Close on the heels of her US Open triumph, Indian tennis ace wins sixth title of the year with Swiss Martina -- after 6-3, 6-1 win over Chin's Xu Shilin and You Xiaodi
China's Xu Shilin and You Xiaodi (left) with their runner-up trophies, alongside Guangzhou Open women's doubles champs Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis (right) on Saturday.
Guangzhou (China): The World No 1 team of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their dominating run by winning their sixth title of the year at the Guangzhou Open on Saturday.
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India’s Sania Mirza (left) and Martina Hingis of Switzerland during the Guangzhou Open women’s doubles final against China’s Xu Shilin and You Xiaodi on Saturday. Pics/AFP
The top seeds hammered China’s Xu Shilin and You Xiaodi 6-3, 6-1 in the final to win their second WTA title in a row. Such has been their domination that they have not dropped a set en route the title.
It was Mirza’s seventh title of the season and sixth with Hingis. The Hyderabadi won one trophy with American Bethanie-Mattek Sands in Sydney.
China’s Xu Shilin and You Xiaodi (left) with their runner-up trophies, alongside Guangzhou Open women’s doubles champs Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis (right) on Saturday. Pics/AFP
Mirza and Hingis have been enjoying their success on tennis courts across the world since coming together in March 2015.
Mirza-Hingis have now won six of 13 events they have played — Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Wimbledon, US Open and now Guangzhou. They have a 42-7 win-loss record together.
After a first round bye, Mirza-Hingis beat Anna-Lena Friedsam and Monica Niculescu in the quarters, 6-2 6-3, and then Julia Glushko and Rebecca Peterson in the semis 6-3 6-4. Mirza-Hingis next go to Wuhan, where again they are top seeds.
42-7 Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis’ win-loss record together
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