Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis: On a roll, 'Santina' pair 5 matches away from creating history

 

The top-seeded pair continued their imperious form as they swept aside the Russian-Czech pair of Vera Dushevina and Barbora Krejcikova 6-3, 6-1 in the finals to clinch the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Sunday. It was their 13th title in a row.

Earlier this year, the Indo-Swiss duo won their third consecutive women’s doubles Grand Slam title by lifting the Australian Open trophy.

While the talks of a career slam have already begun, not to forget, the Indo-Swiss pair is just five matches away from breaking the world record for maximum consecutives matches won in women's doubles.

Back in 1990, the dynamic duo of Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova won a whopping 44 matches in a row.

On January 13, The World No. 1 pair overcame Chen Liang and Shuai Peng 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of Sydney International Tennis tournament to equal world record set by Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva in 1994 of winning 28 consecutive matches.

Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis win 13th title, stretch winning run to 40

 

The famed Indo-Swiss pair registered an easy 6-3, 6-1 victory over the Russian-Czech team of Vera Dushevina and Barbora Krejcikova in the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy women's doubles final.

The final match, which lasted just an hour, witnessed the top-ranked players playing possibly their best tennis for some time.

This is Santina's fourth title this year. They started the year with wins in Brisbane and Sydney before completing a hat-trick of Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open.

They are now 4 wins away from equaling the all-time record of 44 set by Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova in 1990.

After their upset loss in the French Open quarter-finals, they have claimed titles at Wimbledon, US Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing, the WTA Finals in Singapore, Brisbane and Sydney last year.