I have so much respect for the Maleevas. They had nothing. No support from their federation, abd certainly no personal resources other than their own discipline and sheer determination. When Manuela started playing outside Bulgaria she literally had to win every tournament. If she lost there was no money to go on. The pressure that she, and later Katerina, bore was enormous. Yulia Berberien should go down as one of the best coaches of the 20th century.
@@romania4712 😊Their story is a wonderful story. To me, that time was the best era of Women's Tennis: the late 70's to mid-90's. The Maleevas, even with all the difficulties, they triumphed and sealed a place in tennis history.
The Maleeva sisters did have the distinction of 3 sisters that made the top 10 on the wta tour, but their games were relatively uninteresting. Katerina's game was the least dynamic and this match shows that.
Katerina moonballed a lot in her earlier years…but over time she developed hard flat strokes and hit the hardest ground strokes out of her sisters, especially on the forehand side
