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Sania-Hingis pair win BNP Paribas Open title

By Ians English

Indian Wells (US), March 22: Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza have completed a dream first tournament together, beating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 6-3, 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open women's doubles title.

The No.1 seeds, Hingis and Mirza didn't even lose more than four games in any set all fortnight.

File picture of Sania Mirza


After cruising through the first set, they fell behind 2-4 in the second to No.2 seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. But they flipped the script from there with four straight games to end it 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday.

IANS

Story first published: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 11:07 [IST]
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