In ordinary times, it would have been regulation match for the top seed. But Jelena Dokic, a naturalised Australian, played some of the most incredible tennis of her fledgling career, allowing just two games and walked out a winner, leaving the court crowd stunned into disbelief.

The 6-2, 6-0 scoreline would have been easily mistaken for Hingis' victory score, but on Tuesday, it was Dokic who looked like the No 1 player. Hingis was not allowed a ghost of a chance to get into the match, going down as one of the biggest upset in tennis.

``I couldn't pick my game at all. She didn't let me into the match and I missed some easy shots. She was just too good today,'' Hingis said.

This was the only third time in the history of the Championships that the world No 1 has been knocked out in the first round. Theearlier ones being in 1962 when Margaret Smith was knocked out and then in 1994 when Steffi Graf was knocked by American Lori McNeil in the first round.

But then, the frail, long-haired Dokic's flight to superstardom has transcended all that. She was so unheralded that she didn't even merit a mention in the WTA player guide. Compared to her career earnings of $42,894 to Hingis' over $9 million, Dokic showed glimpses of her talent when she was ranked No 1 in the world in juniors last year.

Early this year, she, along with Mark Philippoussis, won the Hopman Cup where she upset world No 4 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario. But today, the tilting factor was the power which Dokic generated. There was no signs of nerves whatsoever for the Wally Masur-trained girl, and the two-handed shots on the flanks were played with pin-point accuracy that Hingis was just chasing shadows. Both used the drop shots to dramatic effect and the match wore on, Hingis used more as an act of desperation, a futile attempt to throw Dokic offbalance.

``It was a different match today,'' Dokic said of her earlier match against Hingis at the Australian Open this year where she lost 1-6, 2-6. ``I had a different gameplan this time to try and keep the ball deep. Even after winning the first set, I knew it wasn't easy. She (Hingis) has all the shots in the book and could turn the match around with her talent.''

``All the pressure was on her because I didn't have anything to lose. And just because I have beaten Hingis it doesn't mean that I should win the tournament. I have to keep my feet on the ground and try and win the next match,'' Dokic said matter-of-factly.

In a marathon five-setter, three-time champion Boris Becker beat Britain's Miles MacLagan 5-7 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 7-5 6-2 in a men's first round singles encounter.

How The Seeds Fared

Men singles (1st round): 2-Patrick Rafter (Aus) bt Cristiano Caratti (Ita) 6-3 6-2 6-2; 3-Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) bt Magnus Larsson (Swe) 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 7-5; 4-Andre Agassi (US) btAndrei Pavel (Rom) 6-1 6-2 6-3; 11-Gustavo Kuerten bt Chris Wilkinson (GBr) 6-4 6-4 6-4; 15-Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Christian Vinck (Ger) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); 16-Felix Mantilla (Spa) bt Vincent Spadea (US) 7-6 (7/2) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 7-6 (9-7).

Women singles (1st round): Jelena Dokic (Aus) bt 1-Martina Hingis (Swi) 6-2, 6-0; 4-Monica Seles (US) bt Cristina Torrens-Valero (Spa) 6-3 6-1; 5-Jana Novotna (Cze) bt Shi-Ting Wang (Tai) 6-2 6-1; 7-Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spa) bt Annamaria Foldenyi (Hun) 4-6 6-3 6-4; 9-Mary Pierce (Fra) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (Col) 6-3 6-211-Julie Halard-Decugis (Fra) bt Sandra Nacuk (Yug) 6-1 6-0; 14-Barbara Schett (Aut) bt Gala Leon Garcia (Spa) 7-5 6-2; 15-Dominique Van Roost (Bel) bt Elena Dementieva (Rus) 3-6 6-4 6-4; 16-Natasha Zvereva (Bel) bt Kimberly Po (US) 5-7 6-1 6-3.

Other important first round results

Men singles: Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt Albert Portas (Spa) 6-3 6-2 6-4; Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) bt Guillaume Raoux (Fra) 6-2 6-4 7-6 (9/7); Magnus Norman(Swe) bt Gaston Gaudio (Arg) 6-4 7-5 7-5; Paul Goldstein (US) bt Jan Siemerink (Ned) 6-4 5-7 4-6 6-2 6-1; Marc Rosset (Sui) bt Markus Hipfl (Aut) 6-4 5-7 3-6 6-3 6-2; Karim Alami (Mor) bt Laurence Tieleman (Ita) 6-4 6-2 6-4; Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) beat Marcelo Filippini (Uru) 6-2 6-2 6-1; Jan-Michael Gambill (US) beat Franco Squillari (Argentina) 6-1 6-3 7-6 (7-5); Boris Becker (Ger) bt Miles MacLagan (GBr) 5-7 6-7 (7-9) 6-4 7-5 6-2; Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Grant Stafford (SA) 6-4 6-1 6-4; Wayne Arthurs (Aus) bt Vincenzo Santopadre (Ita) 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (5-7) 7-6 (12-10) 7-6 (7-4); Nenad Zimonjic (Yug) bt Dinu Pescariu (Rom) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (6-8) 6-4; Jens Knippschild (Ger) bt Justin Gimelstob (US) 6-3 2-6 5-7 6-2 9-7; Jeff Tarango (US) bt Juan Antonio Marin (Costa Rica) 6-4 6-1 7-5; Younes el Aynaoui (Mor) bt Oliver Gross (Ger) 6-1 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-4; Jiri Novak (Cze) bt Roger Federer (Swi) 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4; Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Adrian Voinea (Rom) 7-6 (10-8) 6-3 4-6 2-6 8-6.

Women singles:Kristie Boogert (Ned) bt Chanda Rubin (US) 6-4 7-5; Meghann Shaughnessy (US) bt Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa) 6-3 3-6 6-3; Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (Fra) bt Lubomira Bacheva (Bul) 6-4 4-6 6-4; Elena Wagner (Ger) bt Abigail Tordoff (GBr) 6-0 6-2; Rita Grande (Ita) bt Kristina Brandi (US) 6-2 1-6 6-3; Tatiana Panova (Rus) bt Henrieta Nagyova (Slo) 6-3 6-3; Lisa Raymond (US) bt Andrea Glass (Ger) 6-3 3-6 8-6; Katarina Studenikova (Slo) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) 6-1 6-3; Jennifer Capriati (US) bt Anke Huber (Ger) 5-7 6-3 9-7; Karina Habsudova (Slo) bt Lorna Woodroffe (GBr) 6-3 6-2; Olga Barabanschikova (Bel) bt Catalina Cristea (Rom) 6-2 6-3; Brie Rippner (US) bt Irina Spirlea (Rom) 6-4 6-1; Nadeja Petrova (Rus) bt Sonya Jeyaseelan (Can) 3-6 6-3 6-4; Alexandra Stevenson (US) bt Amy Frazier (US) 6-1 3-6 6-3; Nicole Arendt (US) bt Magui Serna (Spa) 6-3 7-6 (7-4); Sabine Appelmans (Belg) bt Silvija Talaja (Cro) 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-3; Silvia Farina (Ita) bt Adriana Serra-Zanetti (Ita) 6-2 6-1; Maria Antonia Sanchez Lorenzo(Spa) bt Linda Wild (US) 6-3 7-6 (7-4); Larisa Neiland (Lat) bt Fang Li (Chi) 0-6 7-5 6-2; Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Patty Schnyder (Swi) 5-7 6-3 6-3.