Oh this is a heartbreaker. I would have loved Chris to have played Martina one last time in the semis, but it wasn't to be :( Thanks for posting this match Cindy. Truly the end of an era.
@4jrgolf5 жыл бұрын
Terrific match, phenomenal athleticism and net play by Zina. Chrissie will always be my favorite for the true class act she was. Her display of sportsmanship especially in this tough defeat goes a long way. The hug in the end truly shows how much respect they had for eachother.
@loril64372 жыл бұрын
Love the respect between the 2 rivals. Both are a classy people and keep the sport an elegant match Thats it.lol
@BLACKTREAT9 жыл бұрын
Zina played the perfect match for the situation. Chris didnt make the right adjustments, which was rare in her career. She (Evert) is, was the most consistent player ever to play the game.
@michaelpatrick78885 жыл бұрын
yes and she even admitted to" not being the best athlete" which is why she had to use her smarts and ingenuity to win ,,crafty- like plays,,,move them around the court and then a sneaky drop shot,,bring them in then to hit an overhead lob,,or on the run she was famous for down the line "sneakers"threading the needle shots,,,,those were my favorite of chrissie's,,bc it take s alot of accuracy to do that,,,running then hit it between the line and the player /opponent
@johniii81474 жыл бұрын
BLACKTREAT Chris just wasn’t into it anymore. Ready to move on.
@joeytravels86215 жыл бұрын
Zina Garrison will always be one of the most intelligent tennis players in the open era.
@kdohertygizbur4 жыл бұрын
I'd say one of the fastest, she tended to lose her focus on big leads , Mentally, she suffered from it on big points, but she is my favorite player, I model my game on hers
@poussinhamzah40135 жыл бұрын
After her great win over Seles in the 4th round Chris was unable to produce that intensity here. It would have been great to see another Evert v Navratilova in the SF but Zina played well and fully deserved this win.
@johniii81472 жыл бұрын
Yes she definitely earned the win ( you don't "deserve" a win you earn it). Agreed, it would have been amazing to see the final match between between Chris and Martina but Chris just didn't have in to reach that point. She was mentally done which was always her hallmark.
@Georg81518 ай бұрын
Chris Evert, a great lady and a great champion.✌
@matthewbuck94176 жыл бұрын
If Zina had played like this more often she would have been top 4 all the time in the 80s. To be honest I don’t even think Chris played that badly, Zina could just hit any shot and won with her variety. Such a talented player and was really dangerous when she was on
@zeddeka3 жыл бұрын
One of the occasions in Zina's career when she really kept her nerve and played really intelligent tennis. Too often, she let her nerves get the better of her.
@johniii81472 жыл бұрын
More often than not. It's why she never won a major. She had the talent, but not mental to hold up over 2 weeks against all the pressure.
@luthorlex-fc9ft Жыл бұрын
@@johniii8147 She had talent but enough to win a major in that era? Questionable. She had a great all court game, but lacked a single stand out weapon, her forehand was prone to breaking down although it could be good when it was working, and she also had a bit of a weakness in shot selection.
@BTURNER19619 жыл бұрын
Zina was a marvelous athlete, with major wins over Evert, Navratilova and Graf. She had all the shots and one of quickest sprinters about the court, I ever saw . She deserved a better career, but those three women above, just did not share well with players without the strongest of mental games. Not a lot of opportunityfor those who transitioned from the Evert/Navratilova era, and ,once those two finally retired, were left with Graf and Seles. Winning big time matches in big time tournaments takes experience and some practice on the big stage, that few got between 1978-1994.
@ednan99 жыл бұрын
Brian Turner Nope. After seeing this game, Zina had no backhand topspin, she kept slicing thru backhand which is one of the easiest shots to return in Tennis. Had she had a confidence in backhand topspin she would have finished off Chris Evert in no time rather than having long rallies that made her do hard work
@thequinnster729 жыл бұрын
ednan9 Actually, Zina did have a topspin backhand. She seemed to use it a lot more often earlier in her career. If you watch clips from '85 at Amelia Island (where she beat Evert in the final - on clay!) and '85 Wimbledon against Martina, she uses her topspin backhand routinely during rallies. I think using this slice was a tactic she started using in the late '80s in order to keep the ball low and without a lot of pace. It's difficult to generate any pace of your own off a soft, low ball.
