NEW YORK, NY, USA - In their first Grand Slam as a team, Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta are through to the US Open semifinals after defeating fifth-seeded Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik on Tuesday.
Hingis and Pennetta found themselves down an early break at 3-1 in the first set, but won five of the next six games to take the set.
The Swiss-Italian combination were the ones going up an early break in the second set, and they never relinquished their advantage en route to a 6-4, 6-3 victory.
For the match, Hingis and Pennetta had 18 more winners than unforced errors and converted on six of eight break points to improve to 2-0 against the Czech-Slovenian duo, having also beaten them earlier this year in Eastbourne.
Hingis is into her first doubles Grand Slam semifinal since the 2002 Australian Open, when she captured the last of her nine Grand Slam doubles titles alongside Anna Kournikova.
Next up for Hingis and Pennetta are No.3 seeds Cara Black and Sania Mirza. They were up 6-1, 1-0 on Zarina Diyas and Xu Yi-Fan when the Kazakhstani-Chinese pairing retired because of a neck injury suffered by Diyas.
Also advancing to the semifinals were fourth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. The Russians lost a double break lead against 13-time Grand Slam champions Serena Williams and Venus Williams, but still managed to win the first set.
Then in the second set, they broke Serena Williams to close out their 7-6(5), 6-4 triumph - improving to 2-0 in their head-to-head.
Interestingly enough, both Pennetta and Makarova have made it to the quarterfinals in singles as well.
Interestingly enough, both Pennetta and Makarova have made it to the quarterfinals in singles as well.
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