First victory at the home tournament: 23 years ago, Hingis triumphed over a giantess

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As a 13 year old that was the case Martina Hingis her debut on the professional tour on October 4, 1994. In the sports hall in Zurich. Hingis had to wait a long time before she could win her home tournament for the first time. Exactly 23 years ago – on October 15, 2000 – the time had come in Kloten. The 1.89 m high Lindsay Davenport had to congratulate Hingis in Kloten. The twentieth match went to Hingis after a Hitchcock final that lasted almost two hours – 6:4, 4:6, 7:5.

He is one of only five Swiss to have won the overall Men’s Alpine Skiing World Cup. Carlo Janka achieved this feat in the 2009/10 season. The Bunden native was also celebrated as an Olympic giant slalom winner and winner of the Lauberhorn. Today is a party again: Janka turns 37 years old.

The worst Swiss players in the NHL

1 Nino Niederreiter (31): 897 games, 432 penalty minutes
Swiss-Canadian Ken Baumgartner had to serve 2,350 penalty minutes in the NHL – a record. Only: This ranking only includes players trained in Switzerland. And it was completed after the 22/23 season. That’s why the No. 1 is Nino Niederreiter, who storms to Winnipeg.

2 Luca Sbisa (33): 581 games, 419 penalty minutes
Philadelphia, Anaheim, Vancouver, Las Vegas, New York, Winnipeg and Nashville. These were Luca Sbisa’s NHL stops. In 2021, a concussion ended the career of the Zug defender with Sicilian roots.

3 Mark Streit (45): 820 games, 392 penalty minutes
The former SCB junior is the third Swiss (the first field player) to win the Stanley Cup. It was 2017 with Pittsburgh. The same year, Streit resigned after a short stint in Montreal.

4 Roman Josi (33): 912 games, 382 penalty minutes
Whether games, scorer points, passes, per season or total – Josi is at the forefront of many other rankings of Swiss NHL players. His 13th NHL season started Wednesday. He has played for Nashville since 2011 and as captain since 2017.

5 Timo Meier (27): 518 games, 345 penalty minutes
40 goals in the regular season – only one Swiss achieved that
– Timo Meier 2022/23 with New Jersey. On Thursday they won 4-3
At the start of the season at home against Detroit, Appenzeller has not yet scored.

5000 bottles

The Valais wine family Albert Mathier & Söhne is launching the red wine “Eisern Blut” in collaboration with Bundesliga club Union Berlin. The name refers to the Union nickname “The Iron Ones”. Of the sales price (29 francs per bottle), 5 francs goes to the club foundation “Union United”. The question remains whether the timing of the market introduction is correct? In any case, the Union is not playing particularly well at the moment – seven competitive defeats in a row.

Source : Blick