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PHOTOS: Sania-Hingis storm into US Open final

Last updated on: September 10, 2015 11:00 IST

IMAGE: Sania Mirza (left) with Martina Hingis. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

India's Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis stormed into the US Open women's doubles final following a 6-4, 6-1 win over 11th seeded Italians Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta in New York, on Wednesday night.

Sania Mirza

IMAGE: Sania Mirza in action. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

In the final, they will take on the winners of the second semi-final between fourth seeds Australia's Casey Dellacqua-Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and the unseeded German-American combine of Anna-Lena Groenefeld-Coco Vandeweghe.

Top seeds Sania and Hingis will be looking to win their second successive Grand Slam title, having triumphed at Wimbledon in July.

IMAGE: Sania Mirza (right) with Martina Hingis. Photograph: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

It turned out to be another easy victory for Sania and Hingis, who had got the better of ninth seeds Yung-Jan Chan and Hao-Ching Chan of Taipei 7-6(5), 6-1 in the quarter-finals.

There was disappointment though in the Junior Girls Singles category as Karman Kaur Thandi's winning run ended against Dalma Galfi in the third round. The 17-year-old Indian went down against the second-seeded German 6-4, 7-6.