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Article: Hingis steals the spotlight // Teenager upsets Sanchez Vicario; Graf, Agassi win
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 3, 1996
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NEW YORK One precocious 15-year-old pouted, shouted and flung her
racket at the umpire's chair. The other hardly issued a peep.
In tennis, though, love means nothing and manners often count
for less.
On Monday at the U.S. Open, 16th-seeded Martina Hingis came away
with the tournament's biggest upset to reach the quarterfinals.
Hingis toppled third-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in
a baseline slugfest that featured bad calls and long arguments.
Moments later, fellow 15-year-old Anna Kournikova threatened to
continue the teen insurrection when she broke top-seeded Steffi
Graf's serve in the first game. It proved a short-lived revolt as
Graf quelled her 6-2, 6-1.
Sixth-seeded ...