Sania, Hingis waltz through to final at Madrid Open

Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis reached the Madrid Open doubles final with a crushing 6-2, 6-0 win over Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva in the lopsided semifinal.

Published : May 06, 2016 18:38 IST , Madrid

Martina Hingis (left) and Sania Mirza share a light moment during their semifinal at Madrid Open.
Martina Hingis (left) and Sania Mirza share a light moment during their semifinal at Madrid Open.
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Martina Hingis (left) and Sania Mirza share a light moment during their semifinal at Madrid Open.

Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis reached the Madrid Open doubles final with a crushing > 6-2, 6-0 win over Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva in the lopsided semifinal.

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It will be the second consecutive final for the Indian-Swiss team after ending runners-up in Stuttgart. After their incredible run, that included nine title victories on the trot, Sania and Martina have lost to only four teams, and Vania and Alla are one of them.

Sania and Martina had lost to the American-Russian combine in the second round of Indian Wells but did not give them any chance today, trampling them over in just 50 minutes.

Service drops

The top seeds did not allow their opponents to hold their serve even once in the opening set. If the unseeded pair got to the board, it was because the top seeds dropped serve twice.

In the second set, Sania and Martina cruised to a 4-0 lead after breaking Vania and Alla in the second and fourth games respectively.They will now challenge fifth seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic for the title. Carolina and Kristina ousted eighth seeds Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova 6-2, 6-3 in the other semifinal.

Sania and Martina have already won titles in Sydney, Brisbane, Australian Open and St. Petersburg this season.

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