Tennis: The no. 1 seeds Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci defeated Daniela Hantuchova and Martina Hingis 6-4 6-4 after an hour and 8 minutes.
While Hantuchova can look forward to being awarded a singles and doubles wildcard into the New Haven Open event, this is the third consecutive event in which Hingis fails to win back to back matches.
Errani/Vinci saved 2 out of 4 break points they faced in the match and Hingis and Hantuchova saved 5 of the 9 they faced throughout the match, serving 1 double fault.
Former World no. 1 Hingis was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame earlier this year and announced her comeback to the Tour to only play doubles with Hantuchova, scheduled to play several tournaments in preparation for the US Open. Now, it seems the pair is undecided about competing at Flushing Meadows.
Tennis - Sara Errani, the world's no. 1 doubles player, said that Martina Hingis played unbelievably during their second round doubles match at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati.
Errani and Vinci defeated Hingis and Hantuchova 6-4, 6-4 in the second round on Wednesday.
Errani commented,
"Martina was playing unbelievably. It was not easy. We played a very good match today and I'm very happy that we won."
Hingis, who is now 3-3 in her doubles comeback, commented, "We started off really well. In Carlsbad, we played a great first match. Second match, being up a set and 4-2 against one of the top teams, Kops-Jones and Spears. We definitely had our opportunities today. Hopefully, soon we'll take advantage of those chances. I feel like right now we have the level of being able to play with and beat the best out there. It would be nice to beat one of those teams, which you have to be able to do to have the confidence to win tournaments."
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