Sania-Hingis storm into Stuttgart Open final

In a semi-final that lasted close to an hour and a half, SanTina won it 6-4, 7-5 to head into yet another final. In the first set, neither team served well and there were a total of seven service breaks in the 10 games played as both parties looked happy to surrender serve. But eventually, it all came down to the big points, as Sania-Hingis held their nerve more often than once, saving 5 of the 8 break points they faced, while breaking the opponents serve 4 times in 6 attempts.

The second set was also decided on fine margins as Lisicki-Safarova put in a much better showing with their serves. The Czech-German pair won 68% of their first serve points, but despite their mightiest of efforts, they couldn’t stop the Indo-Swiss pair from breaking their serve thrice to wrap up the match and storm into the final.

Sania-Hingis will now face French pair Garcia-Mladenovic in the final on Sunday.