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Nagyova grappling to get career back on track
Nagyova grappling to get career back on track
By Alaric Gomes, Staff Reporter
Dubai: One-time top player Henrieta Nagyova is coming to terms with the challenge of the WTA Tour.
"It's a struggle to get back once you are out of it for some time," said Nagyova to the Gulf News as she completed her qualifying and entered the main draw of the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open here.
Nagyova reached the pinnacle of her career when she was moved in at No.21 on the Tour. But that was in 2001. Things have been different since then.
A stress fracture on her right wrist forced her to drop out of the Tour and her ranking plummeted to zero. And only a gritty comeback since last year has seen the Slovak crawl back into reckoning as one of the challengers on the circuit.
"Not everyone on the Tour has the fortitude for a comeback after injury," Nagyova said. "Take Hingis (Martina) for instance. She's so different? three tournaments and she has already entered the top 50."
Nagyova may not be a Hingis, but she has shown character in getting her career back on track. "There are so many players who never make it back."
Down from zero Nagyova, with nine WTA Tour singles titles, is slowly making progress. But she does not seem satisfied. "My game is not hundred per cent as yet and neither am I happy with the progress I am making," she said.
But she has managed to climb up to 146 in the latest WTA Rankings. "I think I have been lucky as at least I am getting back on track. QQualifying here was one of my immediate aims."
Dubai: One-time top player Henrieta Nagyova is coming to terms with the challenge of the WTA Tour.
"It's a struggle to get back once you are out of it for some time," said Nagyova to the Gulf News as she completed her qualifying and entered the main draw of the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open here.
Nagyova reached the pinnacle of her career when she was moved in at No.21 on the Tour. But that was in 2001. Things have been different since then.
A stress fracture on her right wrist forced her to drop out of the Tour and her ranking plummeted to zero. And only a gritty comeback since last year has seen the Slovak crawl back into reckoning as one of the challengers on the circuit.
"Not everyone on the Tour has the fortitude for a comeback after injury," Nagyova said. "Take Hingis (Martina) for instance. She's so different? three tournaments and she has already entered the top 50."
Nagyova may not be a Hingis, but she has shown character in getting her career back on track. "There are so many players who never make it back."
Down from zero Nagyova, with nine WTA Tour singles titles, is slowly making progress. But she does not seem satisfied. "My game is not hundred per cent as yet and neither am I happy with the progress I am making," she said.
But she has managed to climb up to 146 in the latest WTA Rankings. "I think I have been lucky as at least I am getting back on track. QQualifying here was one of my immediate aims."
