Tennis: Former world no.1 Martina Hingis booked her place in the first WTA tour final after 7 years as she partnered Sabine Lisicki of Germany to beat Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Sania Mirza of India in straight sets 6-3, 6-4 in the semifinal of Sony Open in Miami.
This is the first time that Hingis has reached the final of a WTA tournament, since making her comeback last year. She had not even won consecutive two matches before this tournament.
Hingis had played 5 tournaments with Daniela Hantuchova last year but could only win 3 matches in 5 tournaments. She did not play any tournament after US Open but returned last week at Indian Wells with a different partner.
She and Sabine Lisicki lost in the first round at Indian Wells but here in Miami, in the first round they defeated No.6 seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Safarova. They also saved seven match points in their quarterfinal win over Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova a few days ago.
Hingis is now through to the 52nd WTA doubles final of her career, going 37-14 in her first 51. But perhaps more importantly it's her first WTA doubles final since returning to the doubles tour last year - her last WTA doubles final came at Doha in 2007 (where she won the title with Maria Kirilenko).
Lisicki is through to the fourth WTA doubles final of her career and is 2-1 in her first three.
The second semifinal will take place later in the night session, as No.2 seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina face No.8 seeds Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears for a spot in Sunday's final.
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Seems like this partnership is working out a lot better then her doubles stint with Hantuchova. Good luck ladies! :).
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