Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza refuse to lose. However, they clawed back to win the first set through a tie-breaker. A forehand to net by Sania at deuce point and the top seeds were facing another break chance but managed to saved that.
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The crowd at Rod Laver Arena leapt to its feet and roared when the Swiss great coverted for a 4-2 lead. “We had already won two Grand Slams and you have pushed us to the limit”, said Hingis.
The duo offered no opportunity to their opponent and took 4-1 lead in the second set.
The unseeded winning pair won 59 of the total 112 points played.
Goerges and Pliskova started brightly enough, holding comfortably then carving out four break points in the third game.
This is the 45th time the players have met, and they’ve each won 22 times.
Mirza echoed her partner’s sentiments and says she is wowed by how they’ve been able to sustain such a high level. 1 pair defeated World No. 7 team of Andrea Hlavackova-Lucie Hradecka 7-6 (7-1), 6-3.
During their first stint together, the Czechs reached four major finals, walking away with the silverware at the French Open in 2012 and US Open in 2013.
Soares will partner Jamie Murray in Saturday’s men’s doubles final against Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek.
Sania and Dodig took exactly one hour and 10 minutes to get the better of Indo-Swiss pair of Paes and Hingis 7-6(1) 6-3 in the quarterfinal encounter.
Djokovic is a five-time Aussie Open champion, and he has now made it to the final at five consecutive Grand Slams.
At her pre-championship news conference on Friday, Williams was asked whether it bothers her that she’s forced to stay in her hotel or house and not be able to wander the streets of Melbourne as she attempts to win her seventh title here. “It was just another niggle that we tennis players are used to”. In another match of the same category, Pranjala’s compatriot Karman Thandi put up a spirited fight but ultimately accepted a 6-3, 5-7, 5-7 defeat against Australian Sara Tomic on Court 6.
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The World No. 1 doubles team intensified their pressure and broke again, in the fifth game, to jump to a commanding 4-1 scoreline.
