Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis Lose in Stuttgart Open Final
India's Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis were aiming for their first title since February but went down to Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic in an hour and 21 minutes in the Stuttgart Open final
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Sania-Martina were beaten in the final of the Stuttgart Open
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The Indo-Swiss pair went down in one hour and 21 minutes
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Sania-Martina were eyeing their 14th title together
Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were beaten in the women's doubles final of the Stuttgart Open tennis tournament by second seeds Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic, 6-2, 1-6, 6-10.
The Indo-Swiss pair went down in one hour and 21 minutes on Sunday night.
Sania-Martina were eyeing their 14th title together. They were aiming for their first title since February but were undone by a stunning turnaround by the French pair.
Sania-Martina began the match brightly, winning the first set comfortably 6-2.
But the French duo recovered from a set down to clinch the match in the tie-breaker. They were the more aggressive team, hitting 25 winners to 16 by Sania-Martina.
It was the second title of the season for the French pair.
Sania and Martina have stumbled in their recent tournaments, exiting in the second-round at the Miami Masters and the first at the Indian Wells.