ZURICH, Switzerland (Ticker) - World No. 1 Martina Hingis looked right at home today, demolishing Russian qualifier Anastasia Myskina, 6-0, 6-4, to cruise into the semifinals of the $1 million Swisscom Challenge tennis event.

Still searching for her first career title in her native Switzerland, Hingis took no mercy on Myskina, disposing of the 19-year-old Russian in just 47 minutes.

"I played a very good first set," said Hingis, who was coming off her sixth tournament win of the season Sunday in Filderstadt. "I felt in control, I felt she had a lot of respect for me. I think at that point you have the match half won."

Jennifer Capriati looked equally comfortable playing in Hingis' backyard as the sixth-seeded American sped past Frenchwoman Anne-Gaelle Sidot, 6-3, 6-1, in a second-round match.

The victory leaves three Americans in the quarterfinals, with Capriati joining second seed Lindsay Davenport and seventh seed Chanda Rubin. Davenport and Rubin will meet Friday in an all-American quarterfinal.

Capriati, who claimed her ninth career title two weeks ago in Luxembourg, will take on Russian Anna Kournikova -- Hingis' doubles partner -- for a place in the final four.

"It's been awhile since I won a match that easily," said Capriati, who needed three tough sets to beat Sidot in Luxembourg. "Actually, it wasn't that easy. I just played very well. I was pleased with everything I did. I really felt that I was in control the whole match.

"At the end I could have lost concentration - like I usually do - but I didn't. If I play the way I did tonight, I have a pretty good chance against her (Kournikova)."

Despite living just a few miles from the Schluefweg Arena, where the hardcourt tournament is being staged, Hingis has not enjoyed much of a home-court advantage. None of her 32 career titles have come on home soil.

It was at the Zurich tournament that Hingis made her professional debut six years ago as a 14-year-old, but world's No. 1-ranked players has reached the final here only twice.

But Hingis' play thus far indicates that the 20-year-old is determined to add the Zurich title to her trophy case. She has dropped just nine games on route to the semifinals.

Myskina, who reached the quarterfinals with an upset win over eighth-seeded Olympic silver medalist Elena Dementieva, was trampled by Hingis, who raced through the opening set in just 17 minutes.

When the Russian finally held serve to open the second set, the soldout crowd actually applauded, hoping that the match might extend beyond the time it took most to settle into their seats.

But after trading breaks twice, a refocused Hingis quickly put an end to any idea of a third set, breaking the Russian to go ahead 5-4 and finishing the match with a drop shot.

"In the second set, she picked things up a bit and I made a few mistakes," Hingis said. "I seemed to have a lot of things on my mind. I was looking around in the stands for friends and I lost a bit of focus. To keep up the level of the first set isn't easy."

By reaching the semifinals, Hingis also maintained her hold on the No. 1 ranking for at least another week.

Davenport arrived in Zurich with an opportunity to reclaim the top spot but needed to win the title for a third time and have Hingis crash out before the semifinals.

In other action, third seed Nathalie Tauziat of France, making her 15th appearance at the Zurich tournament, moved into the quarterfinals for the ninth time with a 6-4, 6-0 win over 1994 winner Magdalena Maleeva of Bulgaria.

Fifth seed Amanda Coetzer of South Africa became only the second seed to fall out of the tournament, losing to Austria's Barbara Schett, 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 6-4.