The world number one women’s tennis pair Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis were defeated in Qatar ending their fabulous 41 straight win streak.
The duo who have had a purple patch until now were showing signs of struggle in Doha.
The world number one pair who struggled all along in Doha, finally bowed down in the quarter finals to the Russian Duo Elena Vesnina and Daria Kasatkina.
“That was an amazing match for us,” Vesnina was quoted as saying by the WTA Tour.
She added “We played against them just a week ago, and they’re one of the greatest doubles teams we have in women’s tennis. I think everything worked today for us to win, and we’re just so excited about it.”
Mirza and Hingis started their winning streak in September at the U.S. Open, the first of nine straight titles they went on to win. Had they won the Qatar event they would have tied Natasha Zvereva of Belarus and Czech Jana Novotna’s mark of 44 consecutive wins.
The Indo-Swiss Duo have had a dream run since they got knocked out of the French open quarter finals last year, with 41 straight wins.