@BTURNER19619 жыл бұрын
Quinn Miller So true, it was 'book' to slice to Evert's backhand, since Billie Jean/ Evonne used to use underspin to deprive Evert of pace off that wing and ensure that she had to lift the ball over and down, instead of hitting through. Not many one-handers could overpower that backhand with topspin or flat shots. Evert got into such a groove against shots that bounced into her ideal hitting zone. Its smart to loop it high over her should, or keep it low.
@thomasschmitz98948 жыл бұрын
+Brian Turner zina also had a win against seles too! wins over martina, chris, graf and seles... quite a accomplishment even if such wins were very very rare and all these players lead their head to head against zina comfortably..
@thomasschmitz98948 жыл бұрын
+Brian Turner all true, kathy jordan with her extreme heavy slice on the backhand and junkballing it would drive evert nuts on her bad days... however, for the most part both with jordan and zina' chris on her good days and of course at her best would not be troubled by such tactics and would find a way to win against both of them as she did the great majority of the time.. but yes, that is the way to play evert as it is even nowadays against the big hitters who thrive on pace and only know how to hit hard and then harder..
@scotth.91704 жыл бұрын
Zina played a tactically brilliant match. Afterwards, Zina explained her strategy was to mix it up. Chris’ take was that Zina was hitting a bunch of junk. Maybe so, but highly tactical junk.
@senorgato709 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised Chris was up 5-2 in that first set. She lacked pace and depths on her shots, unlike her previous match with Monica and some other matches in '89 against Graf and Sabatini. But Zina did well to mix it up and come back to win the set and the match.
@beaglesrfun58964 жыл бұрын
Yes, Chris played the patient waiting game, but Zina had other ideas. Zina was right on the baseline, and sliced her backhands aggressively and jerked Chris around.
@debramorganstern58192 жыл бұрын
Great match sad to see the end of Chris Evert 's run as a player at the majors and her career.l
@zeddeka Жыл бұрын
Zina's said that her original plan for this match was to play all out serve and volley attack, but Sherwood Stewart (her mkxed doubles partner and sometimes coach) said to her that Chris would love the consistent target and pace. Instead, they decided that Zina should give Chris a lot of junk from the baseline and just float the ball back, before working her way into the net when the time was right. The plan was to make Chris work for absolutely everything, knowing that she wasn't as consistent as she used to be. It worked well for Zina, and Chris couldn't keep her game going after going ao far ahead in that first set. Zina started to relax and Chris's game started to disintegrate.
@skylaxx6 жыл бұрын
Great match. They both play so smart. Zina with attacks on the net and Chris with precise baseline shots and great footwork.Which is remarkable as she was nearly 35 at the time. Great win for Zina (btw. Trump spotted at 18:26 :)))
@johniii81472 жыл бұрын
No need to point out trump. Fortunately that era is over.
@cyriljacob48395 жыл бұрын
From this angle from the back side.I feel like Serena playing Serve and volleyer style.
@franciscodeoliveira79353 жыл бұрын
Chris Evert’s Fame was born at the Us Open and it was so sad to see her last defeat in this tournament where she “ grew up”.
@TennisOnAction3 жыл бұрын
Wow Gina played so well so glad to see it again now after knowing the game better.
@roshidihashim16373 жыл бұрын
Zina garisson is my best player...
@youdownwithRPP6 жыл бұрын
I SAW THIS LIVE, AND LOVE TO SEE AGAIN!
@petrslivinski74816 жыл бұрын
Chrissie Evert's last match ended at the 1989 US Open. Her goodbye to the stadium fans was a tearful one for her as she waved goodbye for the final time. For some reason watching this video I seem to think that perhaps Chrissie had mixed emotions about winning the match. Perhaps she wasn't ready to hang up her racquet but needed to, to satisfy her spouse, Andy Mill and her closest family members to begin a new life and start a family. I never felt she was ready. She still displayed a yen for the game and enjoyed the competiveness that a match brought on and the adrenaline rush she got from winning points. Zina Garrison was playing an aggressive serve and volley game and proceeded to win most of her points at the net like a modern day Navratilova. Garrison was a fierce competitor indeed but her career standings were a disappointment. She had a very good chance to be number one along with her long time hitting partner and pal Lori McNeil. We shall never know. Thanks for posting this one. I never got see the full match only clips on the late night news since I worked during the play hours when the match was being televised.
