Hingis sets up quarterfinal meeting with SharapovaPosted on 02/22/2006 2:33:23 PM PST by theFIRMbss
Hingis sets up quarterfinal meeting with Sharapova
22.02.2006
Martina Hingis beat Anastasia Myskina at the Dubai Open on Wednesday to set up a quarterfinal with Maria Sharapova.
Hingis defeated the sixth-seeded Russian 6-4, 6-3 in the second round to fix up the meeting with an opponent she beat in straight sets in Tokyo this month. Sharapova, seeded third, downed Vera Dushevina 6-1, 6-0 in 60 minutes.
"I do not have revenge on my mind, but I don't like losing to the same player twice in a row," Sharapova said. "Martina played some amazing tennis in Tokyo, but it is a different match tomorrow."
Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo, the Australian Open champion, beat Slovakian qualifier Henrieta Nagyova 6-3, 6-1, while defending champion Lindsay Davenport won her 700th singles match. She beat Russia's Elena Likhovtseva, who's ranked 13 places below her, 6-0, 6-0 in 58 minutes.
"I played well and my body held up," said the 29-year-old Davenport. "To win here, I need to play four days in a row. I am not getting any younger and I have to be fresh for my next match."
Fourth-seeded Justine Henin-Hardenne, playing her first match since retiring from the Australian Open final because of stomach pain, labored to beat qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko 6-4, 7-5. The four-time Grand Slam champion was down 3-0 in the second set after several unforced errors.
Five-time Grand Slam winner Hingis, playing again this year after a three-year absence, rallied from 15-40 in the first game of the opening set to hold her serve and moved out to a crucial 4-1 lead. In the second set, Hingis made the all-important break in the fourth game to go 3-1 up and then held her serve.
"Winning the first game showed her that I am here and I am prepared and that she has to earn her points," Hingis said. "It is not a comeback anymore. This is my fifth tournament. It is more like the second part of my career."
Fifth-seeded Francesca Schiavone beat Tunisia's Selima Sfar, while eighth-seeded Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia lost to 2004 US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-1, 7-5. Russia's Maria Kirilenko advanced with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic, reports AP.
Now that is a woman
Sharapova vs. THE FOREHEAD!!!!
Yeah but how do they feel about the ports issue? :)
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Hmmm. That's a good point.
I guess someone will have to
frisk all those women . . .
steffi had the best body in sports...
miss her too
Thanks for the ping. Delighted to see Martina is doing well.
Who is THAT? Surely it isn't Steffi Graf, is it?
Yes indeed one fine speciwomen including her cute nose
Well, I guess I'd best head on off to confession.
save me a seat she could make me give up free republic
well maybe not foever
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Steffi's sexy, but
there's that German thing . . . I would
always be thinking . . .
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