There are seven quotes from Gabriela Sabatini that explain why she was so far away from the sport of tennis, her rivalries with Graf, and the players who are most admired by her at the present time.

Gabriela Sabatini will be returning to Roland Garros on this coming Tuesday, and she will be competing alongside Gisela Dulko in the doubles competition of the Tournament of Champions. During the period prior to the anticipated return, the former number three player in the world and winner of the Abierto de los Estados Unidos in 1990 disclosed the reason why she had been absent from the sport for such a long period of time, recalled her matches with Steffi Graf, and analyzed the current state of the sport.

“It was necessary to put aside the tennis. For a number of years, I did not participate in any sporting events, but after a period of one year, I decided to return to participating in tournaments. I had to pay a significant amount of money to continue being associated with tennis, with the sport itself, and with everything that had to do with tennis. Every time I stopped playing, I made it a point to run for three or five hours. I always enjoyed doing physical activity. A single day in Buenos Aires covers a distance of fifty kilometers. Since then, I have completed a few stages of the Tour de France. I am inclined to those things, and I am now enjoying them. “I am the only Argentine player to ever win a Grand Slam as an individual,” she said, adding, “I am my cable to the ground.”