Hingis out of Korea Open tennis

Top seed Martina Hingis of Switzerland was eliminated from the Korea Open on Thursday in Seoul, losing to India's Sania Mirza 4-6, 6-0 and 6-4 in the second round.

This was a sweet revenge for the 19-year-old Mirza who lost to the world number eight five days ago in the semi-final of the Kolkata Sunfeast Open, a competition that the Swiss went on to win.

"It is my third time to play her this year and I guess that it is third time lucky," said Mirza, "Every match is a different match and every week is a different week."

Although the Indian teenager twice came back from 0-40 to win the game in the opening three games, and Hingis took advantage to win a hard-fought first set 6-4.

However, the second set was an entirely different affair as Mirza stormed back in style to overpower her bewildered opponent and take the set without dropping a game.

The third set was a much closer affair but the world number 59 was always in control, producing four exquisite returns to win a Hingis service game to love.

In Friday's quarter-final of the 145,000-dollar event, Mirza will face Virginia Ruano Pascual after the Spaniard overcame Indonesia's Angelique Widjaja in straight sets.

Source: Xinhua