Leander Paes in Mixed and Sania Mirza In Women’s Doubles Finals

Both partnering Martina Hingis, Leander Paes and Sania Mirza are through to the finals of two different draws.
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Martina Hingis celebrates with partner Sania Mirza after they won the women’s doubles semifinal against Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears. (Photo: AP)
Martina Hingis celebrates with partner Sania Mirza after they won the women’s doubles semifinal against Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears. (Photo: AP)
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Sania Mirza set herself up for her first ever women’s doubles Grand Slam title while Leander Paes is just one win away from his 16th Major as the two Indians reached the Wimbledon finals in two different draws.

Sania and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis- the top seeds- hammered the fifth seeded American pair of Raquel Kops -Jones and Abigail Spears 6-1 6-2 in the lop-sided semifinal which lasted mere 56 minutes.

Martina Hingis with Leander Paes posing with the Australian Open trophy the duo won earlier this year. (Photo: AP)

Later, Hingis joined hands with Paes to reach the mixed doubles final with a convincing 6-3 6-4 win over top seed Americans Mike Bryan and Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Paes and Hingis, who won the Australian Open early this year, saved all three break chances in the semifinals and broke their rivals four times in the semifinal, that lasted 56 minutes.

Paes is a winner of eighth men’s doubles Grand Slam titles and seven mixed doubles.

(Photo: AP)

In the women’s doubles match, Sania and Hingis yet again dominated the contest as they broke their rivals twice in each set and saved all three breakpoints they faced.

They scored 59 points to just 33 of their rivals.

Sania and Hingis, who have three WTA doubles titles together -- Indian Wells, Miami and Charleston -- are now through to their first Grand Slam doubles final together.

They will fight it out with second seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, who battled past fourth seeds Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic 6-3 4-6 6-4.

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