Cocaine in Swiss Miss

Let's talk about cats and Martina Hingis' doping incident.

I still don't believe Martina Hingis (she's the Swiss Miss I am talking about, not the yummy chocolate drink you've always enjoyed, with tiny marshmallows) took drugs - cocaine in her case. I agree with what Venus Williams said, that drugs won't help you much in tennis. It is a mental and physical game, and taking drugs would disrupt the other side of tennis. It won't make the ball go faster, won't make your shots better. In other sports, it would make a whole world of difference. Venus is now becoming a spokesperson for women's tennis. Not bad, after being involved in the campaign for equal pay in Grand Slam events.

Ok, to quote Venus: "In tennis it doesn't matter what you might take, it doesn't keep the ball in, it doesn't calm your nerves. It doesn't do any of that," she added. "I can see in track and field and other sports, but tennis is definitely a lot of mental and skill. There is no magic pill for that," she said.

It just saddens me that her amazing career would end with a stain.

I'm such a Martina Hingis fan. She's the superhuman tennis player for me. Started playing tennis when she was 2 (play tennis at this age?! The only thing I did when I was 2 years old was throw my toys to my yaya), then won her first tournament at the age of 4 (what?!). She was even named after another tennis great, Martina Navratilova (just search her name, and you will be amazed). Martina Hingis can be found in record books, when you read something like, "the youngest player to..." her name would most probably be there. She introduced the drop shots to the now power-dominated game of tennis. Players then even thought it was illegal. Haha. And they said, her style is like playing chess on the court. (Does that explain what they usually say that, "Tennis IS a mental game"?) I can say a lot of things about Martina Hingis but would stop right now because it is 3:50am. I told you, I am a fan.

About the cats, well, I'll just post another one about that next time. I don't think it is appropriate to write about cats and talk about tennis. To tell you the truth, I'm still not yet done documenting the Cat Files, so, next time would be better.


MORAL: Don't do drugs, or they'll do you. Whatever. Just don't take them. Just. Don't. Keep out the Nike slogan just this once.