Former world number one Martina Hingis and her German partner Sabine Lisicki produced a stunning performance at the Women's Tennis Association's Premier event in Miami, en route their 6-1, 6-4 win over sixth seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Safarova in the opening round here.
Earlier, this month, the duo had failed to perform at the recently concluded tournament in Indian Wells, where they went down fighting to Australian twosome of Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua 6-4, 6-7, 10-6 in the first round itself.
Meanwhile, the unseeded pairing of Serbia's Ana Ivanovic and Belgian Kirsten Flipkens also suffered a shocking loss, going down 5-7, 4-6 to Janette Husarova and Iveta Melzer in the other opening-round clash.
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