MELBOURNE, Australia — Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza maintained their perfect record in Grand Slam doubles finals, beating the Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, 7-6 (1), 6-3, at the Australian Open on Friday to extend their winning streak to 36 matches.
Hingis, a three-time singles champion at Melbourne Park, and Mirza dominated the first-set tiebreaker preceded by eight service breaks, four by each team.
Hingis and Mirza added to their Wimbledon and United States Open titles last year, and the pair also won at Brisbane and Sydney this month. They started playing together at Indian Wells in March of last year.