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Another easy one

Hingis defeats Yi in straight sets

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Posted: Wednesday June 28, 2000 01:36 PM

Playing like the No. 1 seed Martina Hingis had very little trouble with Jing-Qian Yi. AP

LONDON (Reuters) -- World number one Martina Hingis eased through to the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday after beating Jing-Qian Yi 6-4, 6-1.

Yi, China's sole representative here, put up a game fight in the first set, coming back from two breaks down to break the top seed's serve in the eighth game and save one set point at 5-4.

But Hingis, back in the swing of Wimbledon after last year's shock first round exit to Jelena Dokic, served out for the set and raced to 5-1 in the second.

The 19-year-old, who now meets Silvija Talaja of Croatia, finished off the Centre Court match in 65 minutes when she broke Yi for the third time in the set.

 

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