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1992: Queen Seles reigned on Centre Court
PARIS. Dec 23: Monica Seles changed • .her look, toned down her grunting and made peace with
the authorities. But her tennis remained as ruthless as ever and she ended 1992 as she began It — as undisputed world number one, writes AFT.
Seles, still only 19, swept all before her.
She won three of the four Grand Slam titles, lost only five of her 75 mutches and brought the curtain down on another highly successful season by taking the Virginia Slims championships tn New York.
Iler only hiccup came al Wimbledon where. After being the victim of a relentless Grunting campaign by a hos Ilk- media, she was beaten In straight sets In the final by
nathalic Tauziat of France and Martina Navratilova. It also brought warnings from umpires.
To her credit Seles laughed off the "Grunlometres" brought courtside by tabloid newspaper reporters arid cleverly defused some absurd questions which suggested. among other things, that she had a weight problem, was addicted to butler and had ah oversize Bottom.
You have lo laugh at some of these stories,' she said.
They are obviously written by people who have nothing to do except write headlines to sell newspaper*.'
Bui the constant publicity look its toll.
In the final, and playing on the surface least suited to her game Seles made a determined effort to cut gut rhe
Australian Open because of an ear infection and last month she was beaten in the first round of the Virginia Slims Championships by Lori McNeil.
Navratilova, 36 In October and the winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles, reached an Incredible 15th Wimbledon semifinal.
And i)1 though she failed to make the final after being narrowly beaten by Seles In three sets, the Czech-born American made tt clear she intended to be back for another crack at an elusive tenth Wimbledon single. crown 1n 1993.
"1 tell you when 1 retire. You do not tell me when I say farewell," she snapped when asked if she had played on the worlds most famous court for the last time.
1 m fitter at 35 than most players are at 20.
Klrmayr, started the year with high hopes but failed to win a major title.
The Argentinean too often came unstuck at penultimate hurdles.
She reached the semifinals at tjie Australian and French Opens and again reached the last four at Wimbledon but in two of the Grand Slam events she crashed to her Jinx player — elegant American basellner Mary Joe Fernandez.
Fernandez, coached by Harold Solomon, ended the South American player's progress first In Melbourne and then In the quarter-finals at flushing Meadow.
Al Wimbledon Sabatini went down to Graf, her 22nd loss In 33 meetings with the German player, and at Paris she was beaten by Seles after letting slip a 4 2 third set lead.
Steffi Graf.
Seles who had shorn her long, fair hair and unvetk-d a new closely ropped Twen lx.StYie' brunette haircut on the eve of her third conaceuttve French Open tri umph. came nervously lo the All England Chib
Twelve months earlier the Vojvodins born teenager had upset organisers. WTA officials and the press by announcing her decision not to play
moment via her agent and then going into hiding
Sek-s arrived for the 1992 championships all smiles and sweetness. but she soon found herself the centre of a new storm because of the two-sylla Hr grunts which accompanied her^ground strokes
The trouble ts It ts part of pose and Ms very dlilrult’fcx ■WAS stop,'she expUinod
But despite her protests, a Untied and It eve^uiSty In
grunting altogether
To all Intents and purposes hsucceeded, but won only three game. from an opponent Intent on avenging her defeat in Parts the previous month
Graf, who had gone down 10-8 tn a dramatic third set at the French open, can rarely have played better and Seles was dignified and magnanl
Look. 1 did n t win my matches here because of granting and I did nt lose to Steffi today because I wasp t
stHT *** lau^ed numh^Zd^t ^e'^'^Ty
Apart from her fourth Wimbledon triumph. Graf also ted^Germariy to trtun^h in the
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Birt the 1988 *ddo> Grand Siam winner toat her Olympic UUe and started and finished the year with disappointments
In January she missed the
Navratilova s hopes for a fifth triumph tn her 20th United State. Open were shortlived when .he crashed out in the second round lo Bulgaria's Magdek-na Maleeva.
But she issued a timely reminder that she was still a force to be reckoned with by reaching the final’ of the Virginia Slims Championship final Once there .he was again beaten by Seles but she ended the year with an excellent overall record of 38 wins ■gainst eight defeats.
Teenage Prodigy Jennifer Capriati, who had been looking increasingly bored with life on the professional tour, was 1n spired at the Barcelona Olympics
Having blazed a path into the semifinals without drop ping a set. the 16 year old set about beating local favourite Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario and then defeated the defending champion Graf
Gabriela Sabatini, armed with confidence and drilled in a new aggressive all-round game by Bnsdltan coach Cartoe
The Federation Cup was dominated by the German team of Graf. Anke Huber and Sabine Hack.
Playing at home In Frankfurt and in soaring temperatures which reached 125 degree. Farenheight. 956 Celsius, the Germans beat defending champions Spain 2-1 In the final
Graf defeated Arantxa Sanchez and Huber beat Conchita Martinez before the Spaniards won a consolation
A depleted United States lineup of Lori McNeil. Gigi Fernandez and Pam Shriver
McQuillan and Rennae Stubbs werethe surprise »emiflnali»ts — the strong Czechoslovak and French teams going out in the quarterfinals.
The tournament also saw the return of South Africa , banned from the event since 1977 and there were excellent performances by some of the underdogs —Korea putting out Italy and China giving France I plenty of headaches. J