U.S. OPEN TENNIS ROUND ONE IN NEW YORK
Martina Hingis of Switzerland plays against Mathilde Johansson of France during Round 1 of the U.S. Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in New York on August 28, 2007. (UPI Photo/Laura Cavanaugh)
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