Doubles team has won 28 consecutive matches in a row.
By Sreekanth A Nair
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis marked another milestone in their career by winning the 28th consecutive match to equal the world record for most wins in a row in tennis women’s doubles. The pair has taken one more step towards their second title this year.
Mirza and Hingis beat China’s Chen Liang and Shuai Peng 6-2, 6-3 in the WTA Sydney International semi-finals with a straight sets victory on Wednesday.
Mirza and Hingis now are equal with the record set by Puerto Rican Gigi Fernandez and Belarus’ Natasha Zvereva in 1994.
The duo won the first set easily by breaking their opponents’ serve twice. But in the second set, they wasted two break points but managed to break the opponents twice, which was enough to win the match.
The No. 1 ranked pair in women’s doubles has won 10 WTA doubles titles together – Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Wimbledon, US Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing and WTA Finals in 2015, and last week’s Brisbane International.
The pair will next take on the winners of the match between Timea Babos and Katarina Srebotnik and Raluca Olaru and Yaroslava Shvedova.