Clijsters doing what she does best, outlasting her opponents. I admit, I’d never seen this match before, so at the beginning watching Maria’s performance, consistently serving over 110 mph, and holding serve with relative ease, I thought she’d win this match. But Kim being Kim, hung in there, allowed Maria to self destruct and in the end, wore Maria down.
There are few highlights where she is not grunting and its a joy to watch. Just pure bashing the ball from her racquet. Sharapovas game without grunting was joy to watch.
From 5-3 down Maria had two match points. Maria didn’t play badly but she forgot to place the ball. She went into return mode instead of making placements. This allowed Kim to dictate the points. Kim really hung in there.
she was serving like that across much of career. people over-dramatise an apparent deterioration in her serve. in this period, Michael Joyce worked on simplifying the serve and taking out the glitches that had always been present in the early years til the later 2000s. like Henin, her team /coach kept changing the serve to maximise efficiency. the problem with this is that you can have excellent results but the stroke stops feeling ‘part of you’ because it is always being altered.
hey there love the HQ video of this classic. Do you happen to have the complete match at all including warm up and ceremony? and could i get it off you? thanks ever so much!
Eso tenia Clijsters en su mejor momento, la mejor condición fisica del circuito y excelentes ángulos, nada que ver con la condición fisica de su regreso al circuito después de varios años.
Sharapova's reaction at 7:54, when do you ever see that? She got extremely tight and choked the match here... She probably couldn't believe she was in a 1000 final and about to beat Clijsters with a routine scoreline and started to get nervous.
I think of Kim as similar to Chris Evert in that she can get blown out in the opening set yet hang in there, refusing to make unforced errors and win in the end by playing consistently. An Evert with more power. Kim doesn’t have the versatility and mental strength of an Evert , no one does but was capable of winning any match against any player.
Thanks for uploading! Remember this match so well, hard to believe Masha lost it.😢
Clijsters doing what she does best, outlasting her opponents. I admit, I’d never seen this match before, so at the beginning watching Maria’s performance, consistently serving over 110 mph, and holding serve with relative ease, I thought she’d win this match. But Kim being Kim, hung in there, allowed Maria to self destruct and in the end, wore Maria down.
Great highlights! Thank you for uploading!
Damn Maria Was so tired that she stopped grunting at the end
There are few highlights where she is not grunting and its a joy to watch. Just pure bashing the ball from her racquet. Sharapovas game without grunting was joy to watch.
From 5-3 down Maria had two match points. Maria didn’t play badly but she forgot to place the ball. She went into return mode instead of making placements. This allowed Kim to dictate the points. Kim really hung in there.
I was in the crowd. Sharapova fan... Crushing.
I wasn't, but could still hear her grunts outside two states away
Back when Maria was hitting 110mph+ serves
I was about to comment the same, what happened with this service later? She was a big hitter but her service with the time slowed down
@@danielrojas4238 She really struggled with her shoulder for many years. She changed her service motion a bit after this
And then in 2011 she had probably the worst service motion, so robotic, I remember it hurt my eyes every time she would serve lol
@@danielrojas4238 Her shoulder gave out
she was serving like that across much of career. people over-dramatise an apparent deterioration in her serve. in this period, Michael Joyce worked on simplifying the serve and taking out the glitches that had always been present in the early years til the later 2000s. like Henin, her team /coach kept changing the serve to maximise efficiency. the problem with this is that you can have excellent results but the stroke stops feeling ‘part of you’ because it is always being altered.
Kim wanted to extend her trademark kiss post-match but Sharapova was having non of it; blocking it with a firm handshake. lol !
hey there love the HQ video of this classic. Do you happen to have the complete match at all including warm up and ceremony? and could i get it off you? thanks ever so much!
Eso tenia Clijsters en su mejor momento, la mejor condición fisica del circuito y excelentes ángulos, nada que ver con la condición fisica de su regreso al circuito después de varios años.
Sharapova's reaction at 7:54, when do you ever see that? She got extremely tight and choked the match here... She probably couldn't believe she was in a 1000 final and about to beat Clijsters with a routine scoreline and started to get nervous.
I think of Kim as similar to Chris Evert in that she can get blown out in the opening set yet hang in there, refusing to make unforced errors and win in the end by playing consistently. An Evert with more power. Kim doesn’t have the versatility and mental strength of an Evert , no one does but was capable of winning any match against any player.
Suddenly she stopped screaming cause she knew the match was over
Dopadova rulz
Бельгийская 🐄 на ошибках Шараповой в ключевые моменты все таки выиграла