Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis Make Winning Start at Indian Wells
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis beat the pair of Casey Dellacqua and Samantha Stosur in just 68 minutes at Indian Wells.
- Press Trust of India
- Updated: March 12, 2016 04:16 pm IST
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis saw off the challenge of Australian team of Casey Dellacqua and Samantha Stosur to move to the second round of the Indian Open. (Read More in Tennis)
The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair defeated their rivals 6-3, 7-5 in just 68 minutes in their opening round of the $6,844,139 hard court event.
Sania and Martina saved four of the six breakpoints they faced in the match and broke their rivals five times in the tight contest.
They next face local girl Vania King and Russia's Alla Kudryavtseva, who beat Germany's Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Czech Republic's Barbora Strycova 4-6, 6-3 10-5.
In the men's event, Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea, seeded fifth, are up against Spanish team of Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez in their first round of the event.