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Former World No 1 Martina Hingis won her first title in seven years when she partnered Sabine Lisicki to win the Women's Doubles at the Sony Open in Miami.
Hingis and Lisicki, who entered the tournament as a wild-card entry, beat second seeded Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 4-6, 6-4, 10-5.
The final was the first for the 33-year-old Hingis since she came out of retirement last year to play doubles and was her first win since Doha in 2007.
The Swiss veteran and her German partner won the last seven points of the deciding super tiebreaker to take the trophy.
On their way to the final, Hingis and Lisicki beat sixth seeds Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Safarova and fifth seeds Cara Black and Sania Mirza.
Hingis has now claimed three Key Biscayne titles following wins in 1998 and 1999 with Jana Novotna as her partner.
After almost six years in retirement, Hingis returned to the doubles tour in 2013, playing five WTA events alongside Daniela Hantuchova.
After the US Open she didn't play for another six months but got back in the game at Indian Wells alongside Lisicki earlier this month.
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How awesome is it that 7 years later she comes back and wins a WTA doubles title.
Congrats Martina & Sabine, well done!.
Hopefully this win will spur her on, and she enters a few more doubles tournaments with Sabine in the months to come.
Maybe even at Wimbledon :).
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