MELBOURNE: Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza added the Australian Open title Friday to their 2015 US Open and Wimbledon crowns as the rampantly successful pair maintained their dominance of women’s doubles.
The Swiss veteran, 35, and her Indian partner, 29, were pushed hard by Czech duo Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka but came through the battle 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 on Rod Laver Arena.
It stretched the top seeds’ win streak to 36 matches, the third best in WTA history and the longest unbeaten run since Jana Novotna and Helen Sukova reached 44 in 1990.
The longest win streak ever belongs to Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver, who won an unprecedented 109 straight matches over a two-year period from 1983-1985.
