Nervous Hingis prepares for return to the big stage
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-01-16 11:29

"It just really takes time, I've just got to be patient. Feeling the pace of the game takes a little longer than just a couple of events," Hingis said. The Swiss squandered four match points when she lost the final of the 2002 Australian Open to American Jennifer Capriati, a defeat that hastened her retirement as she struggled to match the power of the emerging Williams sisters, Serena and Venus.

The draw has been kind to Hingis in one regard, with the Williams sisters in the opposite half.