Swiss women tennis players

Sports and Hobbies
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When we think of Swiss tennis, most of us think of Roger and Stan. The rest of the Swiss male tennis players are deep in also-ran territory. But Switzerland has three excellent women tennis players.

The first is golden oldie, Martina Hingis . She has again un-retired and is now the second ranked WTA doubles player, having won both the ladies and the mixed doubles at Wimbledon this year.

Pointing to the future there are a pair of young rising stars. I will start with Belinda Bencic , who today won the Rogers Cup , after having defeated Serena Williams yesterday. According to the BBC she will ascend to the 12th rank tomorrow, pretty close to the top ten!

The other is Timea Bacsinszky , who made the semi-finals of the French Open and the quarter-finals of Wimbledon this year, currently ranked 13th.

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Let's not forget Stefanie Vögele , which by the way is our good friend and helped to donate

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Hingis looked cute sitting on that V-Zug washing machine `till they dropped her after her cocaine "mishap". She sat it out well though and it seems forgotten.

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She has reached the finals of both the women's and mixed doubles once again at the US Open. Article on her on the US Open web site: Hingis thrives on doubles court in second comeback .

Alas, both out in first week

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Well Martina Hingis got the first title, mixed doubles (again with Leander Paes). Lost the second set, and were down 1/4 in the tie-break, then recovered to win it 10/7.

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It was a good match. Now fast asleep. So knackered that cannot last to watch two Swissies beating the living (day/night)-lights out of each other

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Much easier on my side of the pond ... especially with Djoko up 5-0 after 17 minutes of play

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It didn't take long for Federer to reign supreme.

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Final will be seed 1 vs seed 2.

(Why am I talking this mysterious sport's language anyway as everyone knows without benefit of the doubt that the standard draw usually has been Fedex vs Djoker in the final. How predictable!).

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Women's doubles was a more straightforward event with Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza winning 6-3 6-3 in 1:09. Two consecutive majors in which she won both doubles titles!