Hingis showing the way in LA

Martina Hingis, the top-ranked player in the world, and two-time defending champion Serena Williams both reached the second round of the Women's Classic in Los Angeles.

Hingis beat American Lilia Osterloh, ranked 48th in the world, 6-2, 7-5 at the Manhattan Beach Country Club, while Williams, appearing rusty in her first match since Wimbledon, beat 69th-ranked fellow American Jennifer Hopkins 7-5, 6-3.

Hingis is spending her 200th week as the world's No.1 player, a ranking she first achieved in March 1997.

"It's another milestone for me," she said.