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Tour 3 : Hingis rolls into fourth round at Wimbledon

Top seed Martina Hingis of Switzerland posted her second straight victory over a Russian opponent today by thumping Elena Likhovtseva, 6-2, 6-1, in third-round play at the $12 million Wimbledon Championships in London.
Also Monday, third seed Jana Novotna of the Czech Republic, who lost to Hingis in last year's final, will take on American Corina Morariu; Sanchez Vicario will battle Austria's Sylvia Plischke; 10th seed Irina Spirlea of Romania will battle South African Surina De Beer; and No. 15 Dominique van Roost will face Sabine Appelmans in an all-Belgian affair.

In addition, Serena Williams could face older sister Venus for the third time this year, but must defeat Spain's Virginia Ruano-Pascual and have Venus gets past Rubin.

The 17-year-old Hingis, who struggled in her second-round victory over Elena Makarova on Thursday, had no trouble with the 24th-ranked Likhovtseva, breaking the Russian's serve four times and winning 49 points to her opponent's 32.

One day after Natasha Zvereva spoiled any hopes of a Hingis-Steffi Graf final by knocking off the seven-time champion, Hingis reflected briefly on Graf's departure from the tournament.

"We would only meet in the final, so I don't really care if she's in or out," said Hingis, who has made critical remarks about Graf recently. "If we would have met in the final, it would have been great. I'm sure she's disappointed that she lost."

Hingis will battle Tamarine Tanasugarn of Thailand for a berth in the quarterfinals. Tanasugarn advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon for the first time by downing qualifier Cara Black of Zimbabwe, 6-4, 6-0.

Tour 2 : Hingis beats Makarova and rain in Wimbledon second round

Top seed Martina Hingis of Switzerland battled through the rain and past Russian Elena Makarova, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, today but 13th seed Andre Agassi of the United States was not as lucky during second-round play at the $12 million Wimbledon Championships in London.

Hingis survived the first-set tiebreaker and a couple of rain delays before moving into the third round. The 17-year-old Hingis, competing on grass for the first time since capturing last year's Wimbledon crown, needed 83 minutes to move on, despite hitting 58 percent of her first serves and double-faulting three times.

"I made it hard for myself, but it was an outstanding performance, I must say," Hingis said. "I was surprised by the way she played. She didn't miss one first serve in the first two games. I tried to hit it harder and harder and the ball flew all over the place. I tried to force it more and more, and made more mistakes. The net cords were on her side, but if you're better, you'll win anyway."
Makarova made good on 69 percent of her first serves, but could not handle Hingis in the second set and faded. Despite failing to win a set, she got Hingis' attention and provided the Swiss teenager a scare.

"It's definitely tougher than last year," Hingis said. "I was happy to reach the quarterfinals and semifinals last year, and then I was playing in the final, so I didn't expect to do so well. Then, I really didn't like playing on grass. But now there's more pressure on me."
Hingis became the youngest woman in the Open Era to win a Wimbledon singles title last year, but said she still needs to keep improving.
"I have to move better, I still don't have that feeling, the anticipation," she said. "I think I've lost that, which is important on
grass. I didn't want to do that much after I lost in Paris (in the French Open semifinals), and it's hard to come back. Match-by-match, it's very difficult."

Tour 1 : Hingis opens Wimbledon title defense with rain-delayed win

Top seed Martina Hingis of Switzerland began defense of her Wimbledon crown today by dispatching former NCAA singles champion Lisa Raymond of the United States, 7-5, 6-3, at a soggy All England Club in London.

Opening-round action was halted on three separate occasions by rain before tournament officials abandoned play for the day, causing the postponement of numerous matches and the suspension of several others. Those matches will be part of Wednesday's schedule, in addition to the beginning of second-round play.

The 17-year-old Hingis, competing on grass for the first time since capturing last year's Wimbledon crown, broke serve four times in avenging her loss to Raymond in their last meeting in Zurich, Switzerland last October.

"I expected it to be tough," said Hingis. "I'm sure she had the confidence to play her game and that is why she did very well (in the first set). In the first couple of games I didn't know what to do. We had a break and I was up 2-1 so I was more confident going out there again. I went straight out there and started playing much better and feeling the ball better."

Hingis was competing on the All England Club's famed Centre Court for the first time since becoming the youngest woman in the Open Era to win a Wimbledon singles title last year.