Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis cruised to their second title together when they defeated second seeded Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina for Miami Open trophy. While the two have formed a formidable pair, Hingis has thanked Sania's father - Imran Mirza - for sharing valuable tips ahead of the final.
The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair overcame a sluggish start to take the title with a 7-5 6-1 scoreline. Sania and Hingis were trailing 2-5 in the opening set but regrouped and turned the tables on their fierce opponents by reeling off eight games in a row. "Today the coaching really turned it around - your dad came on court," Hingis said to Sania.
"The most important thing is that we never stopped believing we're a great team. They played a great set to get us to that position, 5-2 down. Then we just tried to stay in there and get our chances. We just built on every point, which is what we did well last week too," the Swiss great, who now has 43 doubles title, said.
With this win, Sania and Hingis now will move to number three from nine in the Road To Singapore doubles leaderboard.
- Manohar
