Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis
Martina Hingisis a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in doubles by the WTA. She spent a total of 209 weeks as the singles world No. 1 and has won five Grand Slam singles titles, twelve Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar-year doubles Grand Slam in 1998, and five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles; for a combined total of twenty-two major titles. In addition, she has won the season-ending WTA Championships two times...
NationalityCzechoslovakian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth30 September 1980
CityKosice, Slovakia
This is definitely one of the more relieving matches I've had. Making the last eight coming into this event, I would have never thought I got that far. Now here I am.
Once you've been the best ... there are no seconds. But I just want to play, see where I'm at and that's pretty much it.
Now I look at it differently because I'm a little older - I don't take it for granted anymore. When you're 17, 18, you think it's ongoing, but it's not. Now I know it. I try to do everything possible to not get any injuries. Be more disciplined.
Definitely anticipation has always been a very big part of my game -- to know and read my opponent -- but it's not easy. Even if I play a Grand Slam, I play girls I don't know, so I have to adapt very quickly.
They're such survivors. I'm sure they're gonna bounce back.
I think winning the first game showed her that I am here and I am prepared, and that she has to earn her points. It was really important to have won that first game.
I saw her when she was 12 and she was very good even then. You could hear her from like 10 courts further down.
I wouldn't necessarily say the draw has opened because she lost. I still have to go out there and do my best.
Just wait until the next matches, I'll be even better. You have to have a high percentage of first serves otherwise these girls today are going to kill you. They're very aggressive and they attack right away.
Just wait until the next matches, I'll be even better.
I think it's just everything turned out well if you have the right people around you, you realize the support they give you and the trust too.
I think it was like sometimes in life things happen and you try to change them and if you learn from mistakes, it's always a good thing.
It is not a comeback anymore. I am here now and this is my fifth tournament. I have shown that I can still play. I don't look at it as a comeback anymore. It is more like the second part of my career now.
I was always saying when I came back if I could play her, and tomorrow, the day has arrived.