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Mirza-Hingis Wave Is Unstoppable With 8 Straight Titles
Posted On Jan 29 2016
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Their finals will be against the seventh seeds Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova which took a win against the unseeded Chinese pair Saisai Zheng and Yi-Fan Xu with scores 3-6, 6-3 and 6-1.
Overall, Hingis has taken her Grand Slam tally to 21 titles including five singles win (3 at Australian Open, 1 US Open & 1 Wimbledon), 12 women’s doubles titles and three mixed doubles wins. She first won the mixed doubles title in 2009 with Mahesh Bhupathi. Interestingly, Hingis was the defending mixed doubles champion with Leander Paes at the Australian Open but she was beaten by Sania and her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
In the opening set, the two pairs could manage to hold serve only twice each as it was full of breaks. Santina won their third successive Grand Slam title after Wimbledon and US Open title. Though Martina was broken in the sixth game but the favourites broke back for a 5-2 lead. “Hopefully we will have more finals to fight for”, Sania said.
Ferrer’s scalps en route to the last eight included Lleyton Hewitt, whose decorated 20-year professional career came to a halt with a straight-sets demise in the second round.
Since establishing a partnership in Indian Wells in March 2014, Hingis and 29-year-old Mirza have become the best team in the world with their current unbeaten run stretching back to last year’s US Open. Appearing in their fifth major final, Hlavackova and Hradecka broke four times and served for the set at 5-4.
The Indo-Taipei team squandered four break chances in the match, including three in the second set, to bow out of the tournament. Having claimed the WTA Tour finals title, the pairing’s success has continued into 2016 with the Brisbane and Sydney titles. She was trained by her father and had won 10 singles and 13 doubles titles as a junior player.
A thunderstorm proved an unlikely ally for Murray when it forced the Rod Laver Arena roof to be closed mid-match, helping him accelerate to a 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3 win in the indoor conditions he enjoys.
