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In their first tournament together, Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza went all the way to the BNP Paribas Open doubles title - the Swiss-Indian combo didn't even lose a set.
When they announced they were joining forces a few weeks ago, the world was watching - they're two of the most successful doubles players out there, after all, Hingis with 11 Grand Slams in the team discipline (nine in women's and two in mixed) and Mirza with three Grand Slams (all in mixed).
But not many would have expected such a dazzling debut. The No.1 seeds, Hingis and Mirza didn't even lose more than four games in any set all fortnight. After cruising through the first set of the final that stat looked a little dicey as they fell behind 4-2 second set to No.2 seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, but they flipped the script from there with four straight games to end it, 6-3, 6-4.
There's still some good news for Makarova and Vesnina, though - their run to the final over the last two weeks will propel them from No.9 to No.2 on the Road To Singapore doubles leaderboard, the year-long journey to the doubles event at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global.
Can Hingis and Mirza keep this level up throughout the year and get to Singapore themselves?.
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