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Perfect Pair: Sania, Martina break 22-year old record

SYDNEY (Web Desk) – India’s Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis have broken a 22-year-old world record by winning their 29th women’s doubles match in a row en route to their entry into the women’s doubles final of the WTA Sydney International on Thursday.

SYDNEY: Wife of Pakistani cricket star Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis star, Sania Mirza set the world record by winning 29th women’s doubles match in a row along with her Swiss partner Martina Hingis on Thursday.

After last win, Sania Mirza and Martina got the ticket of  WTA Sydney International’s final. Perfect pair  came from behind to beat the pair of Romanian Raluca Olaru and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 4-6 6-3 10-8 in a closely-fought semi-final, The Indian Express reported.

World number 1 pair surpassed the pair of Puerto Rican Gigi Fernandez and Belarus’ Natasha Zvereva, who won 28 matches on the trot during their successful pairing back in 1994.

The Indo-Swiss pair have continued their good show from 2015 when they won 9 titles which included the Wimbledon, US Open and the year-ending WTA finals in Sydney.

The 2016 has also started on a fabulous note as they have now made it to the second straight final, having won the Brisbane International last week. A win in the final will be their 11th WTA title together.

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