NEW YORK -- Martina Hingis and Svetlana Kuznetsova both played their way into the third round of the U.S. Open on Thursday.
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Parmentier was two points from evening the match when Hingis held serve to tie it at 5-all. With temperatures in the upper 80s, the 16th-seeded Swiss star swiftly took control.
"I didn't want to play a third set in this heat," Hingis said.
The fourth-seeded Kuznetsova didn't dally in beating Camille Pin of France 6-3, 4-6, 6-0. The former Open champion seemed especially determined after missing an easy forehand that lost the second set.
"It was too late to change anything," Kuznetsova said. "From this moment, I just started to turn it on."
Trying to finish off each rally in a hurry, Kuznetsova took every opportunity to rush the net -- she approached more than she could ever remember. She smacked 46 winners in all, enough to overcome 34 unforced errors.
"I'm pretty happy to come a lot to the net," she said. "I had so many chances to come in and sometimes I saw I didn't do that."
In other morning matches, No. 6 Anna Chakvetadze of Russia beat Nicole Pratt of Australia 6-3, 6-4, No. 11 Patty Schnyder of Switzerland stopped Severine Bremond of France 6-3, 6-0 and No. 26 Sania Mirza of India defeated Laura Granville 6-3, 7-5.
Also out of the tournament, at least on the singles side, was Bethanie Mattek. Known for her outlandish outfits, she didn't disappoint.
Wearing a low-cut silver top and headdress that semi-resembled her gold Wonder Woman-inspired ensemble in the first round, Mattek lost to No. 18 Shahar Peer of Israel 6-2, 6-1.
No. 2 seed Maria Sharapova was scheduled to play Wednesday night.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
Source: ESPN.com
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