India’s Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis broke a 22 year old world record by winning their 29th women’s doubles match in a row en route to their entry into the women’s doubles final of the WTA Sydney International, in Sydney.
- The World No 1 pair defeated the pair of Romanian Raluca Olaru and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova by 4-6, 6-3 and 10-8.
- They now surpassed the pair of Puerto Rican Gigi Fernandez and Belarus’ Natasha Zvereva, who won 28 matches in 1994.
Starting last year, Mirza and Hingis have won 10 WTA doubles titles together – Indian Wells, Miami, Charleston, Wimbledon, US Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing and WTA Finals in 2015 and 2016 Brisbane International.
- Their 28-match winning run is the longest since Italians Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won 25 in a row in 2012. Sara and Roberta had won five titles in a row at Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, the French Open and Hertogenbosch.
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