| The Villa is already available to be sold (6 million
swiss francs = more than 5 mil. US$). Reason regarding to Mario Widmer
(Martina's Manager): "Martina was only there for a few weeks a year, she
is traveling alot. Also the trainings-facilities were not too good." Martina
will keep her house in Truebbach, where she was raised and it will stay
her "official" home (at least what taxes belong). In Saddlebrook, at the
west coast of florida, Martina want to build up a 2nd home, incl.
Tennis school for youngsters.
Martina buyed the Villa in Regensdorf in July 1997.
Which was very close to the Zurich Airport. She paid only 2.5 Million swiss
francs for it (because the owner needed to sell it immediately ,the price
was very low).
The swiss economy magazine "Bilanz" , estimated
the value of that villa to
about 8 Million swiss francs.
Martina doesn't escape from Switzerland. Mario and
Melanie: "Martina will train more and more in USA. That's
because we do sell the house. She needs a 2nd Home in the USA. "
Saddlebrook , north of Tampa (lil Markus was in
Tampa 10 years ago-if someone cares), where the famous Hopman Tennis school
is located, are perfect conditions for her (regarding to tennis).
Martina want's to build her own school ,with about
6 to 8 youngsters. Martina will be three to four times during two or three
weeks live in Saddlebrook, the rest of the time ,she will be in Truebbach.
(actually i'm not sure how the text was meant... only three weeks a year?)
MANAGEMENT
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As you may heard, Martina changed her Management.
No more IMG. The new managment "Advantage" is also
well known. some info here:
http://www.swisscom-challenge.com/englisch/advantage/index.htm
WTA Players also under Advantage contract: Steffi
Graf, Amanda Coetzer, Anna Kournikova, Mirjana Lucic, Conchita Martinez,
Magdalena Maleeva, Jana Novotna, Chanda Rubin, Miriam Oremans, Lisa
Raymond.
To contact the person responsible for Martina Hingis at Advantage, you
should use this address:
Advantage
1751 Pinnacle Drive Suite 1500
McLean ,VA 22102 USA
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