Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Davenport hands Hingis a rare loss

Fourth-seeded Lindsay Davenport squandered a 5-0 lead and twomatch points in the third set Saturday before recovering to beattop-seeded Martina Hingis 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the semifinals of theAcura Classic in Manhattan Beach, Calif.

Hingis, who had won 17 consecutive matches since losing theFrench Open final to Iva Majoli in June, was beaten for only thesecond time this year. She's 56-2 in 1997.

"I'll just start again," she said. "You're never happy when youlose, but it makes it easier for me."Hingis, 16, said she was tired after playing her thirdtournament in California in as many weeks. She won titles in PaloAlto and San Diego the last two weeks."Sometimes …

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