@kellyshay26744 жыл бұрын
Chris had lost motivation by her own admission by 1989. She skipped paris because she just couldnt deal with the teenagers' moonballs. She said exactly that. Realize she hadnt won a title at all in 1989, hadn't won a grand slam since '86. She was far too proud to stay too long, so she left on her terms at # 4. I think she was #10 at year end. Chris also asked the WTA to remove her from the rankings at the end of the year to avoid seeing her ranking slide through lack of play. And to please her husband? What? Were you actually paying attention. Even at Wimbledon that year commentators questioned after she lost to Steffi if she would return to the All-England Club. Every ardent tennis fan knew Chris was retiring, well before she announced it in New York. Every Chris fan knew she was thinking about motherhood. She was 34. Would you rather her have played into the nineties, possibly losing seedings, and had to deal with a peak Seles while in her late thirties? She played brilliantly in fed cup in the fall, ending on a high. Ending her way.
@petrslivinski74814 жыл бұрын
@@kellyshay2674 Chrissie made the right choice for her and the game. Exiting at the time she did made her "the" winner. Sure, we all missed her from watching her grace our TV but she needed to move on.
@michaelpatrick78885 жыл бұрын
7:50 what a shot!!chrissy youre the best!!
@franciscodeoliveira79354 жыл бұрын
Chris for Ever(t)!
@AmurTiger-vm5dy4 жыл бұрын
The most grestest woman player of all the Times
@Lawrence_6192 жыл бұрын
I can vivdly remember picking up tennis racquet at 11 yrs of age, and running over to the public tennis courts in my neighborhood, in Brookland, Washington DC..very close to Catholic University. And yea...I loved watching the personalities in the game, then...there's no comparison, from that era to this era...the game was replete with all sorts of characters...show-offs and silent assassins, alike (Mac, King, Casals, Jimmy, V. Wade, Arthur, Borg, Noah, Nasty, Ruzici, Higueras, Eddie Dibbs, Camille Benjamin, Harold Solomon...I could go on and on). But the one player that "took me to school" everytime she swung her racquet or ran down a drop shot, was Chris Evert. I have no idea, why I paid so much attention to her style of play, besides the pure, simple effectiveness of it. But I hung in there with her and her results to the last match...and I remember tearing up, when she raised her hand to wave, goodbye....I remember that, like it was yesterday.
@CindyC712 жыл бұрын
What a nice memory and comment, thank you!
@patrickclohessy83392 жыл бұрын
Have you any of Zinas finals against Lori McNeil in Birmingham during the 1999s.
@StaffsTransport5 жыл бұрын
Zina ♡♡♡
@michaelpatrick78885 жыл бұрын
and thats why chris was /is such a good tennis player ///she finds a way and i dont know the result but sometimes getting out if a bad game is what chris did so well
@galenstone90974 жыл бұрын
"The sun has truly set."
@huss23726 жыл бұрын
this is tennis !
@lenwelch21955 жыл бұрын
Chris was tight after up 5-2 Zina gave her soft no pace shots that Chris when confident is thinking more clearly and remembers to hit deep. Zina was always stepping into the court and Chris was behind the baseline covering way more court. Chris was unable to put any mph to her shots. Zina had all the time in the world tojerk. Chris around.
@glennmetters36374 жыл бұрын
Is there any match coverage of the 1988 Us Open semi with Chris and Steffi,cannot seem to find it anywhere.
@sevyminga7564 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately that match never happened... Chris had to retire before the match. (stomach virus or something like that)
@peterdurkin14993 жыл бұрын
Always wanted zina. To do good
@dbeaton11115 жыл бұрын
Zina's serve looks a lot like John McEnroe's. Nice motion with disguise and a lot of spin.
@mbblover9 жыл бұрын
off topic, but dang andy mill was GORGEOUS! ridiculously handsome.....
@johnjolson46279 жыл бұрын
And what exactly is your point?
