Sania Mirza Martina Hingis

Sania Mirza Martina Hingis and Agnieszka Radwanska are 2015 WTA Champions

 November 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis were unstoppable in the year-end WTA doubles finals at Singapore on Sunday as they dominated play in the title clash against Spanish duo of Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro. The Indo-Swiss pair started by handing out a bagel to the Spaniards in the first set, before taking […]

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Sania Mirza

Sania-Hingis Enter WTA Doubles Final Sharapova Muguruza Knocked Out in Singles-Semis

 November 1, 2015   R K Gupta

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India’s Sania Mirza had another of her dream come true, when she stormed into the WTA doubles final at Singapore with her 8-month old partner Martina Hingis of Switzerland.  The Indo-Swiss pair began playing together in the American-Leg of this year’s WTA events. They began with the victory at Indian Wells and followed that up […]

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Maria Sharapova

Sharapova Makes Impressive Return to Singapore’s WTA Finals While Sania/Hingis Win Their First Two Matches

 October 29, 2015   R K Gupta

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Maria Sharapova last played in the Wimbledon and missed tennis action since then because of injuries. The long absence, during which she skipped the US Open and other WTA events, brought her world ranking down to no.4. But in the BNP Paribas WTA finals currently underway at Singapore, the Russian has looked impeccable so far. […]

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Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis Win Wuhan Open to Claim Their 7th Doubles Title of 2015

 October 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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They have done it again. The Sania Mirza/Martina Hingis Juggernaut refuses to abate. Recently rechristened as Santina, the Indo-Swiss dream team laid its claim on another WTA World Tour title, when the duo registered a straight sets victory over two Romanian women Irina Camelia-Begu and Monica Niculescu. In an emphatic continuance of their magnificent performance […]

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young Martina Hingis

At 35 Swiss Miss Hingis Is Still the Most Active Tennis Star with 20 Grand Slams in Her Kitty

 October 2, 2015   R K Gupta

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On September 30, Martina Hingis celebrated her 35th birthday in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the hometown of China’s former world no.2 Li Na. Li is inarguably the most celebrated star in China’s tennis history and Hingis is in this city along with her women’s doubles partner India’s Sania Mirza to play the Dongfeng Motor […]

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Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

Sania’s Sixth Success in Six Months with Switzerland’s Hingis as Her Doubles Partner

 September 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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Since they began playing together in March 2015, India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis have won their sixth WTA title together on Saturday, September 26, 2015. The Indo-Swiss pair defeated China’s Shilin Xu and Xiodi You in the final of the 2015 Guangzhou International Women’s Open tournament in China. The dream-like run of Sania/Hingis […]

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2015 US Open

Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis Win 2015 US Open to Make it Two Grand Slam Titles in a Row

 September 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Since she switched completely from playing singles to doubles, India’s Sania Mirza had won three mixed doubles titles with different partners. She also had several partners in women’s doubles for a couple of years but she could never come close to winning any Grand Slam title with any of them. Six months ago in March […]

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US Open Women

Flavia Pennetta of Italy Is the New US Open Women’s Singles Champion

 September 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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After Roberta Vinci shocked Serena William in the semifinal on Friday, the whole of Italy went into a celebratory mode. Saturday’s impending final became inconsequential to the Italians as they were assured of the women’s singles trophy coming to Italy, whoever won the championship game. Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi decided to fly to New […]

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Serena US open

Women’s Singles Final of US Open Will Feature Two Italians as Serena Loses to Roberta Vinci

 September 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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World no.1 Serena Williams’ dream of the Calendar-Year Grand Slam was blown away by Italy’s world no.43 Roberta Vinci, primarily a doubles specialist on the WTA circuit. The 32-year old Vinci caused the tournament’s biggest upset by defeating the literally invincible Serena in three sets in a rain-delayed semifinal on Friday morning. While the shock […]

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Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis Carries Sania & Paes to Two Finals of 2015 US Open in a Double Delight for India with a Possible Repeat of Their Wimbledon Feat

 September 10, 2015   R K Gupta

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The mixed doubles semifinal at the US Open proved bitter-sweet for India. With Martina Hingis, India’s Leander Paes was on one side of the court and another Indian Rohan Bopanna, on the opposite side with his Taiwanese partner Yung-Jan Chan. Bopanna got unlucky for the second time on Wednesday as he lost. Earlier in the […]

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