This match even though LIndsay lost was one of the matches where her speed was faster than it ever had been and she was in the best shape of her life. SHe managed to stay with one of the best pure athletes on the tour at that time for 3 sets and her loss wasn't one of being tired, Dementieva just came through in the clutch.

Dementieva might be the most underrated player of her generation. Such an athlete and so talented. One of the purest ball strikers. If she could’ve gotten her ball toss and serve together she would’ve won multiple slams. That is the only thing that hindered her. She made up for it in ground strokes. That battle of the forehands at 6:15 had my jaw on the floor. I miss this era of tennis.

I remember this match. I watched it live. I was like 👀😱👀😱😱😱😱😱

Davenport recently mentioned on a Podcast that this match is her most hated defeat, beside of her defeats during a Major final. She felt embarrassed she lost a match, after having a match point during a Major tournament again. Her lose against Venus in Wimbledon was painful, but this lose hurt her more.

Perhaps Elena is one of the greatest players to never win a grand slam. She definitely had the weapons, I wonder if it was her mental game that was her weakness. Oh, and a terrible serve.

Dementieva....always so great to watch anywhere round the world!

Elena really picked her game up compared to the earlier rounds. Her serve was still iffy but she was sharp AF off the ground and some of her retrieving was fabulous as usual. Also, I think this is my favourite Elena look.

First set is the best set I've ever seen from Elena. 9 winners, 5 errors and 0 DOUBLE FAULTS!!! Still can't get it how Linsay didn't win any major in 2004 and 2005. She was the most consistant player back then.

Thank you for uploading this epic!!!!!

Two of the best ball strikers to have played the game. What a great match. I truly believe Elana could have been number one if she had a better serve. She was a fantastic athlete and mover, with amazing groundstrokes. Maybe she is one of the greatest players not to win a slam. However, we should praise Elena for her hard work and dedication to the pursuit to improve as demonstrated by her improved serve towards the end of her career. I remember watching her play Serena in the semis at Wimbledon and it was amazing to see how she had significantly improved her serve, hitting all the spots and sorting the toss. She was so close to winning that match.

Great match from Elena. She didn't play well in the first round but her level increased over the matches. It's too sad she lost against Pierce in the semis after a very good level in the first set. I remember that Davenport Said after this match that it was very difficult to return Elena's serve because no one knows what to expect: it could be a great serve or a dead leaf falling 🤣🤣

Elena had it all!

This was amazing match and was followed by another with Pierce. Both matches some of the best pure hitting who'll see. Interestingly Pierce seemed to be able to do more damage to Dementieva than Davenport even though Lindsay probably hits the ball slightly harder shot per shot. I think Mary probably had a stronger base and was able to direct the ball better into the corners and slightly more rake on the ball moving away from Dementieva.

Elena is one of the most beautiful tennis player i ever seen so far

If lindsay was a better mover omg shed have been something else

When Dementieva won the first set,I turned off the tv. I came back later and they were in the tiebreak and Lindsay lost. I was rooting for her to win this one since she was my third favorite player after the Williams sisters.

Elena demintivea Love

I could watch any match with two of Davenport, Dementieva and Pierce playing for hours. The ball striking is insane.

Always thinks about how she would have fared against kim if they played in the final I think nothing was stopping Kim from winning this tournament, but Lena definitely would have played better than Mary and Lena did beat her in filderstadt

Elena week 1: mess 😭 Elena week 2: absolutely solid 😂😂 I actually think the pierce match was one of her best in this tournament even though she lost 😭

This is phenomenal good quality footage. Do you happen to have the whole match?

Wtf that dementieva forehand on match point was so in

0:25 now that I see this rally from Elena I understand why she had such muscular thighs. Impressive balance and strength.

I was at the day session…which had been pretty underwhelming Pierce beating Mauresmo and a boring 5 set men’s match …as we were leaving someone offered us tickets for the night session which I was eager to take but my friends were done so I decided against it and…will forever regret that decision as I missed out on this amazing mess :(

Какая же Елена молодец! Единственная самая справедливая, талантливая и просто прекрасная теннисистка. Лена, вернись в спорт, без тебя теннис умер((( Всякие Костюк и прочие бездарности(((

it's a shame the sound goes out of sync about halfway through the video

Dementieva retired too early :(

Elena 😊

another epic meltdown from Lindsay 😭😭

I feel like if she didn’t get cheated by gamesmanship in the match with Mary Pierce…Elena would’ve beaten Kim in the finals

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Elena is the real Russian beauty, not Kournikova. She is also a PAWG!

Queen Elena ended Pork, lol

Great dress , and very sharp ground strokes in this match. Set up points well and actually put the ball away. BUT I GENUINLEY do not understand how this girl never learned how to hit a serve. She had one of the worst serves I have ever seen. And if she was smart she would’ve fixed it at some point. Not much better than Erranis

Not a good match over all. Lindsay played quite bad. Elena did her job.

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