fifteen times grand slam champion martina hingis made a courageously impressive return to big time singles tennis in the fed cup on saturday but was eventually outplayed by agnieszka radwanska hingis was persuaded to play her first tour level singles for nearly eight years because of injuries in the switzerland team for the world group playoff encounter against poland the 34 year old brought back memories of her heyday in a thrilling 48 minute first set before capitulating 6 4 6 0 to world number nine radwanska after 76 enjoyable minutes martina hingis fought courageously but could not prevent defeat on her first return to singles since 2007  the former world no 1 was defeated 6 4, 6 0 by agnieszka radwanska (right) in the fed cup  hingis was persuaded to play because of injuries in the team and to secure a spot on the olympic team  australian open  (1997, 1998, 1999) wimbledon (1997) us open (1997) french open runner up (1997, 1999) total career singles titles: 43  total career doubles titles: 44  career prize money: $20,974,066  smiling a lot and clearly enjoying the experience of being back in the spotlight against a player with a similarly attractive style, hingis played some exhilarating tennis early on but her effort eventually took its toll half a step slower in the second set, she could only win 11 points as radwanska upped her game to give poland a 1 0 lead in the tie what was most eye catching was the way hingis fought in the opening set, twice coming back from a break down to level the scores until the pressure exerted by radwanska finally told hingis, who only plays doubles on tour those days, was making a fed cup return for the first time since the 1998 final because she has to play in the competition to qualify for next year's olympics hingis lines up with team mates including (l r) romina oprandi, victorija golubic and timea bacsinszky  hingis, posing with the us open trophy in 1997, won five grand slam singles titles before her 18th birthday 
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