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Hingis
[ hing-gis ]
noun
- Martina, born 1980, Swiss tennis player, born in Slovakia.
Example Sentences
The 17-year-old is the youngest Grand Slam semi-finalist since Martina Hingis at the US Open in 1997.
In September, French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera - a former professional tennis player who lost to Martina Hingis in the Wimbledon juniors semi-final in 1994 - confirmed that the French Olympic team, as an institution representing and funded by the French public, is bound by laicite.
At 16, Martina Hingis secured the record for the youngest ever Grand Slam champion when she won the 1997 Australian Open and then went on to triumph at Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year.
There was Stephen Hendry ending Steve Davis' era of snooker dominance in the 1990 UK Championship final, Serena Williams standing with arms wide in disbelief after downing Martina Hingis to win her first Grand Slam at the US Open in 1999 or Max Verstappen's last-gasp overtake in Abu Dhabi in 2021.
There’s quite a history of that sort of thing, including by stars such as Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe, Martina Hingis, Bjorn Borg, Kim Clijsters and Andy Murray.
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