Hingis Fights But Loses Against Clijsters

Martina Hingis failed to exact revenge over Kim Clijsters as she lost her  highly anticipated quarterfinal match against her Belgian opponent 6-3,4-6,3-6, in a two-hour-and-three-minute battle at the Rod Laver arena.
Kim raced to a 2-0 lead in the first set. Both players started sluggishly, but Hingis found her rhythm and played smart tennis. She then went on to win the first set after Clijsters double faulted in the ninth game.
In the second set, both player held their respective serves twice for at 2-2. Hingis was besieged with errors, and loses a rally to trail Clijsters at 5-2. Just when Clijsters thought that she had the second set in the bag, Hingis hang tough to break  Clijsters’ serve before holding her serve and trailed Clijsters at 5-4. Clijsters won the next game to push the match into a third set.
Hingis led Clijsters in the third set at 2-0. Just then, Clijsters came out firing winners as she turned the table against Hingis who went on committing  unforced errors one after another, to win the third set, and the match.
“It’s great playing her, but I don’t want to see her in the quarterfinals ever again,” Hingis said in jest. “It’s like every time I get to the quarters I have to face Kim. But, I mean, I enjoy matches against her. I prefer maybe
semifinals next time. But it was definitely disappointing. I felt like I was winning the match and had all the things in my hands. It was the most disappointing loss I’ve had against her,” added a dejected Hingis.