The greatest: Steffi Graf – power and perfect timing personified | Katy Murrells

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In the first of a series on the best tennis players of the past 50 years, we look back at the German who became the sport’s only ‘golden slam’ winner

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The forehand. It had to be the forehand. With Steffi Graf one point away from the most golden piece of tennis history and Gabriela Sabatini’s second serve there to be hit, Graf took a few quick steps to her left to run around the ball, her footwork as graceful as ever, and took aim. Striking a crushing forehand that a stumbling Sabatini could only frame towards the Seoul stands, the 19-year-old added the 1988 Olympic title to the grand slams she had won that year at the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. Arguably the greatest forehand any woman has ever possessed had secured the rarest of achievements. No player, male or female, had claimed the golden slam before or has since.

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Written by Katy Murrells
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/29/the-greatest-steffi-graf-power-perfect-timing-personified-tennis under the title “The greatest: Steffi Graf – power and perfect timing personified | Katy Murrells”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.