Martina Hingis through to U.S. Open doubles 2nd round

Tennis - Once upon a time, the Williams sisters and Martina Hingis were battling it out in the final stages of the Grand Slams. Now, the trio are back again competing for silverware at the US Open - but this time in the women's doubles event.


On Thursday, Venus and Serena Williams combined to score an upset win over the seventh seeded duo of Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic to move into the second round of the doubles event, hours after Serena had advanced to the third round of the singles draw with a convincing win over fellow American Vania King.


Meanwhile, Martina Hingis, whose appearances are restricted to the doubles events only these days, partnered with Flavia Pennetta to advance when their opponents Andrea Petkovic and Magdalena Rybarikova retired while trailing 1-6, 0-3, Hingis and Pennetta will next meet the 15th seeds Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova.

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