Timea Bacsinszky the new Swiss Miss on a roll

Martina Hingis was world No. 1 in women's tennis for more than three years during her career and has been the Swiss No. 1 for even longer. Only when she took a break from the game for a few years did Patty Schnyder reign supreme. 

Hingis, now serving a two-year ban because of doping irregularities, is unlikely to make another comeback after announicng her retirement and she has certainly lost ground on the younger, more powerful players. Switzerland will also have a new star by then in Timea Bacsinszky.

Timea, playing tennis since she was three years of age, made her big breakthrough in 2006 in her home tournament in Zurich. She was awarded a wild card into the qualifying draw of the tournament and made the best out of it. She flew through qualifying of the WTA tier 1 event with sensational victories over former French Open champion Anastasia Myskina, Top 20 player Francesca Schiavone and doubles No. 1 Lisa Raymond.

At only 17 the new Swiss Miss reached the quarter-finals where she came up against Maria Sharapova. Undaunted by this match-up Timea produced a good display and was in no way thrashed, like most of Maria's opponents, losing respectably 6-4 6-3.