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
believe chances
The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win.
believing confidence players playing start step top
Playing the top players you have to play them over and over. You have to start believing and step by step I'm getting my confidence back.
battles best brought close definitely either great knew matches played since tennis time tournament win
I'm very excited. We've had great battles over the years, and now that I haven't played her since my comeback, it's definitely a great challenge. We always played one of the best matches because we knew every time we played, either we win the tournament or we were close to doing so. So (it) always brought the best tennis out of each other.
exceeded good happy playing tennis
I've exceeded my own expectations and am happy to be playing good tennis once again.
boom coach coaches girls hitting playing problem taught teach
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.
played tennis week
I've played a lot of tennis this week and I'm not used to that.
enjoy happy level playing tournament
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.
areas bad beat best certain great improving lost player playing solid
She is a solid player, the one to beat in tomorrow's final. I lost to a great player today. She is playing her best tennis. However, I wouldn't say that I am playing bad tennis. I am improving with every outing. I know there are certain areas in which I can improve.
kicked memories past playing
I just really like playing here. I've always done well here in the past and those memories kicked in well.
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It's really great to be back after all this time. I have very nice memories because I was the first female player to win the title here (in 2001). Hopefully these memories will inspire me and it will be a good week for me in this great event. I was always impressed with the modernity of Dubai and all that it has to offer.
early good great hear people played points wanting
It's great to be back out there. When you hear applause, people are there wanting to see you. It's great. And I played some good points early on, and then you just get going.
badly exceeded finals good head home looking played start tokyo
I'm not looking for any excuses, she was just too good today. I'm going home with my head up. This is a good start to my comeback. I don't think I played badly today, she was just too good. Being in the finals here in Tokyo really exceeded my expectations.
definitely games good hold key performance played smart throughout
It was definitely a good performance today. I played smart and concentrated throughout the whole match. It was key in the first games to hold serve.
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It seemed like it was a long time ago, like a lot of things have happened to me. Walking back on the stage where you've been so successful, it's a lot of pressure on you. But you also know you've had a lot of success in the past, playing the finals here over and over. Tonight, it worked, and all I can say is it feels great to be back out there.