That performance goes down in history as one of the most crushing displays of power in the history of women's tennis. It wasn't just that either. Steffi was close to invincible, women's tennis was depressed, and suddenly this formerly gawky looking teenager turned into the most elegant woman in tennis. The combination of classic femininity and brutal, physical power had journalists talking like they hadn't in a couple of years. It's an iconic match most tennis fans around at that time will remember.
Here we see Mary in full Goddess mode: Steffi had no chance. When Mary played like this she could beat ANYONE: even Serena admitted this herself. This was staggering tennis she produced and is still remembered by anyone that saw it.
Mary was in her very best that day. You could see her even outhitting Graf’s forehands. It’s a shame she didn’t play at this level against Sánchez in the final.
How things have changed Ash Barty was world number one for quite a while and if she was playing during the time of these two ladies Barty would have been destroyed by both of these ladies.
No one was beating Mary on this day. Not only was she hitting with a TON of pace, but she was mixing up the spin and height of the ball, only to come in a crush a forehand. On this day she was the best player on the women’s tour
HUGE Graf fan here, but all credit to Pierce for really playing some phenomenal, explosive tennis in this match. Graf is so great herself that we forget she is human, and if you go for your shots and get them consistently as Pierce did here, Graf can be beaten-it just requires a powerhouse performance such as this was.
Pierce had epic performances where she won tournaments with total drops of like 10 games in 6-7 matches, such as AO 95, FO 94 and Hilton Head 2000..she wasnt consistent enough, but was intriguing and fun and contributed to development of modern tennis (power plus finesse) which doesn’t exist nowadays..last such players were Kvitova, Safarova..
mary pierce makes steffi look like some unranked outta 100 player. that forehand is like a missile firing. she puts her whole body weight on it! just wow!
That performance goes down in history as one of the most crushing displays of power in the history of women's tennis. It wasn't just that either. Steffi was close to invincible, women's tennis was depressed, and suddenly this formerly gawky looking teenager turned into the most elegant woman in tennis. The combination of classic femininity and brutal, physical power had journalists talking like they hadn't in a couple of years. It's an iconic match most tennis fans around at that time will remember.
I don’t understand why Mary Pierce isn’t credited (along with others) for pioneering the modern power game. A lot of players today play like her.
At this day NOBODY would have beaten Mary Pierce.
Pierce was overhitting Graf all the time and Graf was always defensive. Pity Mary Pierce didn't go all the way.
Here we see Mary in full Goddess mode: Steffi had no chance. When Mary played like this she could beat ANYONE: even Serena admitted this herself. This was staggering tennis she produced and is still remembered by anyone that saw it.
Mary was in her very best that day. You could see her even outhitting Graf’s forehands. It’s a shame she didn’t play at this level against Sánchez in the final.
Graf was totally destroyed in this match! The best women's tennis match ever. Pierce played Stefi like a cat toy. Lol!
She look like Petra Kvitova
The day Peak Pierce absolutely CRUSHED Stefanie Graf
How things have changed Ash Barty was world number one for quite a while and if she was playing during the time of these two ladies Barty would have been destroyed by both of these ladies.
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When Mary's game was on...forget it.
No one was beating Mary on this day. Not only was she hitting with a TON of pace, but she was mixing up the spin and height of the ball, only to come in a crush a forehand. On this day she was the best player on the women’s tour
The quality of this video and the hitting from Mary are superb :)
Watching Mary play offense in this game was totally refreshing, thanks for the upload.
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HUGE Graf fan here, but all credit to Pierce for really playing some phenomenal, explosive tennis in this match. Graf is so great herself that we forget she is human, and if you go for your shots and get them consistently as Pierce did here, Graf can be beaten-it just requires a powerhouse performance such as this was.
In this match, Mary at the top of her game and therefore absolutely unbeatable by anyone!
Pierce had epic performances where she won tournaments with total drops of like 10 games in 6-7 matches, such as AO 95, FO 94 and Hilton Head 2000..she wasnt consistent enough, but was intriguing and fun and contributed to development of modern tennis (power plus finesse) which doesn’t exist nowadays..last such players were Kvitova, Safarova..
mary pierce makes steffi look like some unranked outta 100 player. that forehand is like a missile firing. she puts her whole body weight on it! just wow!