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**RicyReetred** · 05-22-2009, 03:35 AM

That '87 match was huge, Miles.

In retrospect, for some reason, I don't recall the tennis in Hingis/Graf as being spectacular, though that could just be my memory. What I think makes it memorable was Hingis's meltdown.

You're right, the Graf/Hingis match did not have great tennis but it had major DRAMA. Also, it marked a turning point in Hingis' career. The meltdown impacted her in ways we could not have known then, but she never won another GS again. It altered the trajectory of her career completely.

A couple of months later, Graf was gone from the game too, so on that day, two careers sort of came to an end. One with a bang, the other with tragic consequences.

05-22-2009, 03:35 AM	#8
RicyReetred Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 577 Senior Member	That '87 match was huge, Miles. In retrospect, for some reason, I don't recall the tennis in Hingis/Graf as being spectacular, though that could just be my memory. What I think makes it memorable was Hingis's meltdown. You're right, the Graf/Hingis match did not have great tennis but it had major DRAMA. Also, it marked a turning point in Hingis' career. The meltdown impacted her in ways we could not have known then, but she never won another GS again. It altered the trajectory of her career completely. A couple of months later, Graf was gone from the game too, so on that day, two careers sort of came to an end. One with a bang, the other with tragic consequences.
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