Internet Desk : Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza stretched their winning streak to 37 games as they defeated Jelena Ostapenko and Evgeniya Rodina, 7-5, 7-5 in the first round of the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, here on Monday . The pair popularly known as SanTina have been in scintillating form winning eight titles back to back including five titles in 2015. Hingis and Mirza have won the US Open, BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global, and the Australian Open – with only the French Open seemed to be the hurdlebetween them and a possible “SanTina Slam.”
“The streak that we’re on is amazing,” Mirza said. “To be honest, we knew we could play good, but not this good. We’re surprising ourselves as well, and we just want to keep going.”
They are now chasing the longest winning streak in women’s doubles to be held by Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova who won 44 straight matches in 1990.
‘SanTina’ will next face an all-Russian pair — Daria Kasatkina and Elena Vesnina — for a spot in the quarterfinals.