@johnjolson46279 жыл бұрын
San Toto Well yes, we all grow old - and old looking. We can delay this physical aging process by staying out of the sun and drinking lots of pure water (stay well away from the poison that comes from tap water.)
@seanjenkins3319 жыл бұрын
Zina was very talented. She was a great athlete, was explosive at the net and had a very good service motion. Unfortunately never quite had the career to match her talent level. I thought she was better than Pam Shriver for example
@FlabbyTitmuss6 жыл бұрын
Sean Jenkins Agreed...certainly much smoother and nicer to watch than Shriver. But Zina wasn’t as mentally tough or as tactically astute as Shriver maybe.
@cristianofromdallas68095 жыл бұрын
I'm better than Pam and i play twice a year...not really, I play everyday but just pointing out the fact THAT PAM SUCKS!!
@nickelwindow536 жыл бұрын
Who would win between Garrison and Venus/Serena?
@kdohertygizbur4 жыл бұрын
Good Question...i think Zina would have had a win or 2 over each Remember, she is only 5'4 but had 2 wins over Davenport, was 4-1 over Mary Pierce, had 3 wins over Sukova, was 4-0 over Werdel She did pretty good against the power hitters especially the flat hard shots She really struggled against Topspin shots which neither Venus or Serena really employed Well, on Grass or Carpet, she would have On Clay, Zina would have lost badly
@nickelwindow534 жыл бұрын
K Doherty 🤔 good points. Thanks for answering the questions 🎾🎾🎾🎾
@michaellee8883 жыл бұрын
If Zina Garrison was more consistently stronger mentally, she would have won a grand slam title. So many talented players never won a slam due to their mental toughness like Garrison and Elena Dementieva. Coincidentally, both Garrison and Dementieva won Olympic Gold medals. Garrison had it all, except consistency on mental toughness. Women's Tennis have come a long way. The improvements on prize money in every round not just winning the title have generated more mentally tough players. Truly an improvement that players like Garrison had lend a hand in.
@lenwelch21955 жыл бұрын
Before everyone jumps me but Chris. Has always struggled in her quarterfinal matches at the Open having her period in which she loses her pinpoint accuracy, her mobility, and strength . Matches against jeausovec in 80 Open look at her there , same here with her face flushed. Zina would’ve won anyway because she was peaking here. The year before she beat Martina, met Martina the following year at Wimbledon beating Seles and Graf to lose to. Martina in the final.
@grantgoffin47742 жыл бұрын
Zina always could pull out some big wins in majors, but never enough in a row to win the title. Even had she won the 88 and 89 U.S Open semis over Sabatini and Navratilova, she would have lost to Graf in the final both years. She was in a similar predicament to Berdych on the mens side, stuck in a tough era where she would always need 3 big wins to win a major, and it would always be 1 match/big win too far.
@michaelpatrick78885 жыл бұрын
10:40 wowowowow
@TonygMus28 жыл бұрын
I love both, but Evert repeatedly played Zina's backhand which is not her weak shot.
@thomasschmitz98948 жыл бұрын
+Supa Kent agreed, evert would have been better off playing to zina's flat but erractic at times forehand... zina on her backhand hitting angles and hitting short on purpose, chipping, slicing and slowballing evert worked for zina in this match.. strange though that they had played earlier in the year at the lipton on the same similar surface and zina using the same tactics (like she always did with evert) and evert whipped her... this match was the epitome of the reason why it was time for evert to retire and she knew it...while they didn't play that much head to head, i believe zina only won twice against evert..
@BTURNER19617 жыл бұрын
I don't think this was about what wing evert played, as evidenced by her win earlier in the year using those same tactics, Evert very rarely gave up 5-2 leads in her career against players outside the top two or three. That is what age did to her. It left her game sporadic, and unpredictable in quality. On the other hand I have never seen Zina play this well defensively. She was always one of the fastest women on the tour, but that did not mean her shots always went in like they did today. Evert had to win points three times over to actually win them. She was not up to it at 34 years old.
@mam27165 жыл бұрын
I did not recall that zina used so much slice ...
