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Wuhan Open: Sensational Sania and Hingis lift women's doubles title

Last updated on: October 03, 2015 13:43 IST

artina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India

India’s Sania Mirza, left, with Switzerland’s Martina Hingis react after winning the women’s doubles title in Wuhan. Photograph: Thananuwat Zhong Zhi/Getty Images

Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis maintained their scintillating run as they clinched their seventh women's doubles title of the year at the Wuhan Open on Saturday.

Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis

Selfie time! After the Wuhan Open title in their bag, Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis celebrated in style. Photograph: Zhong Zhi/Getty Images

The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair claimed a 6-2, 6-3 win over the Romanian pair of Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu in the summit clash that lasted one hour and nine minutes.

Mirza and Hingis have won seven women's doubles titles this year, including two Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon and the US Open, since joining forces in March.

Source: ANI