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Hingis ousted from Tianjin doubles

Xinhua, October 15, 2015

• Martina Hingis and Han Xinyun in the game.

  Top-seeded duo of Martina Hingis and Han Xinyun were beaten in the WTA Tianjin Open tennis tournament on Wednesday.

  The Swiss star and her Chinese partner lost to Croatia's Darija Jurak, and American Nicole Melichar, 7-5, 3-6, 10-2, in the doubles first round.

  "I am very disappointed," said Hingis, who had won doubles titles in Wuhan, Guangzhou and Beijing.

  Second seeded Chinese pair Xu Yifan and Zheng Saisai beat Elizaveta Kulichkova and Evgeniya Rodina from Russia, 6-4, 6-4

  In the singles second round, third seed Karolina Pliskova from the Czech Republic overcame Poland's Magda Linette 6-2, 6-1, while fifth seed Kristina Mladenovic of France nipped Urszula Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 6-4.

  Hungarian Timea Babos advanced after stunning seventh-seeded Alison Riske from the United States 6-3, 6-3.

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