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Tonight Hingis beat 21 year old Australian Samantha Stostur in two sets. The first only lasted 23 minutes as Hingis capitalized 6 games to 1. The second set however was a different story as Stostur got off to a flying start Aceing Hingis first ball and won the first game 40-0. Then from there on in fatigue kicked in for Martina as there was no more than one game lead to each at any stage. Then Hingis went in to the final game 6-5 up, and was 40-Love untill Stosur ran Hingis raggered and went 6 a piece. Samantha had Hingins 5 to 2 in the seventh game, but Martina's brilliance took over and snuck in the seventh game 10-8.
Whilst Samantha was blown out of the water in the first set, she made more mistakes in the second. Hingis was playing her best tennis and beat Stosur quite comprehensiveley in the first set. In the second Hingis proved to be physically tired as it showed with some of her forced errors. However there were numerus times when I thought Stosur could take out a game much quicker than she did. Taking into account she has never gone through to the fourth round of a tournement before no doubt she was a little intimidated against the former number one. Samantha made a few mistaked herself and opted with shots that were more difficult for herself. She rarely took risks when they were a much easier option as Hingins's fitness was a personal weakness.
Never the less she was the only Australian to make it through to the fourth round, and that is a marvelous effort in itself. This match WILL be one of the biggest learning cuves of her career.
-Alexis Logan
Whilst Samantha was blown out of the water in the first set, she made more mistakes in the second. Hingis was playing her best tennis and beat Stosur quite comprehensiveley in the first set. In the second Hingis proved to be physically tired as it showed with some of her forced errors. However there were numerus times when I thought Stosur could take out a game much quicker than she did. Taking into account she has never gone through to the fourth round of a tournement before no doubt she was a little intimidated against the former number one. Samantha made a few mistaked herself and opted with shots that were more difficult for herself. She rarely took risks when they were a much easier option as Hingins's fitness was a personal weakness.
Never the less she was the only Australian to make it through to the fourth round, and that is a marvelous effort in itself. This match WILL be one of the biggest learning cuves of her career.
-Alexis Logan
