Hingis looks so relaxed here. I can't see any nervousness there. Amazing at that age. Her point construction too! The older players who played against her must have added more pressure on themselves thinking they couldn't lose to a 13 year old. But that's not taking away from hingis obvious talents. Thanks for this video!
Hans, thanks for the amazing video. The quality is excellent. It was fun seeing early Hingis at work. Kudos, Hans, kudos. What a beautiful setting!!! It had everything except cowbells!!
My little gem iloved this girl all though the years she played since 15 years old to the day she retired she was joy to watch and brought me loaof happiness watching her she was a great star I really loved this sweet smiles girl A great player o ne other greatest playersl
Wow tu Hans...being a huge " Swiss Miss " fan this is great....and the video quality is really good. She was so good its just when the " big hitters " like Davenport and the 2 knicklehead sisters and of course Capriati stealing what would've been Hingis's 4 th AO in a row was a bummer but highest paid female athlete from 97-01 and 5 time slam champ and too many to count doubled champs.
We're all here to see Hingis, but I was curious why I had never heard of her opponent. If she was in this junior final, you'd think you might have achieved something. So I looked her up. I think her name is Lenka Nemeckova, highest singles ranking was #72 in 1998. Not in the same league as Hingis's success of course. Edit: 4y 5m older than Hingis.
Knicklehead sisters???? Lol...I meant knucklehead sisters. I mean those 2 were a bit much sometimes. But then u watch and hear the father talk u can see why they were a little much. The mom Oracene....an absolute peach of a lady❤❤❤
I always felt Martinez and Sabatini had a similar issue they could not hit through the ball and eventually both and Hingis became overpowered by Williams , Seles , Davenport etc although Sabatini had large head to heads over Davenport and Pierce but she started to lose to Sanchez Vicario after dominating her and it was simply because she refused to flatten out her shots or at least come to net. Sorry i mean they could hit through the ball but did not have a way of flattening out shots.
Hingis looks so relaxed here. I can't see any nervousness there. Amazing at that age. Her point construction too!
The older players who played against her must have added more pressure on themselves thinking they couldn't lose to a 13 year old. But that's not taking away from hingis obvious talents.
Thanks for this video!
This video quality is fantastic. Martina was, too. Thanks for both.
Hans, thanks for the amazing video. The quality is excellent. It was fun seeing early Hingis at work. Kudos, Hans, kudos.
What a beautiful setting!!! It had everything except cowbells!!
My little gem iloved this girl all though the years she played since 15 years old to the day she retired she was joy to watch and brought me loaof happiness watching her she was a great star I really loved this sweet smiles girl A great player o ne other greatest playersl
To me..she Martina was the best wta tennis player her style was unique and great shots with both hands..
This is an absolute treasure. You could see the potential Martina possessed. Thanks for the amazingly video quality.
Wow tu Hans...being a huge " Swiss Miss " fan this is great....and the video quality is really good. She was so good its just when the " big hitters " like Davenport and the 2 knicklehead sisters and of course Capriati stealing what would've been Hingis's 4 th AO in a row was a bummer but highest paid female athlete from 97-01 and 5 time slam champ and too many to count doubled champs.
I serirously mistook Hinguis' opponenet for Anke Huber. I didn't realize my mistake until I found out it was a junior match.
I remember Lenka Nemeckova from way back then. Thanks for the memories!
For a while there I thought that was Anke Huber, thanks for sharing. Hingis was far more aggressive and brave as a young teen.
Ahhh baby Hingis❤
What a beautiful,location!
13 years old!
We're all here to see Hingis, but I was curious why I had never heard of her opponent. If she was in this junior final, you'd think you might have achieved something. So I looked her up. I think her name is Lenka Nemeckova, highest singles ranking was #72 in 1998. Not in the same league as Hingis's success of course.
Edit: 4y 5m older than Hingis.
a pity she got less aggressive after she became number 1. She was still playing like this in her first grand slam win.
not sure if she became less aggressive . more that the competition got fitter, stronger so they were sending her balls back with interest.
tu es la meilleure Martina
Knicklehead sisters???? Lol...I meant knucklehead sisters. I mean those 2 were a bit much sometimes. But then u watch and hear the father talk u can see why they were a little much. The mom Oracene....an absolute peach of a lady❤❤❤
She hit many very impressive forehand shots here. She added way to much top spin later and lost the easy power she had here.
thorium222 agree. Her forehand in 1996-1997 was very strong and became a lot more defensive later on.
I agree! I don't know what happened to her forehand as she got older.
I always felt Martinez and Sabatini had a similar issue they could not hit through the ball and eventually both and Hingis became overpowered by Williams , Seles , Davenport etc although Sabatini had large head to heads over Davenport and Pierce but she started to lose to Sanchez Vicario after dominating her and it was simply because she refused to flatten out her shots or at least come to net. Sorry i mean they could hit through the ball but did not have a way of flattening out shots.
She was better when when she was younger -- less defensive.
What tournament?
European Junior Championship 18&U
Perfect gf martina then around my age
What in the name of all that is cringe are the clips of 'Hero' doing accompanying the slomo replays? lol
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But at simple glace it was just the hair cut. hehe
She was only 13 years of age here
And she had won the junior French Open (18 and under) at 12! Amazing.