Hingis Has No Trouble With Martinez
Having struggled in the past against Conchita Martinez, top-ranked Martina Hingis was prepared for their final match Sunday in the Bank of the West Classic at Palo Alto.
Martinez wasn’t.
Hingis overpowered a tired Martinez to win her second consecutive Bank of the West, 6-0, 6-2. Hingis, seeded No. 1, took only 53 minutes to improve her 1997 record to 50-1.
Martinez, seeded sixth, had played Saturday night until almost midnight and said she slept only six hours.
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Top-seeded Barbara Paulus of Austria won her sixth Corel WTA Tour tournament, defeating defending champion Henrieta Nagyova of Slovakia, 6-4, 6-4, at the Warsaw Cup in Poland.
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Third-seeded Felix Mantilla upset Sergi Bruguera, 6-3, 7-5, to win the Croatia Open at Umag.
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Filip Dewulf of Belgium defeated Julian Alonso of Spain, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-1, to win the Generali Open clay-court tournament at Kitzbuehel, Austria.
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