"It's great to see her back and playing well," Martina Hingis, six months into her own comeback, told Tennis Week today. "Definitely, everyone was surprised about her easy win against Myskina. It was good to see that." Hingis, who like Williams endured surgery and indulged her desire to explore life experiences outside of tennis, can relate to the woman who won seven of their 13 career clashes, including a 6-3, 7-6(4) victory in the 1999 U.S. Open final. The former World No. 1 said the physical demands and mental strain of playing the professional circuit today sometimes requires players to pull off the road for a while and recharge in their own personal rest areas before deciding what professional path to pursue. "I think it just really drains you," Hingis said. "It takes a lot out of you the whole year playing tournaments. Everyone expects you to do well when you're a number one you could see (staying on top is tough): after me it was like one year Venus, one year Jennifer, one year Serena, one year Lindsay. It's just hard to maintain the top level the entire time because your body and everything just wears out. Just playing the matches in tournaments to the end of the week, you play a lot of tennis. I think sometimes it is the combination of a lot of things. If you can last long enough over the years, then that's already a huge success" --

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