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One month on from their emotional triumph on Centre Court, Hingis and Mirza returned to action with a comfortable 6-3, 6-2 win over Julia Goerges and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik.
After a flawless beginning to life as a team, in which they won their first three tournaments, Hingis and Mirza hit their first bump in the road during the clay court season, falling early in both Stuttgart and Madrid, then losing out to rivals Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Safarova at the French Open.
However, they got back on track at Wimbledon, staging a spectacular comeback to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in the final. Against Goerges and Jans-Ignacik, they took some time to get back into the swing of things before running out comfortable winners in under an hour.
"I think we started off really well. First match back together since Wimby - you have to shake the rustiness off in the beginning, but I think we started off very well," Hingis said. "Three and two against Goerges and Jans is a solid performance."
"It's tough to come back after a few weeks, especially on a difference surface," Mirza said. "We'd played a lot over the last few months so we were a little tired as well, mentally and physically, so it's good to get back into things with kind of a routine match. Hopefully we can keep getting better as the tournament keeps going."
Hingis and Mirza's victims in that memorable Wimbledon final, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, were also back in action on Thursday. However, the Russians saw their challenge come to a premature conclusion, as a leg injury to Makarova forced them to retire when trailing 5-2 in the first set against Canadian wildcards Sharon Fichman and Carol Zhao.
Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik, the No.4 seeds, enjoyed more success against another all-Canadian pairing, sweeping past Françoise Abanda and Heidi El Tabakh, 6-3, 6-2.
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