Thursday, April 16, 2015

Martina Hingis & Sania Mirza on what's next for them

Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza have had a whirlwind last five weeks, winning their first 14 matches together, picking up a hat-trick of Premier-level titles, moving up to No.1 on the Road To Singapore doubles leaderboard and, biggest of all, Mirza becoming the first Indian woman to reach No.1.

So what's next for the hottest doubles team on the tour?

They talked about the future in their post-final press conference in Charleston.

"We're both headed to Fed Cup actually," Mirza, who's headed back home to Hyderabad for her tie. "I don't know how I'm going to adjust to this time difference - it's like 10 hours. But I have to go and play a match on Wednesday, and Martina has to play in a couple of days too, so it's going to be tough.

"Then Stuttgart, take the week off after, then the big ones - Madrid, Rome and French Open."

Speaking of the French Open, it's there in Paris where Mirza can make another dream come true.

"I'd love to win some Slams," Mirza said when asked what her next goals were. "It would also be great for both of us to be No.1 together. That's very important to me. For Martina, I don't know - she's been No.1 before. But since we're playing like the No.1 team, I feel like we both deserve to be No.1. So yeah, one of the goals is to be No.1 together, but also to carry this performance on in Slams."

Hingis is obviously driven to be the best, but what does the player who has everything want?

"It's like everything is a bonus," the Swiss said. "I'm just really enjoying the moment. The longer you play in your career, the more you can also enjoy it and lean back, especially in doubles. As for No.1, it will come with the results. I was never the kind of person who was chasing No.1. You need to move yourself and win the matches. For me it's more like business - you do your thing on the court.

"Right now I think the pressure is off, to be honest. I know Sania and I can play well at any time, any surface, anywhere. We're a very solid team and we're the ones to be chased after right now."

But before they take the doubles court together again, there have been rumblings that one of these two doubles specialists would be open to hitting the singles court during Fed Cup this weekend.

"Well, first I have to get there," Hingis said. "I'm like checking flights and this and that, so I've been in contact with the coach and the president. So first off I have to get to Poland, and then we'll go from there, because it's a change of time and surface again. I mean, I haven't played singles in eight years.

"But I had that question pop up. We'll see once I'm there. We'll make that decision when I'm there."


OK, can I just say I love the fact that the first Fed Cup match Martina Hingis is playing will not only be vs Poland, but in the country itself (than again I might be a tad biased ;)  :D).

I hope she does play some singles too!. I can't wait for the dynamic doubles duo to get back on court. Is it May yet?

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