‘This Is Dangerous’ – Tennis Sensation Martina Hingis Details How Her ‘Fear’ Turned Into Reality in a Heartfelt Admission

The year 1997 was an eventful one for Martina Hingis. The Swiss tennis legend won her maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open that year. However, soon after, she suffered a saddening injury that kept her away from tennis action for some time. Nonetheless, it was one of the most successful years of her illustrious career as she won all major titles apart from the French Open title. Recently, she reflected on her unfortunate injury that affected her at the French Open.

Hingis was very fond of horseback riding. She often pursued her hobby during her free time. However, this particular hobby led to a dangerous accident once.

Martina Hingis narrates details about her dangerous accident

Recently, Hingis was involved in an interview with Tennisfamer where she reminisced her golden days while also talking about an unfortunate accident. Hingis was just 16 when she suffered a horrifying injury.

Talking about the incident, Hingis said, “Winning my first slam, I proved that I was able to do it. Then there was no reason why not to continue. The only fear out there was like injury. I always did horseback riding and everybody was always thinking, ‘Okay, this is dangerous.'”

Further, she went on to add, “It happened at home and it wasn’t even my horse, it was a friend’s horse and I was like, “Okay, can I jump it?” Can I do this?” And it all went well until the last one, right? And then I fell off. It definitely had an impact on Roland Garros outcome.”

Hingis was part of the golden generation of female players that also boasted the likes of Venus and Serena Williams. She had a fierce rivalry with the Williams sisters and often featured in some big matches.  Serena’s fierce play once made her insecure about her tennis potential.

When Hingis doubted herself

Hingis and Serena faced off against each other 13 times on the court. Serena has a small lead over Hingis, winning 7 matches against Hingis’ 6. However, Hingis was taken aback by Serena’s fierce play once.

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Talking about it, she said, “Playing (Serena) it always felt like playing a steamroller. No subtlety, no finesse, just raw, loud power. To respect this style of play was always a bit tough for me, but of course, I had to because the rules of tennis don’t state that having a beautiful game is required to become No. 1.”

Hingis has been active in the tennis circuit of late. She attended the Japan Open finals where she crowned the winner Veronika Kudermetova. Local fans were thrilled to see the Swiss legend in what was a surprise visit by her.

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