Immaculate power tennis by Davenport, a truly exceptional performance

@spencophany

6 ай бұрын

Far from immaculate actually.

i remember that final - i was so amazed by what played Linsday the first 45 minutes. Would not have expected that to be her last Slam win.

didn't you realize that this a 4:3 format in a 16:9 container before uploading?

Always love watching Davenport play. She should've won more slams.

@poshbo

11 ай бұрын

This was her last GS singles title. After this, the Williams sisters started to peak and surpassed her with even more power and far greater athleticism. Even Capriati surpassed Davenport in 2001 because she moved better and had comparable baseline power. Then there were Clijsters and Henin. Davenport really didn't have the athleticism to keep winning GS singles titles after the 2000 AO (though she did come close in 2005).

@Den-nd6cd

11 ай бұрын

shoulda woulda coulda, remeber at this point up until Miami they were both cocky, Davenport low key as they didnt have any rivals. And then Venus woke up

@NotSettlingForSecondBest

10 ай бұрын

Davenport had more powerful and consistent groundstrokes most of the time compared to the Williams but they served bigger and were faster. For a woman her height 6'3" she moved pretty well but she wasn't built for sprinting.

@christianWilliams-pc4jn

7 ай бұрын

​@@poshboThe Williams sisters did not have more power than Davenport, but they had superior athleticism and mental strength. As far as Capriati goes Lindsay's ground strokes were much better. Jennifer's backhand was weak as was her serve compared to Davenport. But you are correct about her movement and speed, that's what allowed her to even be able to contend with the best.

@arineems6059

3 ай бұрын

Nah. She won enough slams, and this justified her level compared to the other players of her time

The great Martina 6 straight years final in AO and won the three championships,a story hard to duplicate!

26:18 i 'm seldom to see such craftiness in today women 's tennis. Hingis skill was amazing.😮😮

Davenport has a great serve!

D such a powerful tennis player!

Would love to watch the game in a decent quality. Sorry to be slightly petty here, but come on with the ratio.

4:3, please....

Davenport was a better player in 2004-2005. She was much fitter, moved comparably better, etc. The 2004 US Open should have been hers but lost in the SF due to injury. 2005 AO and WB were heartbreakers.

@tennparker1

4 ай бұрын

Venus vs Lindsey at Wimbledon still an all time favorite match of mine. Venus on grass at the top of her game was beautiful. Lindsey in 04-05 was soooo good.

2000 winner gets $770k .. 2023 winner gets almost $4mill

@33leroi

11 ай бұрын

Навратилова и Эверт вообще получали гроши по сравнению с этими. Хотя выигрывали почти всё очень долгий период.

This is one of the reasons why I'm hesitant to agree when people say Monica Seles would have won 20+ slams. Apart from the fact that nobody can keep up the record she had 91-92 for more than a few years, she was coming into an era or much stiffer competition. Players like Davenport who could actually beat Monica at her own game.

@thb1091

5 ай бұрын

I actually think Seles was sort of like Hingis tactically with power closer to that of Davenport, if that makes any sense. What I mean is that both peak Monica/Martina were able to dictate rallies via taking the ball extremely early and creating sharp angles, but they're also vulnerable when players can put them on defence and prevent them from controlling the point from the baseline/just inside it (also forces them to generate pace on their own which neither particularly enjoyed having to do). Explains their H2H against more assertive offensive titans like Davenport, Graf, and the Williams sisters who didn't give them a ton of room to rally when they were playing their very best. Monica to her credit actually compensated for this during her second career by employing a more high-risk, first-strike style of play but that she was no longer able to play her pacey-yet-measured early-90s game - her natural style - made it so the WS and Davenport could out-slug her rather easily.

@hugoleonardocarvalho862

3 ай бұрын

I agree

@dropshot118

3 ай бұрын

not to mention the young and emerging WS would never ever allow seles to touch a slam after late 1999. Even if Seles never got stabbed. They are equally power but more mobile then Seles. Better serves too!

@th8257

3 ай бұрын

​@@thb1091great description

@thb1091

3 ай бұрын

@@th8257 It would've been really interesting to see how 1992/1993 Seles would've fared against Serena or Davenport because I've long felt the most underrated aspect of Monica's game was her ability to adjust her gameplan and tactics depending on the opponent/score; a fit Seles wouldn't have resorted to trying to out-hit them. People think of her as one-dimensional but she was anything but (she even had some nice finesse shots in her arsenal, people just focused elsewhere). She was almost like Djokovic in that she could execute any baseline style imaginable - grinding, bashing, or counterpunching. She troubled Graf not through sheer firepower but by being a superior tactician who wore Steffi down and made her beat herself. Even pre-stabbing her middling athleticism still put a cap on the amount of solutions she had when the opponent was firing on all cylinders (as evidenced by some of her fast-court matches against Graf and Capriati) but overall she was an extremely well-rounded player whose combination of pace/court sense/mental toughness made her a foil for anyone.

Everyone says Lindsay moved poorly but I thought her footwork was precise and excellent. Take a look at 2:57 where she not only gets to a good down the line shot by Hingis but pushes off back to the middle extremely quickly, not to mention hits a deep shot back that Hingis can’t control. All she lacked was a sprint speed. Incidentally I’m not sure if she moved as well as this in her earlier or later years.

@matthewimmortal11

10 күн бұрын

Wow she did 3 steps down the line to the left and then to the right… crazy heavy stuff. How could she do that? 😮😮😮 madness total madnesssss 😴

@stefan33uk

10 күн бұрын

@@matthewimmortal11I didn’t say it was spectacular. She had a slow sprint speed but her footwork was excellent. Small adjusting steps when required and lots of split steps between shots. I think Pliskova and Pierce are good examples of top players with poor movement. And Serena was lightning fast but was one of the players with the most sloppy footwork and Mouroutoglou improved that part of her game a lot.

Beautiful grandslam tournooi

So sad Martina lost this match

@mollymccause

11 ай бұрын

It’s a sad match

@victordunson719

11 ай бұрын

YAY for Miss Davenport 😊

Such outdated tennis. Davenport so slow and hingis powerless game won her no slam after 1999. She retired because she knew she wasnt winning a single slam

@poshbo

11 ай бұрын

Hingis also didn't use enough variety in this match; she mostly rallied with Davenport from the back when she should have put in low slice, drop shots and came to net.

@juliansalgadovelasco486

11 ай бұрын

La Cara de Martina y su madre lo dicen todo...poco o nada por hacer, Lindsay si jugaba a su velocidad, con consistencia, le ganaba en esta superficie, aunque ella no se desplazara bien.

@NotSettlingForSecondBest

10 ай бұрын

I think Davenport would be a top 10 player today.

@poshbo

10 ай бұрын

@@NotSettlingForSecondBest it's hard to say. Although Davenport won her last GS title in 2000, I think her level in 2005 was actually higher; she was fitter and moved better and could engage with more athletic opponents like Venus and Clijsters fairly well. She still wouldn't move as well as most top 10 players today though she hits a better and cleaner ball than most of them. But these days players are so much fitter that it's much harder for Davenport to hit clean winners and once points get long, her lack of mobility becomes an issue. Other tall, powerful players like Sabalenka and Rybakina move better than Davenport.

@rajusaha855

7 ай бұрын

Both have winning record against Venus.😂😂