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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA--- Martina Hingis (2nd R) and entourage including her mother Melanie Hingis (L), training partner Mark Hlawaty (R) and a Swiss journalist (2nd L) leave the practise court for a centre court before the quarter-final match against Irina Spirlea of Romania at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne 22 January 1997. Hingis won the match 7-5, 6-2 to set up a semi-final clash with Mary Joe Fernandez of the US. (AFP/WILLIAM WEST)