Wuhan: Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their winning streak as they clinched the Wuhan Open title on Saturday.

The Indo-Swiss pair defeated Romania’s Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu in straight sets (6-2, 6-3) to clinch their seventh title of this season.

This is the seventh title that the Sania-Martina combination has won this year. The top seeded pair had also won the Wimbledon and the US Open titles earlier in 2015. In the last month, the duo had clinched Guangzhou Open title.

(Agencies)

Wuhan: Leading women’s doubles pair Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis entered the semi-finals of the Wuhan Open tennis tournament here on Thursday.

The top seed duo defeated fifth seeded American pair of Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6-2, 6-2 in the last eight stage in only 58 minutes.

Sania and Hingis earlier beat Polish-Australian pair of Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-2 in the second round.

The Indo-Swiss pair recently won the Guangzhou Open. They have won an impressive six titles together including triumphs at Wimbledon and US Open.

(IANS)