Hail Martina!
Before I get to that, I counted 22posts in the month of January. That's 22 in 31 days. I'm once again astonished by the idle time that SAF has spared me.
At one time, people were crazy about Stefi Graf, her endless legs and her domination in women's tennis. She is now, wife of Andre Agassi, a happy mother and wife.
Martina Hingis burst into the tennis scene at the tender age of 16. She was extremely promising winning grand slams after grand slams as a teenager. She played with grace, finesse, sublime technique and in such a girlish fashion, but the best thing was, she couldn't stop winning.
When the good old TCS screened live games of Australian Open, Wimbeldon, French Open and the US Open, as well as the EPL, I will never fail to watch Martina play. Her adversaries were people like Jennifer Capriati, Lindsday Davenport, Anna Kournikova, the Williams sisters, some other insignificant players.
Her spectecular rise to superstardom in tennis came to an abrupt end when she retired at age 22, the reason i know not. Perhaps it was the muscles that the other female tennis players have pumped up. Grace and flawness technique couldn't defy sheer power.
That is why I hate Serena Williams.
After her, the closest that resemble her was Belgium's Justine Henin, the one who featured in those Nike 'nothing is impossible' commercials, wait, or was it Adidas? This former no.1 was then ousted by fellow compatriot Kim Clijsters. She often looked frail and small compared to the other beefcakes but then again, she played with such excellent technique and grace to hang in there with those muscles for a while.
The emergence of Russian tennis led by sex siren and equally brilliant Maria Sharapova is no doubt cuter, girlish, sexier than Martina. She also re-ignited my passion for women's tennis in the post-Martina era. But she still lacked that outright girlish confidence that Martina potrays. Martina, unlike Maria, doesn't shout about the court chasing after every ball like a bulldog. Sharapova, no doubt is a fighter. Hingis, saves the effort and finishes you off the next play with an exquisite shot.
I heard Martina Hingis is considering a comeback and I'm eagerly anticipating.
Hingis, along with Steffi Graf, are the only and true (there are so many fake ones out there like the Wiliams) women that ever graced the world's most grand tennis courts. Of course there was the other Martina.
I can't wait to see Maria Sharapova defending her Wimbeldon title against Martina Hingis this year.
At one time, people were crazy about Stefi Graf, her endless legs and her domination in women's tennis. She is now, wife of Andre Agassi, a happy mother and wife.
Martina Hingis burst into the tennis scene at the tender age of 16. She was extremely promising winning grand slams after grand slams as a teenager. She played with grace, finesse, sublime technique and in such a girlish fashion, but the best thing was, she couldn't stop winning.
When the good old TCS screened live games of Australian Open, Wimbeldon, French Open and the US Open, as well as the EPL, I will never fail to watch Martina play. Her adversaries were people like Jennifer Capriati, Lindsday Davenport, Anna Kournikova, the Williams sisters, some other insignificant players.
Her spectecular rise to superstardom in tennis came to an abrupt end when she retired at age 22, the reason i know not. Perhaps it was the muscles that the other female tennis players have pumped up. Grace and flawness technique couldn't defy sheer power.
That is why I hate Serena Williams.
After her, the closest that resemble her was Belgium's Justine Henin, the one who featured in those Nike 'nothing is impossible' commercials, wait, or was it Adidas? This former no.1 was then ousted by fellow compatriot Kim Clijsters. She often looked frail and small compared to the other beefcakes but then again, she played with such excellent technique and grace to hang in there with those muscles for a while.
The emergence of Russian tennis led by sex siren and equally brilliant Maria Sharapova is no doubt cuter, girlish, sexier than Martina. She also re-ignited my passion for women's tennis in the post-Martina era. But she still lacked that outright girlish confidence that Martina potrays. Martina, unlike Maria, doesn't shout about the court chasing after every ball like a bulldog. Sharapova, no doubt is a fighter. Hingis, saves the effort and finishes you off the next play with an exquisite shot.
I heard Martina Hingis is considering a comeback and I'm eagerly anticipating.
Hingis, along with Steffi Graf, are the only and true (there are so many fake ones out there like the Wiliams) women that ever graced the world's most grand tennis courts. Of course there was the other Martina.
I can't wait to see Maria Sharapova defending her Wimbeldon title against Martina Hingis this year.
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