The world’s No.1 Women Tennis pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis has started the New Year on great note by clinching the $1 million Brisbane International title.
The top seeded pair took just over an hour and 10 minutes to beat German pair of Angelique Kerber and Andrea Petkovic 7-5, 6-1. This is their first title of 2016, 10th overall. The pair has won six titles in a row so far.
This is the 26th win in a row for the Indo-Swiss pair, the longest winning streak in the Women’s doubles category since Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva’s 28 match winning streak in 1994.
“They’re obviously very good players, so we knew we had to come out and play our Best,” said Sania.
“Every match at the beginning of the season is a good match, just trying to get that confidence going. It’s great we already have this Brisbane title in our pockets and we’re really looking forward to Sydney. We’ll get a couple days off before we play and then we will start again. I always have such great support in Australia so I really look forward to the next tournaments,” Martina said.
