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2/28/2016 WTA Qatar Open: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis extend unbeaten streak to 41 matches The Hindu
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Doha, February 24, 2016
SaniaHingis extend unbeaten streak to 41 matchesPTI
APSania Mirza and Martina Hingis survived a scare before pulling off a threeset win over the Chinese pair of YiFan Xu and Saisai Zheng in theWTA Qatar Open to extend their unbeaten streak to 41 matches in Doha on Wednesday.
Sania and Hingis have together won four titles this year out of an overall trophy count of 13.
Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis survived a scare before pulling off a threeset win over the Chinesepair of YiFan Xu and Saisai Zheng in the WTA Qatar Open to extend their unbeaten streak to 41 matches in Doha on Wednesday.
The top seeded IndoSwiss pair toiled for one hour and 24 minutes to prevail 64 46 104 over the unseeded Chinese duo to enter thequarterfinals. They got a bye in the first round in the hard court $ 2,818,000 prize money tournament.
Sania and Hingis have together won four titles this year out of an overall trophy count of 13.
They started the year with wins in Brisbane and Sydney before completing a hattrick of Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open. The duohad won the St Petersburg Ladies title earlier this month.
Just before the tournament started, Sania took some time out to visit the DPSModern Indian School here and she interacted with thechildren.
She regaled the school children with stories from her career so far in the presence of the teaching staff and officials.