From Tennis.com: Return Winner? Hingis assesses her comeback
“Some players were surprised and others not. The most critics I’ve had were about my physical level and I’ve proved them wrong,” said Hingis in Madrid on Monday. “Besides, I [was] No. 1 for four years for a reason.”
Still, the demands of the tour have taken their toll. “Late in the year, I discovered I was low on iron,” she said. “That happened before Zurich. I’m taking supplements right now.”...
Off court, however, she’s found it easy to get back in the swing of things. “The locker room hasn’t changed much if I compare it to the first part of my career, apart from having more Russians and less Americans. We always move in groups, talk to each other,” Hingis said.
She laughed as she added, “The difference is that I used to be the youngest of the group, now I’m one of the oldest.”
Hingis is in Madrid this week with boyfriend and fellow tour player Radek Stepanek.
Never one to hold back when answering questions, she had a typically mischievous response when asked about the male models who will be acting as ball boys (not to mention conversation pieces) during the week. “Radek is here, so he won’t let me watch the ball boys. But he’s played in Madrid in the past, so it’s my turn.”
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