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Hingis dumps Clijsters to win Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Sunday, Oct 8 08:33:47 PT

FILDERSTADT, GERMANY (TICKER) -- For Martina Hingis, there is no substitute.

Hingis took a victory and a car at the $535,000 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, routing unseeded teenager Kim Clijsters of Belgium, 6-0, 6-3, in today's final.

The top seed from Swizerland swept through the first set in just 19 minutes and won the final three games to wrap up her 32nd career title in less than an hour. The winner of this event has the choice of keeping the $87,000 first prize or a silver 2000 Porsche Boxer. Hingis chose the car.

"You can do with a nice cabriolet in Florida, so I'll probably have to expand my garage," she said.

It was a rather easy week for Hingis, who lost just 10 games in her four matches after receiving a first-round bye. She won her fourth title here in five years here and her sixth in 2000, tying red-hot Venus Williams for the WTA Tour lead.

"I am delighted," said Hingis, who improved her match record this year to 62-9. "The whole week was just perfect and I hope it stays that way. This is like a home tournament for me so I didn't want to let it go.

"Kim reminded me of myself four years ago when I was standing in the final as a young player. Against Kim, you have to move quick and play very well so I stayed focus and fought for every point."

Clijsters, who made her debut at this tournament as a wild card entry, was seeking her third WTA Tour title. She knocked off three seeds this week, eliminating No. 2 Conchita Martina, third seed Nathalie Tauziat, and No. 6 Anna Kournikova. The 17-year-old will rise from 45th to between No. 25-30 when the next WTA rankings are released on Monday.

"I had so much fun this week and it was great that the tournament gave me a wild card," sshe said. "Martina has a lot of experience and hits the ball so clean, she's got an answer to play every player and that's why she's No. 1."


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