ROME, May 15: Martina Hingis, considered a veteran at age 25 in today's youth-driven world of tennis, will put her “senior” status on the line at the Rome Masters when she faces 17-year-old Czech Nicole Vaidisova.

The unseeded Swiss crushed Italy's Sara Errani 6-0, 6-1 on Monday to reach the Foro Italico second round, where she faces world number 15 Vaidisova, who booked her place 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 over Finn Emma Laine.

Results (singles round):

Mara Santangelo (Italy) beat Maria Kirilenko (Russia) 3-6 6-3 7-5; 10-Anastasia Myskina (Russia) beat Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-3 3-6 7-6(6); Anna Smashnova (Israel) beat Maret Ani (Estonia) 4-6 6-0 6-4; Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) beat Kveta Peschke (Czech Republic) 7-6(1) 6-4; 12-Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) beat Emma Laine (Finland) 5-7 6-1 6-3; Martina Hingis (Switzerland) beat Sara Errani (Italy) 6-0 6-1; Catalina Castano (Colombia) beat Gisela Dulko (Argentina) 6-3 7-6(0); Vera Dushevina (Russia) beat Klara Koukalova (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-1; Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Spain) beat Tathiana Garbin (Italy) 6-4 6-4

HAMBURG MASTERS RESULTS

Singles round: Flavio Saretta (Brazil) beat Marat Safin (Russia) 5-7 6-0 6-4; Paul-Henri Mathieu (France) beat 11-Thomas Johansson (Sweden) 6-3 6-4; Fernando Verdasco (Spain) beat Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) 1-6 6-4 6-2 ; Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) beat Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3; 12-Mario Ancic (Croatia) beat Alexander Waske (Germany) 6-2 7-5; Novak Djokovic (Serbia and Montenegro) beat 10-Guillermo Coria (Argentina) 6-3 3 -6 6-3 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) beat Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 6-0 6-4; Christophe Rochus (Belgium) beat Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand) 7-5 6-1; 5-James Blake (U.S.) beat Carlos Moya (Spain) 6-3 3-6 7-5; 13-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) beat Davide Sanguinetti (Italy) 5-7 6-1 6-4; Florent Serra (France) beat Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic) 6-4 0-6 7-5; 8-Tommy Robredo (Spain) beat Jiri Novak (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-2; 16-David Ferrer (Spain) beat Feliciano Lopez (Spain) 6-4 6-2 —Agencies