Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Hingis successful in first round at Zurich Open





Pics from hingis.org


Very impressive performance for her first time back in Zurich after 6 years. She beat German Anna-Lena Greonefeld in 75 minutes. The first set she won easily 6/0. But her opponent raised her game in the second and evened things out at 3 all. She had trouble closing out the match at 5/4 but was finally able to do it in the 12th game winning it 7/5. Next Martina will face either Nathalie Dechy or Jarmila Gajdosova.

Things have really opened up with people like Williams, Ivanovic, Safina and Chakvetadze withdrawing. I'm not saying it'll be easy because there are still lots of good players left but I think Martina's chances have greatly increased. Especially since many of the remaining players are suffering from injuries All in all I hope this win is a sign of good things to come.

Oh, and I love that the orange outfit is back again that seems to be her good luck charm.

Here are a couple of articles on the match:
http://www.eurosport.com/tennis/wta-zurich/2006/sport_sto986983.shtml

http://www.sportsline.com/tennis/story/9732739

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