Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Hingis Lately

I talked about how I miss Anna Kournikova not long ago.
Martina Hingis, Who used to play a lot of doubles with Kournikova, is now married. This happened in December 2010, but I was not aware of it until today.
Hingis won five Grand Slam titles by the age of 18, and held the world's No.1 ranking for over 200 weeks. She was forced to retire at the mere age of 22. Ironically, the same age Kournikova retired. After she made a comeback in 2005, she made it to the top 10 in the world ranking. After failing on the drug test for cocaine, even that she claimed that she never consumed such substances, she retired again.
So, who is the broom? His name is Thibault Hutin, a 24-year-old show jumper. I googled his name on the Internet, but the only things that came up were news articles reporting Hingis' marriage to him. what is show jumper by the way? Show jumper is a person who rides on a horse and jumps several obstacles but if he was successful in that sport, he would have some online articles or wiki page about him.
Wow, talking about Hingis' low-life. She accomplished so much in tennis, is it as if there is no one who has career that is compatible to hers? At lease Kounikova is dating a succesful singer, Enrique Iglesias.
Maybe Hingis will come back to tennis. When she retired for the first time, she repeatedly said she had no plans to play competitively again. She is only 30. She played legend doubles with Kournikova at 2010 Wimbledon. I miss her smart tennis. kournikova and Hingis, please come back.

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