Australian Open: Hingis and Mirza win doubles crown

“I lost a Grand Slam final to you guys (2011 French Open), so I knew it would be tough”. Santina won their third successive Grand Slam title after Wimbledon and US Open title.

Tomorrow, Mirza will play against compatriot Leander Paes and Hingis in their mixed-doubles quarter-final. “Fantastic achievement”, he said in a tweet. She had a down, I had a down.

“There’s not that many people who can match her in the forehand rallies and me on the backhand side and at the net”. But they won 50 of the total 96 points played in the first set.

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.

The top seeds were on a roll. The number one seeds were not holding back as they capitalized on the second chance to go 3-1 up. He beat Roger Federer in four sets on Thursday. Hingis meanwhile is a legend in doubles tennis. The venue will not be fixed. It was Mirza-Hingis with the early advantage, who pulled away demolishing Pliskova-Goerges in straight sets dropping just one game.

Men’s teams from Europe and the Rest of the World will begin a Ryder Cup-style competition in 2017 that will be named after Australian great Rod Laver, organizers said Friday.

“Hopefully the top players will want to participate”.

Jorge Paulo Lemann is the Brazilian businessman behind the venture. They also bagged for themselves several titles at Sydney and Brisbane International events that were held before Australian Open Campaign. They started playing together at Indian Wells in March of a year ago.

Hingis is now a four-time doubles champion at the Australian Open.

This will be Sania’s first women’s doubles final here with her previous best coming in 2012 when she reached the semis with Russian Elena Vesnina.

“They pushed us to the limit”.

Indians have also chosen wisely when it comes to doubles partners.

The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair will take on the seventh seeded Czech combination of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in the summit clash. “I always said no”.

Williams says “yeah, definitely…”

“Most importantly I want to thank my partner”.

The 2015 WTA Finals champion added that her chemistry with Hingis went beyond the court. “To have three slams in a row is really a dream”.