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
I just came out here the other day. I could already feel the atmosphere coming from the previous years. You don't know how good it feels. This surface, this stadium has been so good for me.
Slowly but surely, I'm getting into it and finding my form. I trained really hard coming into these tournaments.
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.
I love coming back here, this stadium has been so good to me.
It was beautiful to walk in there. I could already feel the atmosphere coming from the previous years.
I know I'll get some tough matches and it will allow me to get used to the Australian summer coming from the European winter, both of which will be helpful with my preparation for the Australian Open.
I don't really have anything to lose. Making the last eight coming into this event, I would have never thought I could get that far.
I don't think it was that easy when I was down 3-1 today. Every match I get out here is a coming back home.
I still need to do this and that but I've played a couple of tournaments now and I feel I can get better ... I love coming back here, this stadium has been so good to me.
I think I've come a far way. I haven't won a tournament yet or grand slams. They're coming up. I think already that I showed that I've still got some game.
Maybe I have this little underdog thing now, not being out there for three years and coming back. You've seen that in the past with some other athletes and it's nice to feel the same way.
In general, when you look at girls in the academies, they are just not taught that way. I think it's just because they're always so one-sided, playing with their coach or playing with their hitting partner. And you know, just boom, boom, boom all the time. I think it's also the problem of the coaches or parents, because they don't teach them different. I don't think it's (because of) the girls, because I think if you show them how to do it, how it's done, I think a lot of them, they would use more skill.
I know she's a little girl so she's not going to overpower me. I don't think she really has a big weapon but neither does she have a weakness.
I knew I had to come up with a great game and I did.