How many more can Hingis win?

[kytennis]

My prediction is one more match then i think shell lose to mary pierce in the 3rd round.What do u think about her? She doesnt look to shabby for not playing competitive tennis in 3years.

 

[Alexandros]

I don't doubt that she'll get up to Mary Pierce, but I'll go against the grain and say she'll beat Pierce in three sets. The wiley drop shots and changes of pace should get her.

 

[Shabazza]

I don't doubt that she'll get up to Mary Pierce, but I'll go against the grain and say she'll beat Pierce in three sets. The wiley drop shots and changes of pace should get her.

I hope so. Her game is refreshing in a way and a nice contrast to the ball bashing baseline game. It must be nice for her to be the underdog for a change and just playing her game without any pressure.

 

[@wright]

Hingis rawks! Take down Pierce!

 

[Alexandros]

Indeed, and it's great that she's so clearly enjoying being out there again. A sharp contrast to the surly and sulky Zvonereva.

If Hingis keeps her wits about her against Pierce I definitely see her advancing. Pierce has improved her movement greatly in recent times and she moves very well laterally but her forward movement isn't too sharp. She is at her best with the moderately-fast balls of the Sharapova clones, which aren't typically fast or deep enough to push her off the baseline or angled enough to consistently move her from side to side. So they end up in her strike zone and she outguns them. Pierce typically loses when she comes across someone who can match her power and moves better (Clijsters, Venus) or if she can be moved out of her comfort zone of metronomic baseline bashing with varied spins, angles and dropshots (Henin-Hardenne and hopefully Hingis).

 

[Northerly]

Pierce will blow her away.

 

[galain]

I hope she makes it to Pierce. She was playing really nice tennis last night and looked to have added some pace to her shots. I think Pierce will have too big a game for her if they meet, but I hope she gets there and does well.

 

[Moose Malloy]

I posted this in the other thread, but it bears repeating.

2000 INDIAN WELLS HARD (O) S M. HINGIS 6-4 6-2
2000 SCOTTSDALE HARD (O) S M. HINGIS 6-4 6-3
1999 CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS CARPET (I) Q M. HINGIS 6-1 6-2
1999 FILDERSTADT HARD (I) F M. HINGIS 6-4 6-1
1999 DU MAURIER OPEN HARD (O) S M. HINGIS 7-6(3) 6-3
1999 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD (O) Q M. HINGIS 6-3 6-4
1998 CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS CARPET (I) Q M. HINGIS 7-6(4) 6-4
1998 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD (O) Q M. HINGIS 6-2 6-3
1997 SAN DIEGO HARD (O) S M. HINGIS 6-0 6-2
1997 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD (O) F M. HINGIS 6-2 6-2

Pierce had a pretty big game then as well. Didn't really matter.

 

[BabolatFan]

She will go far in AO if she can generate a high % of 1st serves in.

 

[randomname]

my guess is that if she can beat mauresmo she can make it to the finals and lose to henin-hardenne, cause clijsters, pierce, and mauresmo are the only top 10 left in her half and the reporters made it sound like clijsters was really hurt so I doubt she'll get very far

 

[Alexandros]

Clijsters looked only a bit troubled yesterday at the start of her match. She won it 6-2 6-0. These first round opponents are no sweat for her, so she is getting good time resting that hip flexor.

 

[gully]

2000 INDIAN WELLS HARD (O) S M. HINGIS 6-4 6-2
2000 SCOTTSDALE HARD (O) S M. HINGIS 6-4 6-3
1999 CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS CARPET (I) Q M. HINGIS 6-1 6-2
1999 FILDERSTADT HARD (I) F M. HINGIS 6-4 6-1
1999 DU MAURIER OPEN HARD (O) S M. HINGIS 7-6(3) 6-3
1999 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD (O) Q M. HINGIS 6-3 6-4
1998 CHASE CHAMPIONSHIPS CARPET (I) Q M. HINGIS 7-6(4) 6-4
1998 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD (O) Q M. HINGIS 6-2 6-3
1997 SAN DIEGO HARD (O) S M. HINGIS 6-0 6-2
1997 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD (O) F M. HINGIS 6-2 6-2

MajorPwnage.

Is this the full set of results? Only two tiebreaks in 20 sets? Owwwch!

 

[rilokiley]

I believe her lifetime record against Pierce is 10-6 or something like that, but Hingis won most of the recent matches.

 

[AngeloDS]

I wonder if she'll be able to get away with her second serves with the other players.

They will jump in and blast those, but looking at her yesterday (or today lol). She had excellent footwork and fitness.

 

[tykrum]

Pierce is the type of player that Hingis' game is designed to beat. Unfortunately I didn't get to see her play yesterday, but I'm guessing its going to come down to how Pierce returns her serve. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it won't be a problem, and Hingis wins in straights. But if she can't beat Pierce, then she will really have to improve to hang with the H-H's and Clijsters (and probably the Williams') of the WTA.

 

[fererrodf]

Hingis has to win her second round match. Don't look too far yet again. More talk can be discussed after both players win their matches.

 

[oscar_2424]

at least she is getting to the 3rd round, after that who knows

 

[Davidbrent]

Man, Hingis was really impressive in her opening match. I was surprised at how sharp she looked and how few unforced errors she made. Sure Zvonereva played awful, but if Martina keeps playing like that she could get deep into the tournament. I'd back her against Mary Pierce any day of the week.