Hingis? Really?

As was mostly expected, despite some nostalgic hope that Roger Federer could dethrone Novak Djokovic on Centre Court and rethrone himself, it didn't happen.  And Serena Williams used her power to put away Muguruza, win her 21st Grand Slam event, and put herself into a position for a calendar year Slam.

But the surprise was Martina Hingis, who after a successful Team Tennis campaign with the Washington Kastles, won two doubles titles on the grass.  Considering that there are only three and she isn't eligible for the other won, that's damn great.

I've always liked her game.  She came along just before the Williams sisters became dominant, and lost a couple of championships because she played her heart out to defeat one  of them in the semifinals, then didn't have enough gas to win the final.  I'm pretty sure that happened at least twice, have to check.

But here's the article about the second win in the mixed doubles with Leander Paes. They rolled to the championship 6-1, 6-1.  Not much drama but a nice comeback.

Martina Hingis wins second Wimbledon title of the weekend after landing mixed doubles crown with Leander Paes in just 40 minutes

She won the women's doubles with household name (not really) Sania Mirza. This one was a LOT closer;  they lost the first set 5-7, then won the second set in the tiebreak and finished the win 7-5 in the third set.  That is a great match;  wish I could find it to watch!

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza fight back to clinch Wimbledon women's doubles title

So it's nice to see Martina lifting some hardware again.  Especially since it's the trophy kind of hardware.