Got this through my Martina Hingis Google alerts, and decided to share. Apparently a lot of tennis pros are participating in a charity literacy campaign. Including people like Tim Henman, Venus Williams, Lleyton Hewitt, Maria Sharapova and of course Martina Hingis. Who according to this article is a big Harry Potter fan. Never would have guessed:D.
Here is the article I'm referring to:
http://www.communitynewswire.press.net/article.jsp?id=489501
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Hair styling 101 :D
Before
AfterMartina getting all dolled up before going out on court;). Guess even tennis stars need a stylist now and then:). Great black and white pics Found on Hingis.org.
Pics of Hingis
Source: http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?ei=UTF-8&p=hingis&c=&fr=&c=news_photos
Meant to post these earlier but I keep forgetting. Martina stuck around to the 2nd week at Wimbledon.
She watched her boyfriend Radek Stepanek play in his quarterfinal with Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman on the Number One Court, Wednesday July 5, 2006. Unfortunately he lost as well. So they both didn't have much luck in this tournament.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
Federer still the 'king of grass' at Wimbledon
Yay! Federer finally won with Nadal. But man! did he have to work hard. Federer took the first set 6/0, which I think was mainly due to Nadal battling some nerves. In the second set Nadal got himself together and got the set into a tie break.
But Federer was just too solid and his serve and won the tie break 7/6. In the 3rd set it was the opposite. It once again went into a tie-break, but this time it was Nadal who was victorious. Winning the set 6/7.
Finally in the forth set, Nadal made an error at the net and over hit a shot that give Federer the chance to break. Nadal managed to get a couple of points back. But Federer finally served the match out on the second try. Winning the 4th 6/3.
What a match just back and forth incredible power and shot making. Nadal is one tough customer, he just never gives up. I think Roger will have a lot more match ups with him in the future.
I gotta hand it to Roger though for not crumbling under the pressure. Good for him, he's earned his fourth straight Wimbledon title. Which of course puts him in the history books with Sampras. And he gets to keep his #1 ranking.
Which he was in danger of loosing if he didn't win. So yay, finally I was right on one thing I knew that Federer could win with Nadal on grass.
Now we'll see how both players do on the U.S. Open hard courts in September.
But Federer was just too solid and his serve and won the tie break 7/6. In the 3rd set it was the opposite. It once again went into a tie-break, but this time it was Nadal who was victorious. Winning the set 6/7.
Finally in the forth set, Nadal made an error at the net and over hit a shot that give Federer the chance to break. Nadal managed to get a couple of points back. But Federer finally served the match out on the second try. Winning the 4th 6/3.
What a match just back and forth incredible power and shot making. Nadal is one tough customer, he just never gives up. I think Roger will have a lot more match ups with him in the future.
I gotta hand it to Roger though for not crumbling under the pressure. Good for him, he's earned his fourth straight Wimbledon title. Which of course puts him in the history books with Sampras. And he gets to keep his #1 ranking.
Which he was in danger of loosing if he didn't win. So yay, finally I was right on one thing I knew that Federer could win with Nadal on grass.
Now we'll see how both players do on the U.S. Open hard courts in September.
Good news for Canadian Hingis fans
Or Canadian tennis fans in general. 40 of the worlds top 43 players have confirmed their entries to the Canadian tournament called the AT&T Rogers Cup in Montreal.
Including the Swiss Miss herself, Martina Hingis. Who won the tournament back in 2000. When it was called the Du Maurier Open. Yay! I'm so happy. Is it August yet?:).
Here is the confirmation article from TSN.ca
http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/news_story/?ID=170579&hubname=
Including the Swiss Miss herself, Martina Hingis. Who won the tournament back in 2000. When it was called the Du Maurier Open. Yay! I'm so happy. Is it August yet?:).
Here is the confirmation article from TSN.ca
http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/news_story/?ID=170579&hubname=
Saturday, July 08, 2006
No more choking for Mauresmo
Well what do you know? Mauresmo didn't choke this time. This year's Wimbledon is just full of surprises. I was so sure Justine was gonna be the champion. And as much as I don't really like Mauresmo I have to give her credit.
For finally actually earning her title, rather then receiving it due to a player retiring. Still would have been a lot better if it was Hingis holding that trophy, now that would have been a story. But oh, well. Congrats to Mauresmo.
Here is an article regarding her win from Wimbledon:
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/reports/2006-07-08/200607081152359444843.html
For finally actually earning her title, rather then receiving it due to a player retiring. Still would have been a lot better if it was Hingis holding that trophy, now that would have been a story. But oh, well. Congrats to Mauresmo.
Here is an article regarding her win from Wimbledon:
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/reports/2006-07-08/200607081152359444843.html
Wimbledon streaker hardly phases Sharapova
If there was ever any proof that this woman is a robot or a soldier or whatever you wanna call it. This would be it. A naked guy cartwheeled on to the back of the court and Sharapova hardly batted an eye lol.
Then again same goes for Dementieva. Of course many people would call that total concentration and dedication to the game. But I stand by what I said above lol.
Here is the aforementioned article from Wimbledon:
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2006-07-04/200607041152022350203.html
Then again same goes for Dementieva. Of course many people would call that total concentration and dedication to the game. But I stand by what I said above lol.
Here is the aforementioned article from Wimbledon:
http://www.wimbledon.org/en_GB/news/articles/2006-07-04/200607041152022350203.html
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