Internet Desk : Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis clinched their 25th victory in a row in the semifinal to enter the Brisbane International tennis tournament final on Friday.
Sania and Hingis, the world’s No.1 professional tennis team beat the Slovak-Russian combination of Andreja Klepac and Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 7-5 to reach the summit clash.”It’s been a long time since we’ve lost, but it’s never easy to start a new season, especially when you’re coming off such a great season. Everyone’s rooting for us – we’re the hunted,” said Sania.”We’re just taking it one match at a time, stay positive, and pick up from where we left off.” added the current world No. 1 in women’s doubles. The Indo-swiss duo won five titles last season and their unbeaten streak is the longest since Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci’s 25 in a row in 2012. “I think we’re off to a great start in the new season. We never really felt like we finished in 2015 – I played the Indian league and Sania played IPTL, so we still kept our routine,” Hingis said. “We’re really happy to have the possibility to be in another final here, and win another title,” added the youngest ever Grand Slam champion.
Sania and Hingis will next be up against the winner of the other semifinal between the Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja and the German wildcard pairing of Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic.
The last doubles team that won 25 matches in a row was Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva who notched up 28 victories in a row way back in 1994.