Martina Hingis, Queen of the Non-Contenders
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Nine months into her comeback from a three-year retirement from tennis, Martina Hingis seems to have reached the limit of her abilities.
Hingis, the former world no. 1 known for her stylish play and sharp tongue, has had a respectable campaign in 2006. At the Australia Open, her first major tournament since 2002, she reached the quarterfinals and took a set off the no. 2 seed, Kim Clijsters. She defeated Maria Sharapova in Tokyo, won a title on clay in Rome, and made the quarterfinals of the French Open. After her upset in the third round of Wimbledon, she bounced back with a trip to the finals of the Rogers Cup in Montreal (she lost badly to Ana Ivanovic).
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