@jamesg11186 жыл бұрын
Painful. Chris played so tentative. May have been thinking Martina in semis or just simply off her game. Love Chris
@ricardogigante8819 жыл бұрын
this is tennis ballet
@nickelwindow5388 жыл бұрын
Zina was the original Serena!
@fjosephgonzales68707 жыл бұрын
Not quite ;) As of this moment, 23 GS singles titles by Serena vs 0 for Zina. But I liked Zina ;)
@nickelwindow5387 жыл бұрын
Fred Gonzales in the sense of she was an agressive blk player on the court
@kdohertygizbur6 жыл бұрын
Nickelwindow53 zina is 5'4 and blossomed into a serve and volley player, Serena is 5'9 and can blast people off the court with her groundstrokes
@johndickson95424 жыл бұрын
@@nickelwindow538 Being black is the only thing they have in common. Their games are completely different.
@michaelpatrick78885 жыл бұрын
congrats zina but my fave is always chrissy //this is the year she retired but ill tell you ,i favor her in any match i ever watch..then davenport ..chris is a great commentator now btw she gives such crisp and thought out comments and i like her that she always shows up...:)
@yajustgotaloveit7 жыл бұрын
I wish you had the entire video of this match?
@kdohertygizbur4 жыл бұрын
Zina got creamed at Lipton 6-3 6-1 This time she was more aggressive and even down 5-2 she fought back...If this woman played like this EVERY TIME...She would have won a slam , I Love Garrisons game, I model my game after her
@roshidihashim16373 жыл бұрын
Jenifer capriati as well....
@johniii81475 жыл бұрын
Zina earned that win no doubt. But I would’ve preferred Chris his final match to been Against someone capable of winning a major.. She got hot for a couple of matches but could never close the deal
@0529704 жыл бұрын
Tom Brady was forced to retire by the Titans.
@lysthenon8 жыл бұрын
Is that Donald Trump at 18:26, next to Andy Mill?
@mcfrogner8 жыл бұрын
Sure is
@baritonebynight7 жыл бұрын
Wonder who he tried to get with during that tournament? He knew better than to try that crap with Evert...she'd kick his a** if he tried.
@fjosephgonzales68707 жыл бұрын
Oh wow, yes. If Chrissie's family only knew then what they know now ;)
@yajustgotaloveit7 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was there for that tournament. The Don was signing dollar bills in the crowd. There was a long line for his dollar autographs!
@MARKBPHARM7 жыл бұрын
lol - I wouldn't give him a penny for his autograph much less a dollar.
@jasonzaremba45513 жыл бұрын
So hard to believe That Chris lost to....well , you know😣
@kdohertygizbur2 жыл бұрын
How is that ..you know Zina destroyed Evert in the finals of Amelia Island, on clay in 85 which was a stunner, since it was ...you know ..in straight sets And She ..you know won again down 2-5 You know
@johniii81474 жыл бұрын
Disappointing performance by Chris on her final match. She was just done I get it but on a better day she would’ve destroyed zina
@silkegehtyoutubegarnichtsa8924 жыл бұрын
I remember "USA Today" wrote an article the next day in that tone, I know she always made a point about being a Conservative (opposes Trump though, ah, the irony, lol, and seems to have been actually close friends with numerous lesbians when homophibia was the norm), but I dunno, she was a legend at that point, having played her last pro match. Just think about how long it would actually take players today, to finally do leave the court. ...
@kdohertygizbur3 жыл бұрын
Garrison was the better player that day Evert crushed Seles 6-2 6-0 Garrison struggled in her 4th round so fatigue was not an issue She had a 5-2 lead and Garrison came back playing more aggressive She totally deserved this win
@johniii81472 жыл бұрын
@@kdohertygizbur Agree Zina was the better player and earned the win. Chris would be the first to agree. Just disappointing on her final GS she was just flat and didn't perform well. I think she was just mentally exhausted from all the years and had already moved on in her mind.
@pedropelaez4 жыл бұрын
Was that Trump in Evert’s player box?
@michaelpatrick78885 жыл бұрын
2:21
@MarioStahl19835 жыл бұрын
Wow! I never noticed that Donald Trump was in the audiance. at 18:24
@Sean-zg4iy5 жыл бұрын
Yes, I just thought that too.
