A lot was made of this result, and probably the wrong conclusions were drawn. People were saying that this was the first really tight match that Steffi had won in ages (after losing several to Sabatini, and Novotna) and that it must be a sign that Steffi was getting back to her best. What was missed is the huge improvements that Arantxa had made and what that meant for the future. Steffi had absolutely obliterated Arantxa in their most recent matches (their last one was 6-1, 6-1 in Leipzig at the end of 1990, then 6-1, 6-2 at the US Open before that). In fact, in the 6 matches after their 1989 french open final, Arantxa had only won one set and a grand total of 23 games. This match was a sign that their rivalry was getting tighter and it would be much more competitive in future.
Wow horrible play from my girl Steffi way to many unforced errors. She was nervous and rushed not enough patience. Arantxa played well and was more consistent. It was hard to watch Steffi out of sortes glad she won.
Always a gracious looser. They had some great battles in the late 80's and into the 90's.
Steffi 👍🥎
A lot was made of this result, and probably the wrong conclusions were drawn. People were saying that this was the first really tight match that Steffi had won in ages (after losing several to Sabatini, and Novotna) and that it must be a sign that Steffi was getting back to her best. What was missed is the huge improvements that Arantxa had made and what that meant for the future. Steffi had absolutely obliterated Arantxa in their most recent matches (their last one was 6-1, 6-1 in Leipzig at the end of 1990, then 6-1, 6-2 at the US Open before that). In fact, in the 6 matches after their 1989 french open final, Arantxa had only won one set and a grand total of 23 games. This match was a sign that their rivalry was getting tighter and it would be much more competitive in future.
Thank you
A good promotion of the southern world.
Who would think a few weeks later Arantxa would thrash Steffi 6-0, 6-2 at the French open.
@MovieFan4Life: Even Steffi Graf wasn't a tennis maschine...
I don‘t think that was Steffi.
Hi David, I know that you are uploading victory matches of Steffi but I wonder do you have 1989 final between these two great champions?
Sorry Yorn, I don't have the match. Would love to see the full match myself!!
What was the score here?
You could have googled that in 30 seconds.
Can't believe I can see the ball lol
Wow horrible play from my girl Steffi way to many unforced errors. She was nervous and rushed not enough patience. Arantxa played well and was more consistent. It was hard to watch Steffi out of sortes glad she won.
Steffi was like that through a lot of 1991. Really anxious, edgy and brittle and making a lot of errors.
But she lost from Arantxa in SF French open 2 weeks later 😭
Yes and Arantxa crushed her. It must be the very worst loss of Steffi’s career, only winning 2 games in a grand slam match.
Grande Arantxa