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Martina
[mahr-tee-nuh]
noun
a female given name.
Example Sentences
At 18, Andreeva is the youngest player to reach back-to-back women's singles quarter-finals at Roland Garros since Martina Hingis in 1998.
Up 6-0 5-0, Bouzas Maneiro was attempting to become the first woman to beat a top-10 player 6-0 6-0 at a Grand Slam since the 1989 US Open, when Martina Navratilova crushed world number seven Manuela Maleeva.
Tennis is built for rivalries, and it had several over the years, among others: Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall, Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, and Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert.
After all, Martina Navratilova won a singles match at the All England Club aged 47.
In October 2021, Martina, from County Tyrone, was 38 and her pregnancy was considered "high risk" following previous complications, including a miscarriage.
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