World record by SaniaMirza- Martina Hingis

World record by Sania-Martina as they win 29th match on trot

Ques: Recently India’s Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis broke a 22-year-old world record by winning how many women’s doubles match in a row?

(a) 27
(b) 28
(c) 29
(d) None of these

Ans (c)

Related facts:

  • On 13 January 2016, India’s Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis broke a 22-year-old world record by winning their 29th women’s doubles match in a row en route to their entry into the women’s doubles final of the WTA Sydney International, in Sydney.
  • The World No 1 pair beat the pair of Romanian Raluca Olaru and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova by 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 in a closely-fought semifinal.
  • With this they now surpassed the pair of Gigi Fernandez (Puerto Rica) and Natasha Zvereva (Belarus) who won 28 matches in a row during their successful pairing back in 1994.

Reference:

http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/world-record-by-sania-mirza-and-martina-hingis-as-they-win-29th-match-on-trot/article8106676.ece

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sports/sania-mirza-martina-hingis-earn-29th-win-in-a-row-chase-world-record-1189609.html

http://www.dailypioneer.com/todays-newspaper/unstoppable-sania-hingis-pair-scoops-record-29th-win-in-a-row.html