Hingis U.S. Open 2nd round pics

Definitely not ones I was hoping to see, I think that black outfit turned out to be bad luck. All pics from hingis.org

Martina Hingis ousted in 2nd round of U.S. Open!!

I can't believe this! I'm in total shock right now, she lost to a French player ranked in the 100's, Virginie Razzano. In 2 sets 6/2 6/4. And again I just cannot believe it, this is the earliest that Hingis has lost in the U.S. Open since the beginning of her career I think.

She just could not hold her serve at all tonight. The player really wasn't that great, Hingis just could not hold her serve in the first set. She only held it once in the first. Her first serve percentage was at 54% and only went up slightly toward the end of the second set. Another thing I noticed was that she was really rushing especially in the first set, very unlike her.

She fought back in the second set at 5/1 and brought it to 5/4 but just could not do it. I was really hoping she could turn it around in that last point. I'm not sure what happened I'm really disappointed, but mostly surprised. I don't think Hingis herself believes how badly she was playing today, it was just not her day.

It's really too bad she's out. I think she had a real shot this year but hopefully with more match play in the coming months she'll get better, and improve her match toughness and concentration. If she stays healthy and as fit as she is at the moment I have no doubt she'll win some grand slams next year.

Now I'm off to watch the Agassi match although with the way things have gone tonight, I'm not sure I wanna see that either.

Hingis U.S. Open first round pics

Love the mischievous smile:D.

As promised from hingis.org

Also click here for a nice Yahoo article on the match:D

Martina Hingis moves to round 2 at U.S. Open

But what a tough match against Chinese Shuai Peng. Martina lost the first set, but really pulled her game up in the second and became a lot more aggressive. She made some amazing shots from what I have read.

I was not able to see the match unfortunately due to USA Network and TSN showing other players matches in between Martina's, it was so frustrating!. I had to rely on the official US Open site live scoring system lol. And of course they had to show the entire Serena Williams match while Hingis was playing as well.

Like I give a hoot how well Serena does in this tournament. I only saw Hingis play a total of 4 games in the first 2 sets. The Chinese player really made her run around in the first set, but in the end Martina prevailed in 3 sets 4-6 6-1 6-3.

So glad she's through, I was a little worried at one point, but it's good for Martina to have a tough first round match. I think it'll help her against the tougher players later in the week. Now I just hope I get to see this match at some point on some other channel. If not I'll just hope that no Americans play tomorrow, so I can see Martina play in her 2nd round match (no offense to all my American readers, but I really wanna see Martina play). Hopefully it'll be a little easier then this one, so she can finish early and get some well deserved rest on Friday.

I'll have some article match summaries as well as some photos later in the day;). Martina is wearing my favourite outfit, the orange coloured shirt with a white skirt this time. I will say it again the woman knows fashion.

Martina Hingis practicing in the rain:)

I'm bored still waiting for Martina to start playing, it's been a long wait lol. So I decided to post some pics:D of Martina practicing yesterday in the rain. Now that's dedication to the game!. Notice her mom moving around her with the squeegee in the first pic lol (the person in blue shorts;). Pics are from hingis.org of course.

Rain delayed play till tomorrow

Well, Martina did not play today which means she'll have to pull double duty in the next couple of days. But I'm sure she can handle it. As for the rest well, they were supposedly going to show the match with Mauresmo as well as James Blake (if it stopped raining).

But I don't think it happened, all I kept seeing as I flipped the channel was the Andre Agassi/James Blake quarter final match from 2005. I don't really care if those matches got underway to be honest, by 8pm I was too busy watching Celebrity Duets:D. Lucy Lawless kicked butt!:D (musically of course;).

My guess is though that no one played and everyone will have to finish tomorrow.

C'est La Vie.

More rain at the U.S. Open

Rain delay continues, it stopped for about 45 minutes and play resumed but the rain has returned. I'm trying to stay positive but I don't think this day of play will finish. I think day 2 will carry on to day 3 unfortunately. And it's looking more likely that Martina's match will be moved to tomorrow.

I really hate this every time I'm really looking forward to a match, something always happens. Darn it!. Hopefully some more matches will be played before 7 o'clock this evening, but it's looking very iffy at the moment.