Aus Open: Mirza Hingis sail into third round
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued to display their rampaging form as they extended their winning streak to 32 games.
Published : Jan 23, 2016 16:09 IST
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis continued to display their rampaging form as they extended their winning streak to 32 games, after progressing through to the third round of the Australian Open in the women’s doubles event on Saturday.
Hingis/Mirza oust the Kichenok twins in straight sets, 6-2 6-3. They'll meet Kuznetsova/Vinci in 3R. >#ausopen>pic.twitter.com/HacJ8FReAi
— Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) >January 23, 2016
The top-seeded pair, who clinched their 11th straight WTA title at the Sydney International last week, claimed a 6-2, 6-3 win over Ukrainian twin sisters Nadiia Kichenok and Lyudmyla Kichenok in a second round contest that lasted over an hour. Mirza and Hingis will next face Russian-Italian pair of Svetlana Kuznetsova and Roberta Vinci for a quarterfinal berth.
Later in the day, Sania returned to play her mixed doubles opening match with Croatian partner Ivan Dodig on the same court. The top seeds again had a straight sets victory, beating local pair of Ajla Tomljanovic and Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 6-1 in 59 minutes.
Double duty today.. Happy to come through both.. Never easy to play friends >@Ajlatom and >@NickKyrgios still love you both
— Sania Mirza (@MirzaSania) >January 23, 2016
This time too, Sania’s team proved far better than the Australian pair. Sania and Ivan earned as many as 14 breakpoint chances, though converting only four. But that was more than enough to seal the match in only two sets. In addition, they also hit 34 winners, double that of Ajla and Nick!
In comparison, the local team could win only one breakpoint out of the five chances they got. Also, three double faults during the match did not help their cause.