This girl was a great thinker on the court. I wish her well with her comeback.
I remember watching her first play when she was around 16 in doubles with Anna Kournikova.
NEVER SAW SO MANY MEN AROUND A TENNIS COURT IN MY LIFE.
I've since watched her play many tennis matches in person and she is a delight.
The sources of her injuries are that she is just a bit too small to be on the pro tour playing such huge athletes.
I thing the nature of her injuries were like bone spurs at the bottom of her feet from all the damage running.
She has great shots, and has been playing professionally again already through the summer in World Team Tennis.
She started by dropping three games in one set, then she was winning 6-0 6-0 6-0...
Also had the delight through World Team Tennis to see her play women's doubles and mixed again (With John McEnroe...Wimbledon 2006 mixed?). She REALLY likes John McEnroe and found they had similar mentalities and approaches to doubles.
We've seen some great athletes go by the wayside in women's sports because they overextended their bodies. IMO, the Williams sisters operated the early part of their careers using 110% of their ability and I think they caused some permanent injury early to their bodies.
Marismo (sp) the French lesbo steroid user does not impress me.
Capriati had a great second career and is gone.
I still miss Gabriella Sabatini in the women's tour.
I think Hingis will do well.
Figure she'll earn 2 million in prize money and perhaps as much as 30-40 million a year in endorsements.
The endorsements in the tens of millions are IMO the main reason she is coming back as it was for M Jordan.
She will say she misses the game, but I think she sure misses getting paid an easy 25 million a year or so (I would).
Looking forward to seeing her back and I hope she and John McEnroe play doubles together in the majors.
Gabriella Sabatini
Martina
Kournikova & Hingus
Kournikova
Hmmm. At
GoTennis They have a Hingis story. *
The pic's the best part . . .
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* Hingis Makes Comeback...Again
WASHINGTON - Martina Hingis is returning to professional tennis again.
The former top-ranked player, who retired from the WTA Tour three years ago because of an ankle injury, won five Grand Slam singles titles in her career and was the youngest player to be ranked No. 1.
The 25-year-old Swiss player made a brief comeback in February, losing in the first round of the Volvo Womens Open in Thailand. Her previous match was at Filderstadt in October 2002, but she believed she prematurely returned to competition following left ankle surgery, and withdrew from all remaining tournaments.
I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis, Hingis said Tuesday in a statement. I have enjoyed my time away from the court. However, I miss the game and the challenge of competing at the highest level of tennis and I want to gauge whether I can stay healthy and compete against todays top players.
Hingis won 40 singles titles and 36 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She was only 16 when she took over the top ranking in March 1997. She spent 209 of the next 247 weeks in the top spot.
