I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them.

(She also carried the country's flag in the opening ceremony. Sabatini teamed-up with Graf to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon that year. She won six major international junior titles including the French Open girls' singles and was ranked the World No.

She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s. She won the women's singles title at the US Open in 1990 the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1988 two Year-End Championships in 1988 and 1994 and a silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games.