Back on the Road to the Top

As I wrote in this blog previously, Martina Hingis in January 2006 made her march back toward being the number one women’s tennis player in the world.

Hingis retired nearly three years before due to severe knee and ankle injuries. But the call of the game that she loves was too strong and Hingis decided to return.

Today Hingis won her first tournament back. Yesterday, during the semifinal round of the Italian Open, Hingis came back from being one set down to beat the world’s twelfth ranked player Venus Williams. She then followed that up by defeating the world’s nineteenth Dinara Safina to win the title.

This was Hingis’ 41st championship title, and her second ever Italian Open. However, this was her first title since winning a tournament in Tokyo more than four years ago.

This tournament win should propel Hingis up to fourteenth in the world and give her some great momentum heading into the French Open starting May 28th.

It appears to be only the beginning of the winning trends for one of the greatest women’s tennis players today.