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Post by Admin on Jul 18, 2017 20:04:33 GMT
Jamie Murray & Martina Hingis Wimbledon 2017 final press conference “Sport is a great gift to have, and not everybody is as fortunate as I was,” says Hingis. “So there’s definitely a personal element in this decision. I think this is a great project. The places that they go to, they get a lot of kids together and they can play. I’ve participated in the past, and in the future – when I don’t play any more – I want to be more involved. “Not everybody is fortunate enough to be able to play tennis. If I can help, with my little bit, to help kids start playing tennis and learn, I will.”
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Post by Admin on Jul 20, 2017 20:11:49 GMT
@judymurray Jul 16 This is the incredible Martina Hingis with her Wimbledon mixed doubles trophy. Right b4 she dropped it on my foot.
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Post by Admin on Oct 31, 2017 19:53:52 GMT
Switzerland’s Martina Hingis has announced she is ending her career and retiring from professional tennis. The winner of 43 career singles titles and 64 career doubles titles (including 25 career Grand Slam titles across singles, doubles and mixed doubles), Hingis will step away from the sport, concluding a career as one of the legendary greats of the game. Hingis turned professional in 1994 and clinched her first WTA singles title in 1996 at Filderstadt. She went on to collect a total of 548 singles match wins, while her haul of 43 career singles titles is the 12th-most in WTA history. The Swiss star is also one of only six players to hold the WTA World No.1 ranking in singles and doubles at the same time. Following two previous retirements, in 2003 and 2007, Hingis returned to professional tennis in 2013, and enjoyed phenomenal success in doubles, lifting 28 titles following her comeback. In a further testament to her extraordinary career, Hingis has announced her retirement while currently co-ranked World No.1 in doubles with Chinese Taipei’s Chan Yung-Jan, with whom she has won nine titles this year.
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