Recovering Hingis wary of Cavaday challenge

Former Wimbledon champion Martina

Hingis insisted yesterday that she will

not be taking British teenager Naomi

Cavaday lightly when the pair square up

for their high-noon showdown at the All

England Club today.

Hingis, the 1997 women's singles winner,

has been out with a thigh injury since

the Berlin Open in early May.

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After a highly frustrating spell on the

sidelines, Hingis admitted she is all the

more intent not to be on the end of a

giant-killing and will be leaving nothing

to chance against an unknown force

such as 18-year-old Cavaday.

"The injury set me back a little bit and I

haven't had the matches I wish I'd had,

but I'm excited just to be able to run and

play," said the five-time grand slam

winner.

"I have no plans about the girl I'm

playing because I haven't seen her, I haven't ever played her before and

she's a wild card, a British hope I guess.

"I'm going to enjoy the moment because

I'm just happy to play at Wimbledon. It'll

be a good match and will hopefully live

up to the expectations."

Cavaday is still only ranked 232 in the

world and had to be granted a wild card

for Wimbledon, but she is a powerful

left-hander with real promise — a rare

attribute among young British women

players these days.

She will be hoping to build on last year's

encouraging first-round performance

against world No 27 Ai Sugiyama, to

whom she lost a hard-fought encounter

6-4, 7-5.

Cavaday's match is on Court 2, but British

No 1 Anne Keothavong will have the

experience of playing on Centre Court as

she takes on third seed Jelena Jankovic

in the third match.