Angry Hingis hangs on to win

Martina Hingis broke a racquet in anger, but beat her biggest rival Lindsay Davenport to win the adidas International in Sydney.  

In the 22nd meeting between the two - Davenport still leads 12-10 - the world number one's frustration boiled over when she was hauled back from a set up and a break up in the second set.

Two points after double-faulting to lose her serve at 3-4 Hingis smashed her racquet on the ground and has given an automatic code violation warning. But in the end Hingis served out for a 6-3 4-6 7-5 victory.

Hingis said: "I got frustrated because I thought it might slip away and I just didn't want that to happen.

"I didn't even hit the racquet hard and I've never broken one that was totally crushed like that.

"But Marat Safin breaks like 48 racquets a year, so I'm not quite at that level yet.

"I'm happy I won and I feel very good about the Australian Open. Since the US Open I've only lost one match."

That match was against Davenport in the final of the Philadelphia tournament.