New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) Sania Mirza stunned top seed Martina Hingis of Switzerland 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 to progress to the third round of the Hansol Korea Open Tennis Tournament at Seoul Thursday.

According to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) website, the Swiss ranked No. 9 won the first set easily but the 70th ranked Indian came back strongly to win the next two sets and pocket the second-round match.

On the last two occasions between the two, in Dubai and Kolkata recently, Hingis had emerged the winner.

In the semi-finals of the Sunfeast Open in Kolkata last week, Hingis defeated Sania 6-1, 6-0. And in Dubai earlier this year, Sania had lost 3-6, 5-7 in the first round.