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Martina Hingis, a Swiss tennis champion, made history with her early dominance in the sport, becoming the youngest world number one at the age of 16. With multiple Grand Slam singles titles, Hingis' career exemplifies the power of focus, resilience, and determination. Her success inspires athletes worldwide to break barriers and push the limits of their abilities. Hingis' legacy shows that age is no obstacle to achieving greatness and that passion, discipline, and skill can lead to exceptional achievements.
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"I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German."

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"That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes."

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"I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory."

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"Any tournament you go to, you want to win it."

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"I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind."

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"He is still my father. He is still a person I know I could trust and he would never do anything against me. Once you're at the top, there are not many people like that. People always want something from you."

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"I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life."

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"I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing."

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"Sometimes you want to make your own experiences."

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"Well, maybe at home I don't have the best image."

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"I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there."

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"The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win."

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"I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better."

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"No, because I think I have a reason to believe in myself and I think I'm also pretty confident about who I am and what I'm doing and it might be because I'm still at the top too."

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"The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference."

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"Sometimes I wouldn't give an interview because I didn't have the time or something else was more important. So they come up with a story which I don't think is always true, but they have to sell papers."

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"When I was 4 my mother got divorced and we were very close to each other. I always wanted to be with her. She took me everywhere. When she went for dinner with friends or when they had meetings at the tennis club, I was always there."

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"I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me."

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"Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better."

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"Honestly, I'm more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news."

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"I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up."

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"I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are."

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"I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports."

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