Australian Open: Sania-Hingis eye women’s doubles victory

Sania thanked her family and fans for their continued support and said that she plans to win some more with her partner. “Without you I wouldn’t have been here”, the Swiss said.

It’ll be a busy day for Mirza, who is teaming with Martina Hingis in the women’s doubles final to follow on Rod Laver Arena.

Hlavackova and Hradecka saved three championship points on Hradecka’s serve but could not avert defeat as Sania and Martina were successful on the fourth to win the championship.

The match was hard-fought throughout, the seventh-seeded Czech duo pushing the world number doubles pairing particularly hard during the first set. Mirza-Hingis consolidated the double break to lead 4-0.

The No. 1 seeds battled through a topsy-turvy first set that featured eight breaks of serve before claiming a one-sided tiebreaker.

They opened their 2016 campaign by winning titles in Brisbane and Sydney, and now Melbourne.

Sania and Martina broke their rivals twice in the first set, which lasted 26 minutes, before steamrolling the German-Czech combo in the second set.

Murray broke Raonic’s service in the last game after setting up set point with a crosscourt forehand victor and sealing it when the Canadian netted a backhand.

Mirza, not part of Hingis’ briefing with reporters because she had to prepare for a mixed doubles semifinal, defied the odds to become a tennis player in India, playing on cow manure in her formative years.

Federer still has his work cut out for him – he has never come back from two sets down against Djokovic to win a five-set match.

Hingis’s doubles successes have not convinced her to make a return to singles, which she has not played in almost 10 years.

While the doubles game does not command the same attention or importance as singles, Indians have made a mark on the doubles circuit with memorable wins.

“I’ve had this question for the last year”, the 35-year-old Hingis said.