Martina Hingis exotic dancer?
by bahamaderek on Aug.26, 2009, under Martina Hingis
The former Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis, who is currently banned from tennis for cocaine abuse, was today named as one of the contestants in the new series of Strictly Come Dancing.
In Hingis, 29, the show’s producers have chosen a controversial but popular player who won five grand slam titles during her career. After testing positive for cocaine in 2007, Hingis declared she was “100% innocent”, but the International Tennis Federation ruled against her and ordered her to repay nearly £80,000 in prize money.
Hingis said: “It’s behind me, this is a new challenge.” She added: “I want people to see a different side to me than the person running round the tennis court.” However, she promised to apply the same gritty approach to the dance show that had taken her to five grand slams on the tennis court. “Everything I do I do to win. I am very competitive.”
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