Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis win Australian Open women's doubles title
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis beat seventh seeded Czech combination of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka to win Australian Open women's doubles title on Friday.
Top seeds Sania and Martina, who are on a record winning streak, continued to rule the roost as they defeated the Czech pair 7-6, 6-3 at the Rod Laver Arena.
Hlavackova and Hradecka broke Martina's serve in the third game of the first set to take a 2-1 lead but the Indo-Swiss pair fought back in the next game to make it 2-2 by breaking Hlavackova's serve. The Czech pair then broke Sania's serve in the next game to take a 3-2 lead in the first set but not to be written off, Sania and Martina broke Hradecka's serve to make it 3-3.
Hlavackova and Hradecka again broke Martina's serve to take a 4-3 lead but Sania and Martina fought back again to break Hlavackova's serve to bring it level at 4-4 in the first set. But Hlavackova and Hradecka fought fire with fire and broke Sania's serve to take a 5-4 lead in the first set. But the top seeds displayed great skills to break Hradecka's serve again to make it 5-5.
Sania and Martina then made it sure to not let it slip away by winning on Sania's serve to take a 6-5 lead but could not break Hlavackova's serve as the first set went into a tie-break at 6-6. Sania and Martina won seven points in the tie-break against Hlavackova and Hradecka's one to win the first set 7-6 in 62 minutes.
Sania and Martina won the first two games in the second set before losing the third but won the next two games to take a decisive 4-1 lead. The Czech pair broke Sania's serve in the next game but could not capitalise on it and failed to win the next game after which Martina had the advantage of serving for the match but her serve was broken by the determined Czech pair to make it 5-3.
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.
This is the third successive Grand Slam doubles title victory for Sania and Martina and their maiden Australian Open title as a pair adding to their Wimbledon and US Open title victories in 2015.
Continuing their superb form this year, Sania and Martina extended their unbeaten run to 36 with this title triumph. They won back-to-back titles at the Brisbane and Sydney International events, before starting their Australian Open campaign.
Sania and Martina, known as Santina, have now won 12 titles ever since they forged a partnership from BNP Paribas Open last spring.
This is the sixth Grand Slam title for Sania, whose most recent mixed doubles victory came in 2014 with Bruno Soares at the US Open. The Indian ace won the Australian Open mixed doubles title in 2009 with Mahesh Bhupathi, with whom she also won the French Open mixed doubles title in 2012.
Apart from five Grand Slam singles titles, Hingis now has 12 Grand Slams doubles titles to her credit. 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.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis win Australian Open women's doubles title :clap
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Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis beat seventh seeded Czech combination of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka to win Australian Open women's doubles title on Friday.
Top seeds Sania and Martina, who are on a record winning streak, continued to rule the roost as they defeated the Czech pair 7-6, 6-3 at the Rod Laver Arena.
Hlavackova and Hradecka broke Martina's serve in the third game of the first set to take a 2-1 lead but the Indo-Swiss pair fought back in the next game to make it 2-2 by breaking Hlavackova's serve. The Czech pair then broke Sania's serve in the next game to take a 3-2 lead in the first set but not to be written off, Sania and Martina broke Hradecka's serve to make it 3-3.
Hlavackova and Hradecka again broke Martina's serve to take a 4-3 lead but Sania and Martina fought back again to break Hlavackova's serve to bring it level at 4-4 in the first set. But Hlavackova and Hradecka fought fire with fire and broke Sania's serve to take a 5-4 lead in the first set. But the top seeds displayed great skills to break Hradecka's serve again to make it 5-5.
Sania and Martina then made it sure to not let it slip away by winning on Sania's serve to take a 6-5 lead but could not break Hlavackova's serve as the first set went into a tie-break at 6-6. Sania and Martina won seven points in the tie-break against Hlavackova and Hradecka's one to win the first set 7-6 in 62 minutes.
Sania and Martina won the first two games in the second set before losing the third but won the next two games to take a decisive 4-1 lead. The Czech pair broke Sania's serve in the next game but could not capitalise on it and failed to win the next game after which Martina had the advantage of serving for the match but her serve was broken by the determined Czech pair to make it 5-3.
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.
This is the third successive Grand Slam doubles title victory for Sania and Martina and their maiden Australian Open title as a pair adding to their Wimbledon and US Open title victories in 2015.
Continuing their superb form this year, Sania and Martina extended their unbeaten run to 36 with this title triumph. They won back-to-back titles at the Brisbane and Sydney International events, before starting their Australian Open campaign.
Sania and Martina, known as Santina, have now won 12 titles ever since they forged a partnership from BNP Paribas Open last spring.
This is the sixth Grand Slam title for Sania, whose most recent mixed doubles victory came in 2014 with Bruno Soares at the US Open. The Indian ace won the Australian Open mixed doubles title in 2009 with Mahesh Bhupathi, with whom she also won the French Open mixed doubles title in 2012.
Apart from five Grand Slam singles titles, Hingis now has 12 Grand Slams doubles titles to her credit. 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.
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis win Australian Open women's doubles title :clap
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