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Article: SERVING UP EXCITEMENT TEEN-AGE SENSATION MARTINA HINGIS GIVES STAGNANT WOMEN'S TOUR FRESH LOOK FOR FUTURE.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- April 13, 1997
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Byline: Steven Wine Associated Press
A celebrity at 16, she's attractive, athletic, wealthy, and wise enough to duck questions about whether she dates.
``If you're traveling as much as I do, it's hard to find somebody,'' Martina Hingis says with a laugh. ``You would have to go every week with someone else, that's the problem.''
Although dating is out for Hingis, matchmaking is in. And the match that women's tennis wants is Hingis against Steffi Graf.
The game needs it, and so do both players.
Graf, saddled with health and personal problems, could be rejuvenated by the challenge Hingis poses as the youngest No. 1 player in ...