“She showed great disrespect for Steffi Graf with that underhand serve; I think she went too far and wanted to show off to the crowd,” Navratilova said. “I believe she was embarrassed to be losing. A few years ago, she said Steffi was too old for tennis, and now she was losing to her on clay,” she added, as quoted by the BBC.
“You have to be respectful of your opponent, and sometimes she hasn’t been. It is something she really should take a closer look at because we’re all out there, trying hard,” Graf commented. “It’s a game out there, and sometimes I felt it was more than that for her. I didn’t really understand it because she has everything going for her. There will be other times,” she added.