Hingis Stuns Davenport in 3 Sets

Former #1 Martina Hingis continued her much heralded comeback by defeating the the #1 player for the last two years, Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California. It was the player's 25th meeting, the second longest rivalry among active players on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (Davenport versus Venus Williams is 27 matches long, Davenport leading 14-13). Davenport now leads 14-11.

The match was quite exciting, although it was clear that Davenport was not at 100%. She is clearly still bothered by her back injury and says that she will take 4-6 weeks after next week's NASDAQ-100 Open to prepare for Wimbledon. That said, Hingis was able to witshstand Davenport's powerful shots over and over again and played a much cleaner match. One was still left with the impression that the match was on Davenport's racquet, if she had not made so many errors, she would have won. Interesting stat: The total number of points each player won was 86.