What does Martina Hingis have to do to be in top 10 again?
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Although she might make it into the top 10 simply by playing a full tournament schedule, to assure herself that she is competitive of the current top players, she needs to make some adjustments in technique, fitness, and strategy.\nFirst, the technique--both first and second serves need to be improved. Her second serve especially is a liability because the hard hitters can pin her deep with their returns, and Hingis is immediately in a losing defensive position. \nSecond, because she is being pushed around by the hard hitters and is getting few easy points, she needs to be fitter than her opponents. \nThird, in terms of strategy, she will have to find a way to push her opponents out of position. This can be done by hitting harder groundstrokes, or by coming into the net when feasible. Hitting harder leads to more errors; coming in leads to being passed more often. However, I can't see her surviving if she doesn't come up with a way to keep the hard-hitters off balance.\nShe is the only player in women's tennis with such a complete game along with a keen tennis mind, so I am sure that she will determine the best way to beat the hard-hitters.\nI am looking forward to seeing her in more tournaments.
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That is correct. Most top singles players will not be playing singles in Melbourne. However Martina Hingis has had 3 years away from tennis so she was as much practice as possible. Also her body does not have any wear and tear on it from the 2005 tennis season because she did not play it.\n\nYou will find that more top players will play mixed or doubles at Wimbledon due to grass byt nature the points there are fast and short and very quick due to the fast speed at which the ball travels on the grass. Also on grass there are not a lot of tournmanents so players want the extra practice at Wimbledon. I hope I helped.
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Me too. Federer is unbeatable on grass & is the hot favorite for Wimbledon. Nadal will progress only upto 3rd rd or even before that like last yr. He has problems on all surfaces except clay. He is an incomplete player. Here he cant run down every ball of Roger unlike on clay where he has plenty of time to stay in the point. Nadal has the foll dismal record in other Grandslams:\nWimbledon 2005:R64 lost to G. Muller\nUS Open 2005:R32 lost to J. Blake
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yes, you need to be a professional player first. play in many satellite tournaments all over the world to get points, and to get atp rank based on your collected points. up to a certain points you may enter the master series, again to get more points and higher atp ranking. after then you may have a chance to enter the grandslam.\n\npls don't forget, to enter any of each category (satellite, master, grandslam) you need to go thru the qualifying matches. life is hard, and tennis life is even harder.
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You can make a great arguement for Steffi, she's the only player in history to win each of the Grand Slams at least 4 times, plus she's 2nd only to Margaret Court with 22 grand slam titles.  But, I don't think her number would have been as high if Monica Seles had been stabbed, remember Seles had won 8 of 9 Grand Slams before her stabbing, and she was CLEARLY the #1 player in the World at the time.  \n\nI think you can make a great case for my girl Chris Evert.  Was ranked 1 or 2 in the world from 1974 to 1986, also won at least one grand slam title for those 13 years in a row (still a record).  She's the only player male or female who won 90 percent of her matches for her career.  Incredible....she played in 56 grand slam tournaments and got to the semi-finals or better in 52 of them.  \n\nShe got to 34 grand slam finals and won 18 of them.  \n\nAlso you can make a case for Martina Navratilova and Margaret Court as well, but I think the top 4 women (in no particular order are Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and Margaret Court)
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she will be in the top 10 again coz i swear she is the most talented player i have ever seen\ni mean how many players can come back after three years and play the way she has so far this year\n\nshe was the whole reason i got into tennis in the first place
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I think Mark has been struggling with his form before his China Open win, something that is reflected in his slide down the World Rankings. I think they key for Mark will be getting past the first two matches. If he can successfully do that and build up some momentum, then he stands a very good chance indeed.
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Honestly speaking, THE ANSWER IS YES.\n\nI have a great feeling that Rafael Nadal's rampage on clay will be put to halt on 2007. Others may form speculations that Nadal is already on his way down, but that would not be entirely true. Nadal will still win numerous matches on clay --- but it won't be the same as his performance this year. \n\nAnd of course, Roger Federer will be there to exploit Nadal's weakness. He will just play superb tennis; and he will punctuate answers to every Nadal shots that he was not able to solve in 2006. The confidence of winning over Nadal back-to-back-to-back (Wimby/Shanghai/Seoul, though on different surfaces) will give Roger enough confidence. I think nobody would argue that had Federer been more confident during his previous battle with Nadal on clay, the result would have been different.\n\nNadal will still win a number of clay tournaments this year; unfortunately for him, the French Open will slip from his hands. Roland Garros trophy this year will not just be a trophy --- it will serve as an EXCLAMATION POINT proclaiming who is the Greatest Tennis Player of All Time...
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I HOPE S.A.WILL ACHIEVE THAT.\nAUSSIES MAY BE THE RUNNERS-UP.\n{THIS ANSWER IS NOT INSPIRED FROM THE WORLD RECORD WIN.}
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My guess must be FED EX he's an overall player able to play in any surface to perfection, better place your bets on Roger Federer.
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Roger Federer is getting there boys.  He might do it.  Just keep watching, he might be the best in the world in the history of tennis in a couple of years.
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I think Nadal has a decent chance to repeat, however there are many good competitors on this surface. I would'nt dismiss the possibility of Federer capturing this title, but he reminds me too much of Sampras, somewhat impatient for an outstanding clay court player. Look out for Nalbaldian, Gaudio, Coria and Davydenko!
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1997 M Hingis (Swi)bt J Novotona (Cze) \n\n2-6 6-3 6-3 \n\nMartina Hingis is the champion.
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Justine rules!  Very consistent, number one on the ranking with the very least number of tournament played.\n\nAs for american player, there is Sharapova.  Not quite but otherwise the tennis world will remain american free for an other 3 years I would say.
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i do miss her, i think the last time i saw her play in t.v. is the U.S Open, though i cannot really remember. That's a sign that she has been gone for a while now. I hope she comes back because i do believe in her talents and abilities, she is a really good tennis player. It would be good to see her back, with Martina Hingis one of her rivals also in the tour now.
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There are many Martina's in women's tennis! You'll have to clarify whether it is Navratilova, Hingis or a different one that never won a grand slam...
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I do not believe so. She was really good, but not recently. She is not playing as before and it is gonna be really difficult for her to be N1 again.