Martina Hingis knows better than anyone how hard it is to return to the top of the tennis world and now she is warning her friend Anna Kournikova to think twice about considering a comeback.
“She’d really have to commit herself and grind it out,” Hingis told reporters after revealing Kournikova offered to reprise their doubles partnership that won the 2002 Australian Open title.
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You can’t just play one week and come back. You have to be more professional about it,” Hingis said at the Acura Classic, where she is seeded eighth.(source: XtraMSN)
I cannot see Kournikova making a return nearly as successful as Hingis, and at this point, it looks like Martina is wanting to put more of an emphasis on singles instead of doubles. She did win the mixed doubles title at the Australian Open in January with Mahesh Bhupathi, but the only ladies doubles she has played all year was at the Gold Coast tournament in January with Tatiana Golovin.
Martina breezed through her opening match at the Acura Classic today against qualifier Meilen Tu 6-2, 6-3 in San Diego.
