Sania Mirza said that battling for the doubles top spot against her former partner made for a strange situation. Photo: AFPCincinnati: India’s Sania Mirza took sole possession of the WTA doubles number one ranking after teaming up with Barbora Strycova to beat former partner Martina Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-4 in Sunday’s Cincinnati final. “The biggest quality we both have that we discovered together, is that we both fight no matter what the score is,” Mirza said. That’s how we felt today.”Though Hingis and Mirza are no longer permanently together, they will still play in October’s year-end WTA Tour Championships in Singapore. Mirza said that battling for the doubles top spot against her former partner made for a strange situation.

Source: Mint August 22, 2016 04:52 UTC