18-year-old Russian Olga Poutchkova clinched her maiden WTA final appearance beating Uzbek qualifier Iroda Tulyaganova.
Hingis dropped just one game in the straight set win.
The Indian ace will clash with Martin Hingis for a berth in the final of the Sunfeast Open.
The Swiss ace overcame a late fightback from Israel's Tzipora Obziler to make the grade at the Sunfeast Open.
Former world number one Martina Hingis romped to a 6-1 6-2 victory over Hungary's Melinda Czink in the first round of the Kolkata Open on Monday.
Leading the field at the US $175,000 event will be former World No. 1 Martina Hingis and India's teenage sensation Sania Mirza.
Martina Hingis reached the final of the Montreal Cup after Anna Chakvetadze retired.
The Swiss beat Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the 7-6, 6-3 in their quarter-final match the Rogers Cup.
Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea saved a match-point before emerging winners, while Sania Mirza and Martin Hingis were also tested en route to the quarter-finals of the ATP/WTA Western and Southern Open, in Cincinnati, on Thursday.
Second seed Maria Sharapova crushed defending champion Mary Pierce 6-2 6-3, setting up a last four clash with Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, who beat number four Elena Dementieva 6-4 6-3.
Top seed Kim Clijsters edged past Jelena Jankovic, while Maria Sharapova beat fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva at the Acura Classic.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis on Thursday claimed that the decision to end their astonishing partnership was due to the failure to achieve the "desired results" and added they would play together one last time in the season-ending WTA Finals in October.
India's Sania Mirza and Croatia's Ivan Dodig moved into the semi-finals of the mixed doubles at the French Open beating Yung-Jan Chan/Max Mirnyi.
Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig held their nerves and saved two match points against Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski before pulling off a tense win to seal a place in the mixed doubles semi-finals of the Australian Open, in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Martina Hingis lost to by Ai Sugiyama 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in the third round at Wimbledon
Gaston Gaudio, the 2004 champion, won his battle with 2003 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain at the French Open.
The Swiss re-entered the upper echelon of women's tennis at number 14 after winning the Italian Open
Martina Hingis swept aside Dinara Safina 6-2, 7-5 to win her first title since ending a three-year self-imposed exile
The victory sent the Swiss through to the Italian Open final against 16th seed Dinara Safina.
World number one Amelie Mauresmo won 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 to enter the semi-finals of the German Open.
Venus Williams battled to a dramatic 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory over Martina Hingis to reach the quarter-finals of the Warsaw Cup
Martina Hingis survived a strong challenge to beat Maria Kirilenko 7-5, 7-6 in the first round in Warsaw
Dementieva will face third seed Maria Sharapova, who beat Martina Hingis, in the final of the Pacific Life Open.
The two will clash for the third time this year at the Indian Wells semi-final
On a day of upsets at the Pacific Life Open, Australian Open runner-up Marcos Baghdatis beat 7th seed Gaston Gaudio.
The Swiss beat third seed Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-2 at the Qatar Open
Former tennis world number one Martina Hingis was reduced to tears on Monday after meeting children orphaned by the tsunami in Thailand.
Martina Hingis recovered from a poor start to beat Nathalie Dechy 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 and advance to the Pan Pacific Open quarter-finals.
The Indo-Swiss pair beat Yeu-Tzuoo Wang and Na Li 6-2, 6-2 in the first round at Australian Open
The former world no. 1 is under no illusions about her prospects at the Australian Open after deciding to rejoin the professional circuit more than three years after quitting because of injuries.
She beat Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-2, 6-1 at the Australian hardcourt championships on the Gold Coast on Monday.
Coaching guru Nick Bollettieri, who briefly coached Martina Hingis in 1998, believes the game has moved on while she has been away.
The Swiss conceded she has no hope of surviving on the women's circuit unless she improves her serve and increases her all-round power.
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