Sania Mirza of India moved alone to the top of the WTA Women’s Doubles Rankings after teaming up Czech Republic’s with Barbora Strycova to trounce her former Swiss partner Martina Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe of America 7-5, 6-4 in the Cincinnati final.
With this win, the 29-year-old Indian tennis star has taken Sole possession of the WTA women’s doubles No.1 ranking as she and Hingis recently ended their successful partnership as joint No.1s. Before splitting, the pair had won 14 titles, including 3 Grand Slams.
“I’m not going to lie. It’s not easy because we are still good friends. The first tournament we split and we come and we have to play each other. But, there is no better match to play than the final, so it was difficult for both of us,” Mirza said when asked about playing for the doubles No.1 rank against her former partner.
“The biggest quality we both have that we discovered together, is that we both fight no matter what the score is. During the whole week when we were down we were just fighting. That’s how we felt today,” Mirza said about her new Czech partner.