Sunday, March 25, 2007

Hingis loses in 3rd round of Sony Ericsson

Martina Hingis lost in the 3rd round of Sony Ericsson today. Her opponent Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland, a player she normally has no trouble against. Now normally I would be quite happy to have a fellow country woman win. But not when it is against my all time favourite player.

Martina seemed to be doing ok in the beginning but as the match went on a lot of errors crept in, word is that Martina fell ill during the match thus the reason for her 3 set loss. From what I have read about the issue so far she took an uncharacteristic bathroom break in the 3rd set and told the umpire she was feeling ill to her stomach and wanted to throw up.

Now I don't know how much of it is true since Martina herself didn't mention anything of that sort in her post match interview. She did mention that she needs to get some rest and regroup physically and mentally most of all.

But nothing about the actual aforementioned illness. Not that she ever would blame illness as a reason for her loss, she never has. Heck when she lost at the French Open last year because of food poisoning she didn't say anything about it and cited poor play as a reason instead. She's a class act in that respect.

I'm not sure what to believe at the moment, I guess I'll just wait and see what surfaces on the subject in the next few days. Some people are of course speculating that she might be pregnant, which could definitely be a possibility.

But it could also be that she hasn't been doing so well in her last few tournaments and is sick of losing. Literally. Perhaps she is quite low on energy and resources, whatever the reason I hope she takes the time to take better care of herself so she can return to form re-energized.

Get well Martina and good luck at the Family Circle Cup. :)

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