Wta China Open News

World No. 1 Sania Mirza and her partner Barbora Strycova lost to Gabriela Dabrowski and Maria Martinez Sanchez in the second round of the China Open today. Mirza, who was the defending champion here, has had a relatively unrewarding partnership with Strycova since her split with Martina Hingis.

Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won the women's doubles crown at the China Open to claim their eighth title of the season, defeating the sixth-seeded Chan sisters of China – Chan Hao-Ching and Chan Yung-Jan 6-7 (9-11), 6-1, 10-8 in the final.

World number one pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis stormed into the final of China Open, with an emphatic 6-2, 6-3 win over Chen Liang and Yafan Wang.

Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis displayed why they are ranked as the number one doubles pair the world, as they powered into the semifinals of the China Open in Beijing with a tenacious fightback. The win brings up the fourth straight semifinal appearance for the duo, that started with their successful US Open campaign.

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis came back strongly from a set down to beat the Italian duo of Sara Errani and US Open singles champion Flavia Pennetta 1-6,6-4, 10-6 in a top-drawer encounter to move into the women’s doubles quarterfinals of the China Open in Beijing.

India’s Leander Paes and his Australian partner John Peers lost 6-7 (1), 6-4, 9-11 in 92 minutes to fourth seeds Canadian Daniel Nestor and Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin in the doubles first round of the China Open in Beijing.