Martina Returning to Women's Tennis in 2006

No, not that Martina! Former #1 Martina Hingis has announced that she will be returning to the WTA Tour in 2006, most likely in a tournament in Australia in January. Hopefully, this comeback will succeed better than her previous comeback from last February, when she lost to unheralded Marlene Weingartner 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. It will be interesting to see if Hingis can really have an impact on the 2006 WTA Tour, with the Williams Sisters in and out of form, Henin-Hardenne weakened, Seles and Capriati basically retired, and Davenport not committing to a schedule past March. Somehow, Although she has 40 WTA Tour titles and 5 Grand Slam titles and came within one match of winning the calendar Grand Slam in 1997 (losing the French Open Final to Iva Majoli), it's a different game now in 2006 and I doubt she can repeat a fraction of her previous success.