Nearly three decades since she burst onto the scene, a vision in white, Gabriela Sabatini is still turning heads.
Her Latin looks and casual charm were on full display as she walked up to receive her official Hall of Fame ring at the Copa Claro tennis tournament in Buenos Aires on Friday.
Despite the 41 years, the Pearl of the Pampas is still as exquisite as she was when she squared up against Chris Evert at the 1985 French Open semi-final.
The Argentine lost the match, but earned a generation of followers. Between then and now, she has lifted the US Grand Slam, won an Olympic silver and graced several magazine covers.
Men loved her, women envied her and rivals fretted over her incredible topspin.
In the age of power play, ‘Gaby’ was grace personified, as she would waltz down the court and smother her opponents with powerful groundstrokes.
Her rivalry with Steffi Graf was stuff dreams were made. But they got along well too and the 1988 Wimbledon doubles title bears testimony to that. Having retired from the game in 1996, Sabatini hit the perfect length on the business court with her perfume line.
Her two sides: Earlier pictures show Gaby during a photo shoot (left) and as she battled it out on the court
She has also been active with numerous charitable causes including UNICEF.
On Friday, as she posed for the shutterbugs, the Divine Argentine gave the audience a glimpse as to what the world has missed ever since she bid farewell to the tennis court.
