After a gruesome 93.8 percent win rate in the 1997 season, Singis's dominance began to be threatened, and her rivals Davenport and Williams sisters continued to accumulate victories and refresh the rankings. In 1998, after Singis successfully defended the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, he stopped in the semi-finals of both the French Open and Wimbledon, and the US Open final lost to Davenport, and at the same time, he did not have the opportunity to defend his title, and was replaced by Davenport. In this case, Singis came to the 1999 season. Looking back on Singis's career, 1999 was definitely her unforgettable season.
1999 Australian Open – 5th and final crown
Coming to the 1999 Australian Open, Singis played as the No. 2 seed, surrounded by competitors, if the defending title was lost, the points would be widened by Davenport, coupled with the psychological burden of the defending champion, heavy pressures hung around Singis.
Maybe Melbourne was really a blessing for Singis, who once again played near-perfect at the Australian Open, reaching the final with just one set missed. However, her final opponent was the unseeded Frenchman Maurice Mo. The 19-year-old Maurice Mo only reached the WTA final once before the Australian Open, but the dark horse reached the final all the way to the final, and defeated the world number one Davenport in the semi-finals, breaking out of the cold.
However, the dark horse's bottom line blow did not hinder Singis's three Australian Open wins, and in the end, Singis easily defeated Maurice Mo 6:2, 6:3, winning 21 consecutive games at the Australian Open, becoming the fifth female athlete to win the Australian Open for three consecutive times since the Open era. The harsh truth is that this Australian Open champion is Singis's fifth Grand Slam singles title and the last one.
1999 French Open - Tears of Grievance
After the Australian Open, Singis regained the world's first place, but suffered an unprecedented setback at the French Open. That year, Singis was in superb form, reaching the final of the French Open all the way, this time against the 30-year-old "tennis queen" Graf. Before the game, the media was overwhelmingly optimistic about the young Swiss princess, believing that at the end of her career, graf, who was about to retire, could not pose too much of a threat to Singis.
This is also true, but what people did not expect was Graf's tenacity and insistence on not giving up, which infected the audience. The audience frantically cheered for Graf, there were many controversial penalties, coupled with one-sided scenes that made the young and angry Singis lose control of his emotions, arguing with the line and the referee, and even issued a hand serve, losing the game step by step. It was this game that gave Graf the last Grand Slam of his career and the 22nd title. After the loss, 18-year-old Singis wept bitterly in his mother's arms and clashed with the staff like a wayward little girl without sugar, a match that was later dubbed "Death of a Swan" by the media. Another regret is that throughout his life, Singis has never been able to touch the French Open women's singles championship and has not achieved a grand slam.
Later, Singis looked back on the match again, still grumpy: "I should have won the 1999 French Open final, but the referee's penalty was specifically aimed at me, and the argument with the referee made me lose my concentration and patience, and I was booed by the audience, so I lost the final." ”
The Trouble of a Girl: A Conflict with a Mother
Outside is the increasingly competitive women's tennis world, since his debut has rarely lost the fact that his dominance has declined, the family has to face the mother's everything must be asked, more than a decade of time tight supervision, no self-space Singis gradually become irritable, nervous and uneasy.
On the eve of the start of Wimbledon in 1999, her mother did not want her to spend too much time with her boyfriend Huberger (a Swiss tennis player) and did not want her to interfere with training and competition. Her mother's assertive attitude infuriated Singis, and for the first time she stopped silently obeying and yelled "no." As a result, on the later Wimbledon, the mother Merlanie did not follow her daughter for the first time, and the result of Singis's first independent participation was also tragic, and the first round of Wimbledon was violently washed by the fledgling 15-year-old Dockchi at 2:6/0:6.
After that, the mother and daughter followed the advice of the American psychologist, the mother's full-time coach, learning to keep a distance, only giving advice, but respecting all the decisions of her daughter. Singis also moved to live near the Tennis Academy in Florida and made many friends. In this regard, she said: "I made an agreement with my mother to break up for a while. I just want to be more independent in tennis and in life. My mother had her own life, I had my own life, and we wondered what would happen after we separated. ”
In the following year's US Open, the world's first Singis eliminated Dawei in the semi-finals, and met Serena Williams in the final, however, in the face of violent tennis, Singis lost, Serena won the first Grand Slam in his life, and also opened a new era.
However, although Serena Williams made her sad again, after the first round of defeat at Wimbledon and the struggle for independence, Singis has clearly been able to face the defeat calmly. At the end of the 1999 season, Singis said: "The biggest difference this year is that I no longer have only tennis in my life, there are many things, last year I said I was half a child and half an adult, and now I am a grown woman!" 」 But what is irreversible is that the eccentric style, clever landing points and talented skills will eventually defeat the advent of the era of violence, and it is not surprising that retirement will come so early. More exciting stories about Singis, updated later.
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