Coke Martina? It'll be sweet
November 2nd 2007 12:09
So Martina Hingis has tested positive for cocaine.
Of course we haven't had the result of her B sample but the fact is her name has been forever sullied by this drug allegation.
She has retired from the sport immediately and has vowed to fight to clear he her name, but it probably means little in the wake of these worldwide headlines.
But what will it mean to her career?
Tennis legend Bjorn Borg, whose career rivals Hingis's in so many ways with both quitting the game at a young age and while on top of the sport, fessed up to taking stacks of Peruvian marching powder after he had retired from the sport and, in the long run, we still hold him in regard as one of the sport's all-time greats.
Boris Becker, another player who hit stardom at a young age has also created plenty of headlines for his wild partying but we still call him Boom Boom and recognise him as one of the legends of the sport.
But will we say the same thing about Martina?
Yes of course we will, in time. She will have to wear a bit of mud from the fans and media for a while, but as the months turn into years and we have watched archival footage of the young Martina Hingis triumphing at the Australian Open and Wimbledon will won't even be sure she was actually busted for coke at all.
Of course we haven't had the result of her B sample but the fact is her name has been forever sullied by this drug allegation.
She has retired from the sport immediately and has vowed to fight to clear he her name, but it probably means little in the wake of these worldwide headlines.
But what will it mean to her career?
Tennis legend Bjorn Borg, whose career rivals Hingis's in so many ways with both quitting the game at a young age and while on top of the sport, fessed up to taking stacks of Peruvian marching powder after he had retired from the sport and, in the long run, we still hold him in regard as one of the sport's all-time greats.
Boris Becker, another player who hit stardom at a young age has also created plenty of headlines for his wild partying but we still call him Boom Boom and recognise him as one of the legends of the sport.
But will we say the same thing about Martina?
Yes of course we will, in time. She will have to wear a bit of mud from the fans and media for a while, but as the months turn into years and we have watched archival footage of the young Martina Hingis triumphing at the Australian Open and Wimbledon will won't even be sure she was actually busted for coke at all.
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