[MaickiP]

She had BETTER get into the hall of fame. I'll organize protests if she doesn't, and I'm not even a fan.

[sbrscnds]

Really rec reading the whole article, even if you weren't a fan. Funny hearing her talk about Radek. And she just sounds very adrift. She's 28, and she talks about riding her horses as a way to occupy her days. Almost sounds tragic.

It's definitely worth reading. Really sounds like she had her heart broken.

I can't imagine her Mum will let her get away with frittering away her life. I hope the right opportunity comes her way soon.

[9V4i8xw1]

It's definitely worth reading. Really sounds like she had her heart broken.

I can't imagine her Mum will let her get away with frittering away her life. I hope the right opportunity comes her way soon.

Wonder where Melanie fits in in all of this, Morct? I thought it was interesting that she talks about how she enjoys helping kids "like my mom does"...yet doesn't really go into much about Melanie. Admitedly, it is an article about Martina, but the one constant in her life had always been Molitor, and she doesn't really discuss her at all.

[Phassetus]

It's definitely worth reading. Really sounds like she had her heart broken.

I can't imagine her Mum will let her get away with frittering away her life. I hope the right opportunity comes her way soon.

It is. I never thought I would feel for Hingis but I do. Reading the article made me tear up a little.

Foxy

[9V4i8xw1]

Still claiming innonence, Hingis ready to move on
by Matt Cronin, Special to FOXSports.com
Updated: October 12, 2008, 6:05 PM EST

Martina Hingis can no longer walk through the gates at Wimbledon, the historic locale where she won the 1997 title as a bright-eyed, soft-handed 16-year-old. The suspended five-time Grand Slam champion can't waltz through the entryways at the Australian Open (which she won three times), the U.S. Open (one win), or the French Open (where she fell apart twice in the finals).

She's in limbo, living through a two-year suspension for having cocaine in her system at Wimbledon in 2007. Hingis claims she's completely retired with no chance of returning after her sentence is served out.

She still proclaims her innocence, saying she has no idea how the banned substance entered her system, but gave up the court battle after losing her appeal in front of the International Tennis Federation in December 2007. Her suspension will last through October of 2009 and by then, she will be 29, not an age when she wants to start a third comeback.

Hingis is concerned that her reputation has been tainted and her legacy tarnished. Despite having the numbers to grant her an easy entry into the Hall of Fame, she may not end up being nominated, given the gravity of the charge.

But there was no way she was going to keep fighting the accusation, as she felt bled dry by lawyers and had nowhere else to turn.

"I felt like I had a no-win situation," Hingis told FOXSports.com at the Esurance Tennis Classic in Tiburon, Calif., where she played an exhibition and gave clinics. "I wish today I still know what happened, how it got into my system. I feel like I'm innocent, but I can't prove any different. I could have spent millions. The expenses of the lawyer were there. Three months later, you know it was costing me $1,000 dollars an hour.

"Plus it was at the same time of (the doping accusations on) Marion Jones and the Tour de France, and I said, 'OK (I'll let it go). The first step (of the appeal) is three months, and if you keep going stage to stage, the suspension would be over anyway by the time it finished. Maybe the rules will change and my case will help change the rules. I have to take it as it is and think about what I can do now."

What exactly she will do long-term is hard to tell. She is clearly not emotionally recovered from her suspension. She's the first No. 1-ranked player to have been banned for doping, let alone the first all-time great. Even as a 16-year-old, she was conscious of her place in the game and concerned about what others thought of her. She's not one of those athletes, who, when in trouble, can figuratively stick her finger up high in the air and say screw the fans, the media, my peers and everyone else who thinks badly of me.

Hingis was taken aback when told that there were some people in tennis who were surprised that she threw up her hands and walked away. They say by walking away, it appeared that she was admitting guilt without actually bothering to offer an apology.


She cannot believe that anyone would believe she was juiced up at that Wimbledon, given that she had been defeated by the journeywoman Laura Granville in the third round, a player whom even on a B-Level day, Hingis should have been able to take care of handily.

Rest of article:
http://msn.foxsports.com/tennis/stor...ady-to-move-on

[9V4i8xw1]

Really rec reading the whole article, even if you weren't a fan. Funny hearing her talk about Radek. And she just sounds very adrift. She's 28, and she talks about riding her horses as a way to occupy her days. Almost sounds tragic.

[soprofaxelbis]

Hingis is concerned that her reputation has been tainted and her legacy tarnished. You think?

[Gastonleruanich]

It can't be an easy adjustment for her. Everything unraveled so quickly. She's probably doing the right thing by just going one day at a time.

Is she still dating that older guy?