MELBOURNE, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Third-seeded Amelie Mauresmo of France and three-time champion Martina Hingis of Switzerland both advanced in Saturday's Australian Open.
The 26-year-old Mauresmo needed to play only one set (6-2) before Dutch Michaella Krajicek retired due to heat stress, while Hingis blasted Czech Iveta Benesova 6-4, 6-1 in just one hour, six minutes.
Seventh-seeded Swiss Patty Schnyder also booked her ticket into the fourth round with a routine 6-2, 6-3 win over Japan's Aiko Nakamura. Schnyder had only 11 winners in the match, but it was three more than Nakamura, who also made 30 errors and was broken seven times.
Fifteenth-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone had the most impressive win of the day, as she slammed Spaniard Maria Sanchez Lorenzo 6-0, 6-0.
