give a hybrid type feel?
I think I also need to give it a try
Hopefully you got Sharapova ,Marat Safin ,or Dementiva. Those are all my favs. Myskina too. Love her unique pants when she was on tour
Would be awesome to hit with those guys for sure
218 comments and 42K views - hope you feeling the love
That's the same thing happend in the match of Billie Jean king and nobody said anything about it but the man was 55 year old . That means she beat a literal dead man
That was fun 🙂
lol she is like the coolest person. Super humour and nice hitting
I love myskinas beautiful stroke❤
Same!
She’s so charming and beautiful. Amazing technique and anticipations as well.
Totally agree!
Main question: how do people react to you travelling to that sanctioned country? No direct flights etc.
He is a citizen. Can travel to his country any time.
Those courts, absolutely stunning!
They are!
Myskina and Dementieva were my favorites players to watch back in the day...
I see why!
She was one my favourite Tennis player too, On my computer screen saver, I don’t know how pictures of her I have, she is the definition of finest
Nice vid. What kind of Head duffel bag is that?
Beautiful tennis facility.
Nastya has super good attitude
She's awesome!!
that was great! l loved watching anastasia... she is hilarious :P
Credit to the show host who speaks perfect English. At first I thought he is not Russian 😮
Thanks 😂😂
when she said to train properly, did she expand on that at all afterwards?...Playing a world # 2 is pretty awesome and any stage...thanks
where is the location??
You stepped on the line on the service at 7:7 😀
She has such a cute personality but damn you can tell she hates to lose
Love your channel, my friend. BTW, your logo looks pretty masonic. Do you also practice the craft?
She still looks gorgeous after all these years.
Enjoyed the thrash talkin immensely
Hahahaha 😂😂
What happened to the Lacoste shoes?