Posted by Stephane Carter on March 5, 2010 · 4 Comments
Today we received word that former tennis queen Martina Hingis got herself engaged to Andreas Bieri, a lawyer from Zurich. According to Swiss newspaper Blick.ch Hingis told the press Andreas proposed to her a day before Christmas and that she was over the moon with the proposal.
Hingis moved in with Andreas last summer in Hurden.
Hingis [...]
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on February 6, 2010 · 7 Comments
I woke up this morning, enjoying my cup of tea, reading the sports news on Yahoo! when a headline caught my eye. Martina Hingis to play the World Team Tennis. I was baffled by this news. I have been a fan of Hingis since 1998. When she won, we won. When she lost, we lost. [...]
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Posted by Voo De Mar on January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Richard Gasquet and Leonardo Mayer had salient wins on the opening day of the MediBank International in Sydney Monday. Gasquet, in his full comeback from battling cocaine drug charges last year, beat Feliciano Lopez 6-1, 6-4, while Mayer saved two match points in beating Igor Andreev 6-7(7) 6-3 7-6(4).
Gasquet extended his head-to-head record to 5-0 [...]
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Posted by Manfred Wenas on November 13, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In a city that he loved, and at a tournament where he had always enjoyed great success, Marat Safin played his last professional match at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris.
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Everyone’s been curious about the condition of Rafael Nadal’s knees, so it made sense that his first Grand Slam opponent in three months would wonder as well.
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Richard Gasquet escaped a lengthy doping ban Wednesday when the International Tennis Federation ruled that he inadvertently took cocaine.
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As you know by now, French player Richard Gasquet has been suspended for testing positive for cocaine back in Miami this spring. I am by no means suggesting drug use is appropriate, only that this punishment seems a little harsh for him.
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