ZIELONA GORA, Poland — Five-time Grand Slam champion Martina Hingis played and lost her first competitive singles match since 2007 as Switzerland and Poland tied 1-1 on the first day of the Fed Cup World Group playoff on Saturday.
Agnieszka Radwanska beat Hingis 6-4, 6-0 while her younger sister Urszula Radwanska lost to Timea Bacsinszky 2-6, 1-6 on the hard indoor court.
On Sunday, Hingis plays Urszula Radwanska and Bacsinszky faces Agnieszka Radwanska.
The two Swiss players will also face Poland's Alicja Rosolska and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik in the doubles.
The 34-year-old Hingis was playing in the Fed Cup for the first time in 17 years.