Martina Hingis vs Justine Henin : 1st round 2006 AO

[williams planet]

Martina Hingis vs Justine Henin : 1st round 2006 AO Warm-up Event

Justine Henin-Hardenne (#8 rank; #5 seed) vs. Martina Hingis (unranked; wildcard)

Martina Hingis faces the sternest test of her comeback to professional tennis after drawing French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne in the opening round of the Sydney International starting on Sunday.

The clash of the two former world No.1s is the marquee first-round match-up at the $1.3 million Australian Open lead-up event at Olympic Park.

Australian star Samantha Stosur, runner-up last year to countrywoman Alicia Molik, opens against eighth seed Nicole Vaidisova of the Czech Republic.

After his early exit this week in Adelaide, Lleyton Hewitt has been handed a great opportunity to gain much-needed match practice ahead of the Melbourne Park grand slam, drawing a qualifier in the first round.

Hewitt is the top seed and defending champion and chasing an unprecedented fifth title in Sydney.

Fellow Australian Chris Guccione is up against fifth seed Juan Carlos Ferrero, the Spanish former world No.1 he so spectacularly eliminated from the event in the first round two years ago.

OMG, .. a DREAM match up between two great players.

 

[FirstAceOnMars]

It is Sydney Inter... not AO yet

 

[williams planet]

It is Sydney Inter... not AO yet

A topographical error on the title which should have read 2006 AO warm-up event.

but thanks firstace.

 

[Alexandros]

Yeah, I'll be taping it for sure.

 

[Turning Pro]

classic imo..............i always wanted to know how these these players would fare when hingis was retired.

 

[Alexandros]

It'd be fascinating to watch how Martina and Justine are roughly of the same height and build, but Justine can generate a hell of a lot more power of both sides and on serve. Goes to show what discipline and commitment when applied with talent can do for you.

 

[wtaplayerz]

Interesting Trivia: Martina Hingis has had more weeks ranked #1 on the WTA Tour than Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams and Justine Henin-Hardenne combined.

 

[Grimjack]

Justine Henin-Hardenne (#8 rank; #5 seed) vs. Martina Hingis (unranked; wildcard)

OMG, .. a DREAM match up...

Not for either one of them, it isn't. I bet they bothed looked at the draw and went, "Well...####."

 

[gugafanatic]

Henin will be rusty and lacking match practice. Good chance for Martina to claim an upset. Both players have great movement and are comfortable at net. An exception to mindless baseline bashing which has become a trademark of the WTA. Should be great to watch.

 

[Volly master]

wow..hingis baby will win =) justine doesnt have alot of matchs under her belt and martina only lost because she hurt her hip,other wise, she would been playing in the final and probally winning . JHH is gonna have her hands full with miss swiss back in black

 

[Mr.Federer]

What tournament is this? Where do you read this from? I'd like to know.


Thanks.

 

[Fee]

The tournament title is in the first paragraph of the story.

Williams Planet, could you post the source/link of that article please? Thanks.

 

[Rickson]

It'd be fascinating to watch how Martina and Justine are roughly of the same height and build, but Justine can generate a hell of a lot more power of both sides and on serve. Goes to show what discipline and commitment when applied with talent can do for you.

I know that Hingis is shorter than her listed 5'7, and Justine is definitely shorter than her listed 5'6. Hingis is probably around 5'5 and Justine is a shade over 5'4.

 

[Pancho]

Interesting Trivia: Martina Hingis has had more weeks ranked #1 on the WTA Tour than Lindsay Davenport, Serena Williams and Justine Henin-Hardenne combined.

I think you left out Venus Williams.

 

[ktownva]

It should be a great match. Hingis might not get blown away since JHH won't be 100%. If they had met when both were in their prime I would actually give a slight edge to Hingis on hardcourt. She's crafty and efficient and meets the ball early, whereas JHH hits with a lot of flair and explosiveness but can be inconsistent.

 

[West Coast Ace]

I know that Hingis is shorter than her listed 5'7, and Justine is definitely shorter than her listed 5'6. Hingis is probably around 5'5 and Justine is a shade over 5'4.

Met Hingis - she's 5'8" give or take an inch (she was in her tennis gear with sneakers). But most of the announcers say you're right about JHH - she's about 5'5".

Mr. Federer - here's the story:

http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_y...44v7YF?slug=reu-sydney&prov=reuters&type=lgns

 

[Rumjungle]

It starts sunday but they're scheduled to play on Monday the 9th @ 1:30pm local time.