@jeffreyturner76786 жыл бұрын
so weird to see Donald Trump clapping at 18:26 an American icon full of humility, sportsmanship, and a true class act when he is nothing close to any those superlatives...he should watched her more, perhaps he would NOT be the orange megalomaniac he is today
@markwhitman726 жыл бұрын
Who is the idiot that said Chrissie lost because she was playing pittpaty tennis?!!!! As Chrissie aged she definitely hit the ball harder, improved her serve and overhead and got much fitter!! The only reason it looks like weaker shots is because today's players have techniquely better racquets that produce more power!! Serena in Chrissie's era would be maybe a top ten player but not a champion!! Chrissie would have run her ragged, drop shot and topspin lobbed her to death!!
@roshidihashim16373 жыл бұрын
Florida miami....
@johannebimont69607 жыл бұрын
the last feminin player in this sport,more than she was older more she was beauty.
@FlabbyTitmuss6 жыл бұрын
Johanne Bimont Sorry but that’s just rubbish. Anna Kournikova to name just one beats Evert hands down in the looks department.
@garygentry80506 жыл бұрын
And she is only like 15 or more years older so what's your point?
@michaelpatrick78885 жыл бұрын
take that 8:56
@lenwelch21955 жыл бұрын
Chris is reacting and not creating
@AdvantageYT8 жыл бұрын
chrissie was doing well agaynst seles .. well first of all she counterpunches and maches seles game .. tennis is about matchups.. but here agaysnt garrison, the black tennis player kept chrissie off balance
@Picklejam086 жыл бұрын
Trumps in her box ...... that’s nuts.
@QuangNguyen-ng5zh6 жыл бұрын
Lol, is that Trump standing next to Andy Mills at 18:27?
@jonathankieranwriter6 жыл бұрын
Evert SO tanked this match, whether consciously or subconsciously; probably the only match she ever “threw” in her entire career. She (understandably) did not want to end her career with the potential/probable loss to Navratilova in the next round. She built a 5-2 lead in this contest playing her usual aggressive game, and then started playing glaringly obvious, stilted, patty-cake tennis. Don’t blame her. She was done with the game and had scored such a rewarding victory by crushing young Seles the previous round. I say she looked at the big picture (sick of tennis, last tournament ever, Martina The Nemesis waiting in the semis) and said “To hell with it. I’m done.”
@kdohertygizbur6 жыл бұрын
Jonathan Kieran evert never tanked , she just got beat, this was her Swan Song Tournament, i HIGHLY doubt she would tank at this Tournament
@FlabbyTitmuss7 жыл бұрын
Chris looking very haggard here. She really didn't age well. She looks great today though! God bless plastic surgery!
@jamesg11186 жыл бұрын
Let's see you at 34 playing tennis on tv, dear.
@FlabbyTitmuss6 жыл бұрын
James G I only mention it because (bizarrely) Evert was often stated to be good looking. I guess it’s all relative.
@garygentry80506 жыл бұрын
I'm sure your aging amazingly! What a crap thing to say. You probably know all about plastic surgery yourself.
@AdvantageYT8 жыл бұрын
once a weak player always a weak player..and palease there's no excuse here about chrissie being old.. she's just weak hitter as always that's all, and her weak hittings doesn't work no more against these younger generations, duh.. and actually she's even hittin harder in her old age but not good enuff against the likes of steffi..
@jigsterify8 жыл бұрын
A weak player? what acid are you on exactly? She has the highest winning percentage in the open era, man or woman. 18 Grand Slam titles. She beat Steffi the first 7 times they played, yes you could say Steffi was young then but you could also say Chris was old when Steffi beat her the next 7. Chris also had a huge rivalry with Navratilova, also arguably one of the best female tennis players in history, beating her many times. Chris also hit a flat ball that was as accurate as they came, which may appear "weak" as you say but got her all those wins. Her placement was second to none, her lob was phenomenal and her passing shots were the best you could see. She is one of the greats of history. Your analysis is crackpot.
@ConservativeDennis8 жыл бұрын
weak? huh?
@baritonebynight7 жыл бұрын
Umm....yea....Chrissie was in the last year of her career and it is an age thing. You sure didn't explain yourself very well and from your grammar, I'm guessing you struggle with the English language.