Hingis says singles not in comeback plans

CARLSBAD - Former world number one Martina Hingis may not be contemplating a return to WTA singles play, but she got her doubles comeback off to a quick start on Wednesday. The 32-year-old Swiss great played her first WTA match since 2007 at the Southern California Open, teaming with Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova for a 6-1, 6-1 doubles victory over Germany's Julia Goerges and Croatian Darija Jurak. Hingis has retired twice, first at the age of 22 in 2003 and again in November of 2007 -- which ended a comeback she launched in 2005. Hingis has said she'll play doubles with Hantuchova at the US Open, the year's final Grand Slam. But she said Wednesday she wasn't contemplating a return to singles play. "Not singles, no," she said. "It's a completely different world." –AFP

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