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Hingis to skip Olympics

JULY 27: Swiss World Number One Martina Hingis will not play at the Sydney Olympics because she does not want to risk injury after the tou...

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JULY 27: Swiss World Number One Martina Hingis will not play at the Sydney Olympics because she does not want to risk injury after the tough hardcourt season.

Hingis made the announcement on the Swiss-German televison programme Sport Aktuell, adding that she did not want to endure the fatigue of travelling twice to Australia in one year.

The Olympic tennis tournament begins just a few days after the finish of the US Open, the year8217;s final Grand Slam and according to her manager Mario Widmer, she is concerned about the possibility of injury after playing five weeks on the American hardcourts.

8220;I would have liked to represent Switzerland at the Olympics but it is not possible,8221; said Hingis, 19, who went out in the second round at the Atlanta Olympics.

Hingis would have been the gold medal favourite in Sydney, having claimed three of her five Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open.

 

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