Thanks for posting this even though Monica is my favorite good to see Martina with a big win in her late career. Monica just came off winning the Australian too. Last final before the stabbing.

Tjordful Monica had just won in Chicago a week before this

@@valentinodelpiero4861 yup she beat Martina, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1. (I think?) there. Chicago was Martina's most winningest city, and it was there in 1992 when she broke Chris Evert's record of most singles titles of any man or woman. Martina has won Chicago 12x.

@@quiddy wow! really wasn't aware of that. Thanks for your contribution!

@@valentinodelpiero4861 you're welcome. I know because I live in Chicago and this tournament used be the only chance I could see my favorite pros playing in real life. My favorite one was when Jennifer Capriati upset Monica here in 1996, in the semis, 6-3, 6-3. Capriati I think hits the ball harder on the forehand side than Seles (though overall Seles maybe more consistent and accuracy).

Yes, she was very 'on' during those weeks. Very remarkable.

Infatti Martina da quasi tutti i migliori esperti di tennis,me compreso,viene considerata la più forte di ogni epoca.

@@paologonzato5202 non so se sia stata la più forte. forse nemmeno è importante. io trovo molto affascinante il suo giocare un altro tennis quando tutto era cambiato un paio di volte almeno. giocva ancora come edberg contro backer o mcenroe contro landel. un altro sport. secondo me molto più interessante. più affascinante.

Does the TV slow the ball down? Thats what it felt like watching her and Capriati play in Chicago. The balls were whizzing back and forth it was hard to track the ball in person.

​@@quiddydepends so much on the angle the TV camera is positioned

True! And the age difference between Seles and Navratilova was the same as between Navratilova and the great Maria Bueno.

Also has to be mentioned that the racquet she used was exceptionally powerful, so she'd have to string somewhat tighter just to keep control. I think though she strung well beyond the manufacturer's recommended tension - when she lost to Linda ferrando at the us open in 1990, the frame of the racquet she was using had actually cracked - it looked very much like it was because she'd been stringing way too tightly for the frame to handle.

@@th8257 actually I used to play with her racquet, the classic Yonex RQ-380. It's not exceptionally powerful. It has amazing heft, +12oz strung slightly headlight, but with good flex. Even though it gets wide at 3 and 9 oclock spots of the racquet, it also tapers off quite dramatically at the tip and at the throat. So it has both control and some power and amazing at counterpunching against hard hitters because the flex allows you to hit an offensive shot even when you're hitting the ball late ( flexible racquets have this unique advantage over stiff racquets). What she did play with starting 1999 was def more powerful and 130 sq inches. Hence her 103-lb tension.

@@th8257 no way are you serious? Thats awesome to know about her loss to Linda Ferando.

@@quiddy there's a video of the ferrando match here on KZfaq and the thumb nail shows the top of her racquet had actually snapped. Billie Jean king was commentating and she also noticed that the racquet had split at the top. I don't know if Monica had actually noticed, or whether all her other racquets had snapped too! It was very strange of Monica to change her racquet so close to the US Open and no doubt a lot of $$$ was involved. I wonder if her loss to Ferrando was possibly because she was still experimenting with string tensions and hadn't got it right.

@@th8257 it was poor planning, you’re right, though she did win the Slims of Los Angeles with it, beating Mary Joe, Arantxa, and Navratilova. But if she didn’t notice that the frame had buckled, then she must not have fully understood the risks assoc to stringing too tightly.

Not true at all.