I don't think so.
Just consider how she had played against Graf on fast surfaces (U.S. HC
and grass) until then.
She had lost all 3 matches.
She hadn't won even one set.
She won only 11 games in 6 sets.
Max
Just consider how she had played against Graf on fast surfaces (U.S. HC
and grass) until then.
She had lost all 3 matches.
She hadn't won even one set.
She won only 11 games in 6 sets.
Max
2) AO's surface is distinctively different from USO HCs.
3) And we all know that Seles didn't beat Graf "comfortably" at AO 93.
Seles won only 86-78 on points played with making the last 7 points
consecutively. Match was decided in last 3 minutes.
Graf self-destructed in set 3, lost 2-6. She had 9 winners but 15 UEs
in that set, Seles 5 winners and 5 UEs.
Max
> 1) Being a 2-time defending champ gives you only a 36 % to win a 3rd
> time in a row.
> 2) AO's surface is distinctively different from USO HCs.
> 3) And we all know that Seles didn't beat Graf "comfortably" at AO 93.
> Seles won only 86-78 on points played with making the last 7 points
> consecutively. Match was decided in last 3 minutes.
> Graf self-destructed in set 3, lost 2-6. She had 9 winners but 15 UEs
> in that set, Seles 5 winners and 5 UEs.
> Max
IMO, Seles is extremely overrated, esp. in the US.
Max
And you think that Ahmadinejad in a nice man?
Max
> Max
Steffi Graf was hailed by Sports Illustrated in 2001 as the MOST
OVERRATED FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER OF ALL TIME!!!
Ding ding ding, it's over...
Coulda woulda is fun.
>>>seles had won the 2 previous usos and also beat graf comfortably at ao
>>>93 (which is the only contemporaneous graf/seles hc data we have) so
>>>the answer is "yes".
>>1) Being a 2-time defending champ gives you only a 36 % to win a 3rd
>>time in a row.
>>2) AO's surface is distinctively different from USO HCs.
>>3) And we all know that Seles didn't beat Graf "comfortably" at AO 93.
>>Seles won only 86-78 on points played with making the last 7 points
>>consecutively. Match was decided in last 3 minutes.
>>Graf self-destructed in set 3, lost 2-6. She had 9 winners but 15 UEs
>>in that set, Seles 5 winners and 5 UEs.
>>Max
These are facts if I'm not mistaken....?
>>IMO, Seles is extremely overrated, esp. in the US.
>>Max
> LOL.....a little lonely on that perch?
> Steffi Graf was hailed by Sports Illustrated in 2001 as the MOST
> OVERRATED FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER OF ALL TIME!!!
> Ding ding ding, it's over...
These are facts.
1. Odds for Seles Winning FO 93 *and* AO 94 Without Poking: Only 5.3 %!
2. The true#1 of the 90s era (Monica Seles) DOMINATED without EQUAL before '93 Hamburg!
3. John M. Schniedl: "Without the Seles stabbing Graf would have won about 25 slams."
4. Seles/Graf: Graf's asterisks and hollow wins due to "93 Hamburg (What If)
5. Seles "30 grand slam titles" without the stabbing, says Wertheim
6. Poll: How many matches Graf would have lost to Seles without The Stabbing?
7. without the stabbing Seles would have been GOAT
8. How many slams Graf would have won without stabbing?
9. henin-hardenne should be able to win this one without having to cheat
10. Seles was NOT the experts' favourite at FO 93 anyway (poking or not)
11. Graf was set to overtake Seles in 93/94 anyway
12. Graf fan MYTH: Seles/Graf race "incredibly close" in 93???...LOL!!!
13. Analysis: Peak 91-93 Seles on fast HC
14. Graf speaks: Seles/Graf race "incredibly close" in 93!