Rediff
Los Angeles, Aug 8: Sania Mirza continued to motor along in the US Open series with a hard-fought victory over former world number one Martina Hingis at the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
The Indian ace upset seven seed Hingis 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in an hour and 38 minutes in the second round.
Sania, who had beaten four top-20 players during the hard-court series before coming into the tournament, will face the winner of the match between Israel's Shahar Peer and Virginie Razzano of France in the third round.
Maria Sharapova is the top seed for the event.
Sixth seed and Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli and Dinara Safina, seeded eighth, were also knocked out of the tournament.
Russia's Maria Kirilenko beat Bartoli 7-6, 6-3 while Safina lost 6-2, 7-5 of Ukraine's Yuliana Fedak.