Raised to be champions Hingis, Korda credit parents for Aussie singles titles
A generation apart, Czech natives
Petr Korda and Martina Hingis
didn't emerge from any tennis
factory to become Grand Slam
champions.
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Venus wins first Grand Slam title Teenager Venus Williams, the U.S. Open women's singles runner-up, won her first Grand Slam tennis title Sunday, teaming with Justin Gimelstob for a lopsided mixed doubles triumph. FULL STORY | |
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Rios, Korda turn Aussie Open final into culture clash Petr Korda, the product of a Communist system, and Marcelo Rios, the son of a multimillionaire, meet for the Australian Open tennis title and $412,000 Sunday. FULL STORY | |
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Hingis silences doubters with first title defense This year, Martina Hingis didn't go rollerblading through the corridors of the Australian Open. She didn't leap fences on horseback. And she didn't frolic at the beaches. FULL STORY | |
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Hingis takes second Aussie Open, wins fourth Grand Slam Martina Hingis became the youngest player of the Open era to defend a Grand Slam singles title with a ruthless straight-set victory over Conchita Martinez in the Australian Open on Saturday. FULL STORY | |
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Hingis, Lucic take doubles title First-time doubles combination Martina Hingis and Mirjana Lucic won the Australian Open title Friday, beating top seeds Lindsay Davenport and Natasha Zvereva in the final. FULL STORY | |
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