It’s almost 15 years since the Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis hung up her racket. After retiring from the tennis world, professionally the five-time Grand Slam champion is quite active on her social media. The former tennis player is cherishing her life as a busy mother to her three-year-old daughter. She likes to keep her personal life to herself. However, the Swiss tennis legend recently shared a sneak peek of herself enjoying some quality time with her daughter in the holiday season spirit.
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The 42-year-old Swiss tennis player got married in 2018 to a sports doctor after dating for a year. After getting married, the Swiss tennis player welcomed her daughter Lia in February 2019. However, earlier this year, she parted ways with her husband.
Martina Hingis shares a glimpse of her daughter’s holiday spirit
Former tennis player Martina Hingis posted on Instagram about how she and her daughter are embracing the holiday season in a festive mood. The five-time Grand Slam winner posted photos of her kid visiting a children’s zoo while wearing a pink princess jacket to celebrate the beginning of the winter holiday weekends.
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She captioned the post and wrote, “Winter holiday weekends with my little girl! Christmas markets and Kinderzoos. So wonderful to see the lights, festivals, and animals.” To share their holiday spirit with her fans, the former Swiss tennis player also shared a picture of her enjoying the first snow of the season with her 3-year-old daughter
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In another picture, the former tennis player was enjoying watching her little daughter enjoy the first awaited snow of the season. She wrote in the post, “Getting into the holiday spirit! I am so happy to feel the first snow of the season!” The 42-year-old was delighted to see the lights, festivals, and the Christmas season.
Hingis believes being a mother takes a lot
The former world number one tennis player discussed how being a mother is more exhausting than playing tennis in an interview, after giving birth to her daughter Lia. The five-time Grand Slam champion claimed that despite spending 30 years honing her tennis skills, becoming a mother is incomparably more rewarding.
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According to the tennis pro, being a mother is not a simple task. And requires much more than simply carrying out one’s duties. She did mention that her kid had already tried her hand at the sport that her mother played while carrying a tennis racket.
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