推 paotzu: 這個組合太強了 01/16 08:10
Santina組合在雪梨決賽1-6 2-5的劣勢下大逆轉，
拿下女雙跨年30連勝！
兩人今年拿下布里斯本和雪梨冠軍，
這也是兩人去年印地安泉合作起的第11冠，
而Hingis下週也將和Mirza共享女雙球后寶座。
SYDNEY, Australia - Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza extended their winning
streak to 30 matches in a row by edging Caroline Garcia and Kristina
Mladenovic in the Apia International Sydney final.
Hingis and Mirza, who already went into the match with the longest winning
streak since Jana Novotna and Helena Sukova in 1990 - they won 44 in a row -
were down and out against No.3 seeds Garcia and Mladenovic, falling behind
6-1, 5-2 to one of the craftiest, hardest-hitting pairings out there.
But the No.1-seeded Hingis and Mirza fought back like they've done so many
times, reeling off five games in a row to push it to a match tie-break, where
they would finally end it, 1-6, 7-5, 10-5.
"It was definitely a great test, and against a great new team," Hingis said
afterwards. "They were playing together for the first time this week, and I
think we're going to see a lot more of them.
"We had to take our chances. You don't see much light in a dark tunnel, but
then we had one or two opportunities here and there, and with one little
chance we were able to turn the match around."
"At 6-1, 5-2 the only thing we could say to each other was that it was only
one break," Mirza added. "That's the only positive you can find from a
situation like that. We tried to hold our serve for 5-3 to give ourselves
another chance, then we had a huge game at 5-3 and the momentum went in our
favor.
"We're really happy to win another tournament. We're really happy with the
way we fought."
They now have 11 WTA doubles titles together: Indian Wells, Miami,
Charleston, Wimbledon, US Open, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing and WTA Finals last
year, now Brisbane and Sydney this year.
The Swiss-Indian partnership is also an incredible 11-1 together in WTA
doubles finals.
And the icing on the cake? On Monday, Hingis is projected to join Mirza as
co-World No.1 on the WTA Doubles Rankings. It will be Hingis' first time at
No.1 since the Indian Wells fortnight in 2000.
"I think it's another chapter in my career, definitely," Hingis said. "When
Sania became No.1 in Charleston that was a huge stepping stone for her, and
now for me, 16 years later, who would have thought I would have another
opportunity to become No.1 again? It was a dream and now it's reality.
"But I've felt we're the No.1 team for a while now. It was just a question of
time."
"Ditto!" Mirza added with a laugh.
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