That Wimbledon final and the semifinal before it were the only times I can really remember seeing Martinez emotional in her long career: the one time where she let her competitive desires really show, perhaps because it was the time she really felt she had a chance at a great prize.
In recent years, Martinez's game has looked more and more at odds with the prevailing trends: heavy spin in an age of power hitting; one-handed backhand, and the player often stationed far behind the baseline.
Martinez never even looked particularly fit compared to the others (the Daily Telegraph a few years ago described the modern female tennis player as having "muscles on her muscles".
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