Martina Hingis vs Serena Williams 2001 Sydney Highlights

[@jaysimon2180]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for these matches. I am one of the biggest Hingis fans and I appreciate this SO much. :-)

[@vosharap]

One of my favorite rivalries, Hingis and Serena always had great matches.

[@williambunter3311]

Not all women age well. But the lovely Martina Hingis, like Chris Evert, has retained her beauty over the years. She is still stunning today in 2019. She is one of the most gorgeous women in any sport!

[@desperado77760]

Yes, she is feminine, graceful, beautiful skin, she has the form of a woman not a fullback on the football team

[@nursejacen]

What people need to understand is Hingis was raised in a era where shot making, anticipation, counter punching and consistency were needed to succeed in tennis. If Hingis came onto the tennis scene post-2000 no doubt she would be a hard hitter like most of the players nowadays. With the exception of her feet/ankle, Hingis was not noted to sustain injuries to her upper body like most players so that was smart of her for not overdoing it.

[@yanu7414]

hingis has the most effective smash

[@Ineddiblehulk]

I'd put Martina above her - but yes she was always so clever and balanced and made it count

[@laemunte6663]

Inediblehulk maritna is hingis, isn't she?. same person

[@Alyssasrealm]

Lae - if not Navratilova

[@roberttrail7013]

@@laemunte6663 It's Martina. not Maritna.

[@jonathancatunao3646]

being someone who isn't trained in tennis - played by feel only - I cannot really tell good strokes well. I only had the idea that Hingis was good at smashes when she was included in a list by Tennis .com on best shots. smash. she was also in best drop shots, volleys and mind.

[@michaellane3017]

Hingis was masterful :)

[@cirej25]

Am I the only one having a hard time seeing the god damn ball?

[@aaron1983]

Hingis is a legend. It's easy to recreate raw power (we've seen so much of that lately), but rare to find tennis brains (Federer comes to mind, oh the Swiss!).

[@chrisarmelseyibayebek4977]

🤣🤣🤣🤣its easy?? ask Hingis please

[@karoldettlaff5345]

@@chrisarmelseyibayebek4977 hard but much easier than a true talent

[@chrisarmelseyibayebek4977]

@@karoldettlaff5345 What are you calling "talent"? the unability to create power and the capacity to find another way to make a life on a tennis court? If create power was so much easier Hingis would have added 10mph on her serves and 5mph in her groundstrokes...

[@karoldettlaff5345]

@@chrisarmelseyibayebek4977 that's not queer at all. You know for the professional player it's not so easy to increase your power without loosing some technical skills. Not everybody can be Henin who - in my opinion ans not only mine as you surely know - was in her prime better than Serena in her prime. Talent is something that you can't learn, it's your ability to create something with ease, naturaly. You can't be in top 10 best players without having talent, but some players have more of it, some less. For me players like Henin, Clijsters, Hingis have much more talent than Serena, but it doesn't make them more succesful than Serena of course. Tenis is more than talent. And talent itself... well compare Mozart and Haydn... ;)

[@chrisarmelseyibayebek4977]

@@karoldettlaff5345 You lost this argument when you said Henin in her prime is better than Serena in her prime...I will not lose my time arguying about "talent" wich is something you have no point to prove, so you can find Hingis Clijsters Henin Everyone you want more talented than Serena but trying to make them look better than Serena in her best is desulusional...

[@guypetchsingsuwan798]

Thanks

[@bquacky8251]

They both cleaned up their strokes as they got older. Much cleaner striking and they were better players in their 30s (yes I know Hingis played doubles in her 30s).

[@zabaleta66]

Pity Hingis succumbed to her bad ankles/feet. There's no doubt she would have added to her grand slam singles titles. Just wasn't there same after her surgeries.

[@Paakid]

you're so kidding yourself. Serena and Venus just got stronger and totally started dominating Martina. 2001 aussie open quarterfinals was the last time she ever beat Serena again. Martinas game never evolved and everyone else got better and stronger and hit harder which was the end of her. she's even stated this fact herself. that she just couldn't compete with the williams sisters anymore and then girls started emulating them by working out more. simple

[@zabaleta66]

+taukz taukz Yeah, I am aware of her having said that. The Williams', Davenport and others did dominate increasingly, still I have no doubts her injuries and off court problems were the major factors. Injuries tend to wear on ones resolve more than anything else.

[@JMLCK78]

+taukz taukz She couldn't compete with peak Serena who lasted for like 1 year, peak Venus had trouble with far from peak Hingis and their record shows that. You're delusional.

[@cavaleer]

And it wasn't just Serena Venus. It was the whole field beginning with Seles. Capriati, Davenport and a few others were just too big and strong her her finesse, old-school game.

[@zabaleta66]

Jay M What? Your reply is contradictory and doesn't make sense.....go back to school.

[@cavaleer]

Amazing how much slimmer and more agile Serena was. Hingis was a shotmaker, no doubt.

[@PePinmySteP]

I agree with you, it is amazing when we see this from a 2016 angle. We forget she only was 18 :) Yet people were already criticising her for being too muscular... haha

[@cavaleer]

The problem is she looks like a track athlete and all the other women look like your average tennis player. If you put her on a track field no one would look twice. But I do think she's significantly over her functional weight, as they call it in track. It helps with some shot-making but really hinders her lateral movement and recovery time. Oh well. I just want her to get a few more slams and break the all-time mark.

[@geminigeek1839]

@@PePinmySteP Serena was 19 here. Born in late 1981. She wasn't 18 here. This was few months after her 19th birthday.

[@PePinmySteP]

gemini geek1 18-19 does that change my point ??

[@maximilian2974]

Those roids made her fat...look it up

[@krismansitorus8506]

Good Hingis and serena

[@mathieumarsille133]

Gooood Martina !!

[@JCole-fg3rr]

I decided to watch these highlights again after Serena said recently that this was one of the first matches where she dealt with her migraine attacks

[@karoldettlaff5345]

Because the opponent was better?

[@JCole-fg3rr]

@@karoldettlaff5345 bitch you sound stupid, stfu

[@karoldettlaff5345]

@@JCole-fg3rr yes, that's an argument, thank you for your comment, it's very nice of you

[@JCole-fg3rr]

@@karoldettlaff5345 good, now fuck off

[@stwaters1147]

Hingis was a name that was everywhere since 1996 until Serena beat her at the 99 us open final then it was all about the williams sisters from there

[@futbolbjk9308]

hingis were injured,, so the williams brothers managed to step forward, everything would be different if the hingis was not injured, hingis was the best.

[@kingsbury5259]

@@futbolbjk9308 this is sad trolling, how come Serena has a 6-7 lead over her in their head to head?😂

[@Polarcupcheck]

@@kingsbury5259 Yours is sad trolling. 6-7 is not domination. One match swings, and it is 7-6 the other way. Don't bother learning about the game, you don't belong in it.

[@kingsbury5259]

@@Polarcupcheck please show me where I said it was "domination"? Its also telling that you don't have a problem with the dude referring to them as "brothers" but you have a problem with me😂

[@Polarcupcheck]

@@kingsbury5259 No, I have no problem with someone calling a woman who hides in panic rooms from drug testers a bro. People call guys on estrogen girls. So, in the current culture, it is consistent.

[@3528-g9i]

La bella y la bestia

[@desperado77760]

I watched to the end. In this insane age of trans crap, im glag a girly girl won