Venus Williams def Anna Kournikova Miami Final 1998
3rd set highlights and a brief post match interview with Venus Williams Venus plays an intelligent third set, gritting it through with a few unforced errors
Categories: Tennis Players Tags: 1998, Anna, Final, Kournikova, Miami, Venus, Williams
Howd’ja do it?
Can anyone see Venus’ groundstrokes ? Are these looking hard and fast ??
If they are then people are blind.
Yes, Anna didn’t win a tournament! No, she wasn’t a bad player. People always compare her to Maria, but she looks a million times better. Anna beat a lot of great players.
@TheTennis808 incredible talent indeed. She was also abused by her mother and everything about tennis became too negative for her. She was a brilliant athlete but much more sensitive than people would ever know.
@sexygreen2010 yes, that’s right. Beauty was her curse as her matter of fact. Had she been less beautiful, she wouldn’t have got that much attention and her tennis could have developed to its full potential.
@juju1305 agree but i think it maybe more than that… u know it mustve been hard for her to comprehend all the attention and put her tennis life into perspective… i dont think she was mentally strong enough!
@sexygreen2010 she took the wrong path and lost her tennis in the process. She’s better off not playing anymore…
@juju1305 oh okay!! keep wishing… i really wish anna is still playing though!
@sexygreen2010 I did not say Venus did not deserve it, she had a fantastic run herself. Simply, I wish kournikova had won this one.
@juju1305 winning a tournament aint all about beating just one player… u have to beat everyone and play the 7 matches and the winner on the day which was VENUS deserved it.
what the general public dont understand is that Anna was a great player… you dont beat players like Graf, Hingis or Davenport without knowing how to play
its just unfortunate that she lost cinfidence and didnt knuckle down to get that elusive title… even play tier 3 tournaments to get that monkey off her back
Yup agree. Anna had beaten so many great players throughout the tournament, she would have deserved to win
very true indeed
Looking back at this, I’m a huge fan of Venus, but I kind of wish Anna had won this match because that whole ‘no singles title’ label never would have started…
thats all i have im afraid
ugh! Where’s the rest of the interview?