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Martina Hingis: French Open
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LA QUINTA - Former Pacific Life Open singles and doubles champion Martina Hingis is back in the desert this week, making her American debut follwing three years away from the game. But her first stop was playing a pro-am event Tuesday to benefit the Tim and Tom Gullickson Foundation.
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As an advertisement for herself, Martina Hingis's petulant performance in the French Open final against Steffi Graf two weeks ago gave cause for pause. ''Her game may be mature beyond its years, but her behavior was a very public temper tantrum, and her offenses were definitely booable offenses,'' said Mary Carillo.
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In her first appearance on U.S. soil in over three years, Martina Hingis routed France's Camille Pin 6-1 6-3 in the second round of the Pacific Life Open on Friday. Hingis, who last competed in America when she fell to Monica Seles in the 2002 U.S. Open, was overjoyed with the reception she received
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Like a swimmer out of her depth, 14-year-old Martina Hingis flailed and floundered and was never tossed a life jacket, or a short ball, by Mary Pierce on the du Maurier Ltd. Open's stadium court on this muggy afternoon. Hingis never even won a game. And if the defending champion, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, already fighting off a cold, anticipated sympathetic treatment from her former doubles partner, 13th-seeded Helena Sukova, she was sadly mistaken.
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