Sania Mirza And Martina Hingis Lose Madrid Open Final
Despite playing well in patches, the top seeded Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis struggled to find their rhythm as their French opponents claimed a 6-4, 6-4 win.
Highlights
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Sania and Martina lost the final in straight sets
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Madrid Open is a clay court tournament
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They lost 4-6, 4-6 in an hour and 19 minutes
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis went down in straight sets to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in the women's doubles final at the Madrid Open tennis tournament here on Saturday.
Despite playing well in patches, the top seeded Indo-Swiss pair struggled to find their rhythm, as their French opponents claimed a 6-4, 6-4 win in an hour and 29 minutes.
The French pair were off to a splendid start, forcing consecutive service breaks against their much fancied opponents to open up a 3-0 led in the first set.
Sania and Martina fought back, winning three back to back games, including a service break to equalise at 3-3. Not to be outdone, the French duo clinched another couple of breaks to take a 5-4 lead before serving out the set.
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- Mutua Madrid Open (@MutuaMadridOpen) May 7, 2016
Caroline and Kristina started the second set with a bang, breaking the Indo-Swiss combination to go into the lead. Both teams then managed to hold their serve before Sania and Martina had an excellent chance to break their opponents' serve in the eighth game. The French pair however, fought back from 0-40 down to preserve their lead.
The top seeds had to fight hard before managing to hold on to their serve in the next game. But their relief was short lived as Caroline and Kristina served out the next game to clinch a well deserved victory.