Hingis in a hurry
Martina Hingis sailed into the third round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.
The 20-year-old demolished Belgian Els Callens, ranked 94 places below her, 6-1 6-0 in a mere 40 minutes.
Hingis now faces the prospect of playing Serena Williams in the quarter-finals, sister Venus in the semis and then holder Lindsay Davenport in the final.
"If I am going to win this I'm going to have to do it the hard way," said the world number one.
But first she must overcome world number 144 Virginie Razzano on Saturday.
Venus was the first of the Williams sisters into action today and she survived safely enough.
The Wimbledon, US Open and Olympic champion had to win a tie-break against fellow American Meghann Shaughnessy to spare herself a third set decider for the second round running following her scare against Spanish qualifier Maria Martinez.
Out went 16th seed Amy Frazier, hammered 6-4 6-1 by Italian Rita Grande, while ninth seed Elena Dementieva, the 19-year-old Russian, had to save a match point before surviving against German qualifier Andrea Glass 2-6 7-6 6-3.
