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've exceeded my own expectations and am happy to be playing good tennis once again.
It looked more like a football match. I could not find my rhythm and I am just happy to be through to the next round.
So far, so good. I'm definitely very happy with the progress I'm making. Today probably wasn't my prettiest game, but it was effective.
At that point, it just was very flowing, I didn't even think about it. I just went on court and did my thing and I was very happy doing it.
We worked hard all season to get ourselves into this position, ... I was very happy to be part of this team and get them going. I knew when the guys lost the first set of doubles I had to step up and get us a lead.
It's my rookie season, so I'm really enjoying every minute of it, ... I'm very happy to be in the championship.
I enjoy being back. Just every tournament is a new one, and right now I really am happy to be playing and at that level again.
I was never happy my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis,
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.
I knew (Pin) was not going to overpower me. Sometimes in the windy conditions you have to be very careful to overdo it and you have to work your point out there.
I knew that I had to be right there from the start. I knew I couldn't give her any momentum.
I'm just waiting for a wild card to play in the Australian Open . To face Anna will be a good test for me.