Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis lifted their ninth title together this year, beating the Spanish pair of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro to clinch the WTA Finals women’s doubles trophy on Sunday.
Sania and Martina, the top seeds, prevailed 6-0 6-3 over their eight-seeded rivals in a lopsided summit clash which lasted little over an hour.
The Indo-Swiss pairing dropped serve only once through the match and broke their opponents five times to wrap up a comprehensive victory.
Sania and Martina are now unbeaten in 22 matches, stretching back six tournaments. In fact, since their last defeat — to Chan Hao-Ching and Chan Yung-Jan in Cincinnati — they have dropped just two sets.
Muguruza and Suarez Navarro — late replacements in the draw after Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova’s withdrawal — were completely outplayed in the match.
In the second game, Sania unleashed a ferocious forehand to break Muguruza.
The second set was more competitive, but Sania and Martina did not let go of their supremacy and wrapped up after little over an hour on court.
“I feel like it was a perfect day,” Hingis said. “Sania just played out of her mind — she was everywhere today, getting everything back and playing incredible tennis.”
This triumph is especially huge for Martina as the trophy was her 50th WTA doubles title, a milestone only 15 players have reached.
Sania Mirza’s titles in 2015
The following is the list of women’s doubles title wins for Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza in 2015:
| 1 | Sydney International (Sydney) with American Bethanie Mattek—Sands in January. |
| 2 | Indian Wells Masters (Indian Wells) with Swiss Martina Hingis in March. |
| 3 | Miami Open (Miami) with Swiss Martina Hingis in March/April. |
| 4 | Family Circle Cup (Charleston) with Swiss Martina Hingis in April. |
| 5 | Wimbledon (London) with Swiss Martina Hingis in June/July. |
| 6 | US Open (New York) with Swiss Martina Hingis in August/September. |
| 7 | Guangzhou International Women’s Open (Guangzhou) with Swiss Martina Hingis in September. |
| 8 | Wuhan Open (Wuhan) with Swiss Martina Hingis in September/October. |
| 9 | China Open (Beijing) with Swiss Martina Hingis in October. |
| 10 | WTA Finals (Singapore) with Swiss Martina Hingis in October/November. |
