Sania-Martina lose in WTA Finals semis
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis lost their WTA Finals semifinal against Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-3, 2-6, 6-10.
Published : Oct 29, 2016 20:27 IST
Indian star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis lost a bitterly fought semi-final to crash out of the WTA Finals tennis tournament here on Saturday.
The second-seeded Indo-Swiss combination squandered a one-set lead to go down 6-3, 2-6, 6-10 to the Russian pair of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.
The fourth-seeded Russians will meet third seeds Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the final on Sunday.
Lucie and Bethanie defeated top seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 7-5 in the other semi-final on Saturday.