Comments on: Martina Hingis Tested Positive for Cocaine at 2007 Wimbledon, Announces Retirement

By: simrat

simrat — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 10:16:25 +0000

martina was a great player but now for what so ever reason, her game is going down.i did notice recently that she lacks spirit of a sportsperson as she gives up easily. but its a big disgrace for a player like martina hingis to be accused of taking coacine.
Apart from the allegations, her decision of retiring from tennis is a shock besides she should fight the allegations and come up clean out of this whole controvery.

By: Lizzord

Lizzord — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:34:59 +0000

This is SOOOO disappointing. I LOVE Martina Hingis and watching her play. She was such a great player and is WAAAAYYYY SEXXXY! I just don’t believe she did coke. No way. I’ve seen this stuff 1st hand cuz I’m from Jacksonville and saw it happen with Jimmy Smith. And just like J-Smooth, she says that she’s 100% innocent, so then I believe her. She had always been trustworthy before, never gave anyone a reason not 2 believe her. And I also think that these allegations will be proven false. I will miss U Martina.

By: JimM

JimM — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:54:10 +0000

Martina has had a hard time with injury and her personal life. I hope that these allegations are unfounded. I too would like to see her clear her name although as some else remarked here, maybe she is just too tired of it all.

It would not be the first time that samples or the sampling proceedure was messed up.

Strange that Cocain carries a 2 year ban (rightly so) yet at the ITF’s anti doping site, players who used prohib1ted substances get a 2 month ban.

By: pov

pov — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:42:59 +0000

The article above talks about “allegations” and “admitted” and “heads need to roll if”

In fact, what happened is that Hingis chose to make those results public prior to any official accusation by any source. The lab simply informed her of the tests results. She chose to go public.

By: Nick

Nick — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 14:08:57 +0000

I think Andy Roddick or someone one said they just come knocking at your door randomly without warning and ask you to provide urine test.

As for the Grand Slam, I would think they require all players to get tested, but then again there would be over 300 players to test and that I think would be a lot of money to spend on.

This is too back for Martina but hopefully she’ll clear her name on this thing. The London-based ITF might favor her and never give out the test result so the media and fans might never know.

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By: Stewpot

Stewpot — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:32:06 +0000

Is every player tested routinely at every tournament for drugs or is it a percent of the players tested?

By: Aaress

Aaress — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:15:11 +0000

Paula, she could possibly choose to fight the allegations (clear her name), but with both of the official samples coming back positive, it doesn’t bode well for her future.

If she is found guilty, she could possibly be banned from pro tennis, but I highly doubt that she would attempt a second comeback, especially as it could be years before the investigations are over.

Her press statement hardly conveyed confidence and it seems as if she is tired of the run-around and ready to move on with her life.

Still, if she is innocent, she should make the effort to clear her name.

By: PaulaV

PaulaV — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:34:38 +0000

Hmmm…I wonder why she has chosen to not fight the allegations.
Will she be allowed back in after being retired for a few years?
It all seems a bit sketchy to me.

Riley – where’s the bull? She tested positive for cocain. Yes, there is a chance that the test results are a “false positive” or something like that, but I think she’s getting bad press because she’s choosing to NOT fight back, at least for now. That decision has lead the press to believe that maybe she is guilty of drug use.

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