Wild card Martina Hingis crushed top seed Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-1 Saturday to advance to the final of the Pan Pacific Open, where she will face Russia's Elena Dementieva.
Hingis marshaled much of the play from the center of the baseline, her rapid returns making defending champion Sharapova use her long legs to chase the ball -- usually in vain.
"I just tried to make her move and change the pace -- the strategy was just to get the ball back as quick as you can, as the surface is very fast," Hingis said.