Nastya is 42yo, she retired in 2007 (16 years ago). This affair should have been massacre of the innocents! Still she looked quite competitive and you had to solve a few problems to overpower her. And her great sense of humor... Good for Nastya!
@@benparsons4979Yes, she did retire at 26. Not a very standard case, but it happens. For example, Martina Hingis (5 times single Grand Slam champion) retired at 27.
@@benparsons4979It was a little early, but she was struggling with performance and injuries. At the time, most players retired around the age of 30, or soon after. It was very different than it is now.
Nastya Myskina was one of the reasons I followed women's tennis back then. Her groundstrokes were laser-like and her anticipation was second only to Hingis. There's no player who plays with her elegance and grace at the moment in the women's game aside from maybe Rybakina. I miss her very much.
@alani3992 I agree with you, but I was just talking about how elegant their manner of playing is. To me, it seems like they have an effortless way of playing tennis, which I appreciate very much. Lindsay Davenport and Roger Federer have the same quality.
You don't even know what nostalgia this brings forth for me! Myskina was one of the first players I ever saw play on tv and eversince I've been watching tennis. She was just incredibly cool. Such a unique personality and game. You are so lucky you got to meet her and play with her!
She hasn't aged?!!! Did you you not see her face at the end there. I will be having nightmares tonight. Nah, nah just joking. She looked pretty good for a woman her age. Better than most in fact. It is just that older stale broads aren't my type. Even if they were WTP No.2 way back when. I will say, she probably looks ten times better than Hingis probably does these days.
Sometimes people think that this or that foreign player doesn’t have a personality when, in fact, it’s often the fact that English is not their first language and they are not fluent enough to show their humour / personality. Rublev is viral for his humour but even with him i sometimes see how he translates his jokes from Russian and it would 100% be funnier in his language, also the delivery is different in different languages. I’ve seen this with Czech girls whose jokes often remain lost in translation lol
I loved watching her in the early 2000s. I saw her play a world team tennis match in 2002 in Springfield, Missouri, she wasn’t a slam champion yet but she was becoming a top player at the time. Anyways I remember after the match going to get her autograph and there wasn’t even hardly a line to get it because John McEnroe was also there so I got to speak to her for a second. Nothing much I think I just told her she played really well and congrats and she said thank you but I remember her being really friendly and kind and smiling and stuff and it seemed very genuine. Love her sense of humor here!
Still these so lovely eyes, Nastya ! I was rooting for her at the french, no matter how deep the got in the draw, for years. We (french) got to know her a bit better, thanks to on court /studio interviewes. She had such a charming mix of being shy, yet with a good sense of humour and these beautiful somewhat mischievous eyes... wasn't hard to root for her 🙂 ! Nice to see she is ageing so gracefully. Superb tennis academy ! I love those wooden arches, and the view and natural light this "transparent wall" is offering.
Not sure if everyone noticed. Nastya said in Russian "Grisha, if you train properly, you would be world class player." So Grisha, давай. One idea that came to mind is to try to collaborate with Kasatkina. I am sure she would like to play you for her youtube channel. Could be really fun to watch.
what this kinda reinforced to me was that one has to have a really gritty, unflappable, self-assured, and airtight personality to get anywhere within the WTA. even with the obvious power-difference at hand, she didn't lose one step of self-assurance; it was like she owned just being there. i can imagine any number of other people just really intimidated by the situation, but not an instant of that, at least visibly. brava to her, respect!
true and also i think once somebody plays and wins in a french open -- stuff like this youtube vid probably aren't working the nerves too much. could be wrong - who knows? good to see her for sure!
@@andrewmiller3055 never. There are levels to this. While the women game is at level 5, the men game is at level 15. The power + speed difference has gotten even bigger today than 15 years or so ago when Serena and Venus tried to beat Carsten Braasch and could not even win a single game against him while he was smoking inbetween. Dude was like ATP rank 400 at the time. As a pro player who has to return 200 kmh serves from guys, you are so overpowered when you then have to deal with first serves from women that are not even on the level of second serves from male players. It is seriously like you are just messing around while the woman gives it her all. It is not even funny because you know you will easily win this. I played tennis for a long time and of course you sometimes also play some rounds vs female friends and train with them, but never was there any doubt that the only way we would play with any kind of fun was when I would hold back in my ground strokes and serves, otherwise it would not have made much sense...
One thing that continue to surprise me. - why female pro players (90%+) do so lousy legs loading on their serves? It's easy to fix thing and would completely change their serve and game.
@@gladiatorstribe crazy indeed! it was a war! i really felt so bad for Vera after her loss. but she's still top 20, 25 so she's still living her dream job while all her RUS peers have retired. not bad for Vera 💪
She's so adorable! Does anyone know if she has some kind of injury? Even for 41 her serve looks like it has slowed down quite dramatically. Just curious, not trying to be offensive. Loved the video :)
she would whoop my behind... and at 42, holy cow shes still got it. Also, playing against a slam winner is super special. Thanks for your content as always grisha!
She was right that "boy don't know how to play at this speed." Women's tennis is all about small margins. Its slow pace makes the tactics and strategy stand out.
