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Weingartner spoils Hingis' comeback

PATTAYA, FEB. 1. Former World No. 1 Martina Hingis' comeback was spoiled on Tuesday when Marlene Weingartner of Germany beat her 1-6, 6-2, 6-2 in a first round match at the $170,000 (euro 131,000) WTA Volvo women's Open.

Fifth-seeded Ai Sugiyama of Japan crashed out of the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo after an opening-day 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 loss to Italy's Roberta Vinci.

Sugiyama has been hampered by a sore ankle of late but refused to use that as an excuse for Tuesday's early exit.

The results: At Pattaya: Volvo women's Open (first round): Marlene Weingartner bt Martina Hingis 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Marion Bartoli bt Ayu Fanti Damayanti 6-3, 6-1; Mara Santangelo bt Kristina Brandi 6-1, 6-2; Magui Serna Melinda Czink 7-5, 7-5; Anna Lena Groenefeld bt Jennifer Hopkins 6-3, 6-2; Evgenia Linetskaya bt Tamarine Tanasugarn 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.

At Tokyo: Pan Pacific Open (first round): Roberta Vinci bt Ai Sugiyama Japan 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Saori Obata bt Miho Saeki 6-0, 6-1; Iveta Benesova bt Jelena Jancovic 1-6, 6-3, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko bt Shuai Peng 6-3, 6-2; Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian bt Nicole Pratt 6-4, 6-3.

At Delray Beach: ATP Millennium International championships (first round): Xavier Malisse bt Jeff Morrison 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Kenneth Carlsen bt Eric Nunez 7-5, 6-4; Todd Widom bt Olivier Mutis 7-6(6), 6-7 (4), 6-3; Vince Spadea bt Hugo Armando 6-2, 6-3; Kevin Kim bt Frank Dancevic 6-4, 6-1; Philipp Kohlschreiber bt Wayne Odesnik 6-3, 6-4; Ricardo Mello bt Tomas Zib 7-6(4), 6-3; Sun Peng bt Matias Boeker 6-3, 6-4.

At Milan: Internazionali di Lombardia (first round): Gael Monfils bt Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-3; Karol Beck bt Victor Hanescu 6-4, 6-4.

At Chile: Bell South Open (first round): Mariano Zabaleta bt Nicolas Lapentti 6-1, 6-2; Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Oscar Hernandez 6-3, 7-6(3); Flavio Saretta bt Felipe Parada 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Filippo Volandri bt Guillermo Garica-Lopez 6-1, 6-3; Nestor Almagro bt Alex Corretja 7-5, 6-2. — Agencies

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