Winning another Open would be the biggest moment of my career: Hingi

Kolkata, Sep 18 (UNI) For Martina Hingis to be able to win another Grand Slam will certainly be a very big moment and it could in all probability be the Australian or French Open.

''I would definitely try to win another grand slam. It would be one of my biggest moments to be able to do so. But its going to be very tough,'' she said, replying to a query on whether she had another Grand Slam left in her.

''In all probability it would be Australian Open or French Open.

The other two surfaces are just too fast,'' she added with a smile.

Hingis had earlier dazzled the court with an array of strokes that left Czink spellbound and the crowd gasping for breath as she simmered in a black spaghetti top and a micro-mini skirt.

Hingis sounded happy and satisfied with her form today. "I am happy with the way I played today," she beamed. Asked how did she motivate herself to comeback after a near three-year injury-ridden lay-off, she said: "It's because I missed it so much. It's great to be back in the circuit, to know that people missed you. I have friends all over who have welcomed me." Aware that Czink had put an end to Sania Mirza's dreams here last year, she said: "I did not want to disappoint the crowd." She added that she enjoyed playing indoors. "It's a smart move rather than playing outside in the heat here," she added with a oodles of smile.

She was also very much aware that the world of tennis had changed from the time she was No I, she said, "I have to work hard. I worked out for six to seven weeks in the pre-season to get into the groove." "The girls are much fitter now. The trend was started by Martina Navratilova, then Steffi Graf. And now all of them are so fit. In fact the Williams sisters totally rewrote the script with their fitness." And whom would she like to beat to regain her top slot.

"Sharapova, Mauresomo, Henin-Hardenne, Clistjers when she is fit.

All these girls are great opponents and I need to beat them in order to get back at the top." Hingis added that she had loved playing mixed doubles with Mahesh Bhupathi ~ they won a Australian Open title ~ but after that it was difficult to play both singles and doubles. Referring to the French Open, where she left Bhupathi midway through the meet, she said: "I was very tired. I had to play overnight and told him that I could not. I needed some rest. I am also concentrating on my singles career." About Sania Mirza, Hingis said that the Indian was obviously talented. "I played But she has to improve every day. The other girls are not sleeping." "There are so many people in India. So why don't you have so many tennis players?" she asked. "We are fortunate that in Switzerland we have tennis clubs everywhere, Everyone gets to play," she said, explaining the success story of people like Federer and herself.

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