Such a good video. Grisha...man...incredible ma man. She's awesome. So funny. Great chemistry between you two. She did pretty awesome actually; I think. Thanks for sharing this. Really enjoyed it. Would love to visit Moscow one day, and her academy. Cheers! M
A former Wta versus a 1700 ATP cannot win a game in a set NEVER. Even a top 10 WTA Cannot win with a 1700 ATP even if she still play. My friend Riccardo Ciruolo ex ATP 220 was training vs Mary Pierce in Montecarlo s9me years ago. During training Mary was hitting very hard and seems to stay or overcome the player level. When they started to play real set Riccardo easily managed her without loosing a game in a set……
Seems like you went easy on her. At 100% it would have been an annihilation, and yes I understand she's older and no longer competitive. Even Serena Williams has admitted she would get thrashed by any male pro, it's just a different game. Nothing wrong with that it's just the way it is. If I had to name my favourite tennis player I'd probably say Monica Seles, so I'm not against woman at all, there's just a significant diffence between mens and womens tennis at the highest level.
She gave you a pretty tough time all things considered, and she is clearly nowhere near the level she was at when she won the French Open in 2004. I'm looking back at the highlights from then and her groundstrokes and serve were way faster, so if you weren't playing a retired version of her I think she probably would have beat you.
She was so calm. Great content as always! The only issue was the camera person over the last couple of minutes of the game, was moving the camera too fast. Instead, it would be much better if he/she took a wide shot.
Awesome video! She played really well, even though she is off-peak, it's amazing how hard she still battles and how much she has grown the sport in the Russian Federation. Are you personal friends with her? You guys had great rapport.
Back in the day (1980), I was playing varsity High school tennis. I was a bit of a freak in that I hardly practiced but had a natural ability to serve and my serves reached nearly 120mph. Unfortunately, the rest of my game wasn’t at that level and my natural laziness prevented me from reaching my potential. Something I regret. Anyway, I was at a group lesson at Tam Tennis Club in north IL burbs and a younger girl was training with her coach on a nearby court. I noticed her coach exchange some words with the pro who was coaching our group. That pro, Bob Marimba(sp?), signaled for me to come over. When I did he told the younger girl , “ if you return this kids serve, then you can return just about any serve you’ll face in competition.” Needless to say she quickly started returning everything I had. It was like hitting against a wall. I don’t think I won a volley. That younger girl was Andrea Yeager. That’s My brush with greatness!
That was great. I swear, russian people...! In the end, you guys are the ones who get the most wta top 50 players in the world, and it's been like that for decades. Nastia is some personality, wish she was my coach. Keep it up guys
Too easy... just hitting casually cos the poor lovely lady has no weapons. Remember the days when French Open was all about getting the ball back endlessly: Arantxa Sanchez Vicario could beat anyone with boredom
Loved your video again!! Keep it up sir!! It looked like fun what a great exp. You are a lucky dude to do this kind of stuff...... oh and Nastya humor what enjoyable!! She rocks!!
This is the way you play girls when you want them to go out with you..pretending to keep it close and competitive while actually going super easy on them! Well played Kuki! :D
everybody speaks about Nastya’s tennis and how good it still is…let me say rather this: boy is she still so good looking, was beautiful when she was young and is still beautiful today
Those Russian ladies made the 2000s so special. Would love to see you hit with Dementieva, Kuznetsova, Petrova, Safina, or Zvonereva! Kasatkina from current players too.
Though you make a big deal about her former abilities and success on tour, you also downplay your own ability before the play to make it seem like a victory by you would be a "major upset." In reality, your tennis is advanced enough and polished enough to not only stay with her, but to take it to her, using superior power and consistency. That was no upset. She was overpowered. What would've been more competitive, would've been a handicap set, where she has the alleys, and you get only one serve.
It would have been disrespectful to her if he changed the rules to give her a chance for points, this was better in terms of respecting her by playing some points easy to give her a score and then overpowering her as her body is too weak to handle a man’s play right now
Myskina in her pump would have beaten him, even accounting for the difference in power. She still looks in pretty good shape but her tennis is very much removed from her best.
She's an amazing player and I'm so glad there is a separate women's tournament and category. It's just unfair for women to have to compete against men in a tournament setting.
@@gladiatorstribe Sorry for replying so late, as the western world doesn't really like russia (the country), but the ppl always are rlly nice (maybe other than that one person)
This guy had to work his butt off to go 10-7 against a female fossil. She's been retired for, what, 15 years or something? When he said she was No. 2 for a reason, he's not kidding. Still his forehands were just a little too heavy for her.
Grish, I'm not the only one who think you can make it. She said the same, and I believe Russians are honest and don't bullshit each other like Americans do.
You tore your bicep? Is this before or after your UTR matches? I was looking forward to your renewed training commitment but a torn bicep is pretty serious.
That's the same thing happend in the match of Billie Jean king and nobody said anything about it but the man was 55 year old . That means she beat a literal dead man
Swiatek no2 would give Andy Murray no.40 a run for his money. I’ve just finished watching the former world No.1 lose in last 16 of Basel, he was terrible. He must really love Tennis to be playing 20 plus tournaments a year where he’s just a journeyman. Borg 25 quit when basically he was no2 in the world at the end of 1981.
Good video mate. This is the 2nd video of yours ive watched. The 1st one was were you pretended to play tennis for the first time and really enjoyed it. I gotta be honest i thought you were going to pretend to lose to her, and i would of stopped watching you if you did 😂
