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Women’s doubles: Hingis, Sania snap up title

For Hingis it was her second US Open doubles title coming 17-years after she won her first in 1998

Reuters September 14, 2015

Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India with the US Open Trophy after beating Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in the Women's Doubles final on day fourteen of the 2015 US Open tennis tournament. PHOTO: REUTERS

NEW YORK: Top seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza beat Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 6-3 to win the US Open doubles title on Sunday and cap off a perfect visit to Flushing Meadows.

Switzerland’s Hingis, the former singles world number one and her Indian partner Sania, tore through the doubles tournament without dropping a set to claim back-to-back grand slams after their victory at Wimbledon.

It has been a productive and busy visit to New York for Hingis who also captured the US Open mixed doubles title with India’s Leander Paes.

For Hingis it was her second US Open doubles title coming 17-years after she won her first in 1998 with Jana Novotna.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 15^th, 2015.

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