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Mirza-Hingis end 2015 with ninth WTA title
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis ended their dream run of 2015 on a high, winning their ninth women's doubles title, in Singapore, on Sunday.
The top seeded pair continued their dominating form as they defeated the eighth seeded Spaniards Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro in straight sets 6-0, 6-3 to clinch the WTA Finals title.
The Indo-Swiss pairing dropped serve only once through the match and broke their opponents five times to wrap up a comprehensive victory.
Sania and Martina are now unbeaten in 22 matches, stretching back six tournaments. In fact, since their last defeat -- to Chan Hao-Ching and Chan Yung-Jan in Cincinnati -- they have dropped just two sets.
Muguruza and Suarez Navarro -- late replacements in the draw after Casey Dellacqua and Yaroslava Shvedova's withdrawal -- were completely outplayed in the match.
In the second game, Sania unleashed a ferocious forehand to break Muguruza.
The second set was more competitive, but Sania and Martina did not let go of their supremacy and wrapped up after little over an hour on court.
"I feel like it was a perfect day," Hingis said. "Sania just played out of her mind - she was everywhere today, getting everything back and playing incredible tennis."