Williams, Mirza Make Strides In Manila

Williams, Mirza Make Strides In Manila

  • Posted: Dec 07, 2015

Top ranked doubles player Sania Mirza continued her winning ways for the Micromax Indian Aces, leading her team to a third straight victory on Monday, this time over the OBI UAE Royals, led by France’s Kristina Mladenovic.

Mirza and Mladenovic went head-to-head to open the match in mixed doubles; after 26 minutes, Mirza and partner Rohan Bopanna proved too much for Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor – two-time mixed doubles champions as a pair – to set the tone with a 6-4 first set win.

Samantha Stosur, herself an accomplished doubles player, stepped in for Mirza to take on Mladenovic in women’s singles, winning 6-3 en route to a five-set shutout for the Aces, who ultimately ended the night with a 30-18 victory.

Next up was World No.1 Serena Williams, who looks to be hitting her stride after a slow start in IPTL. Williams won both of her sets for the Philippine Mavericks over the Legendari Japan Warriors, including a 6-4 set of mixed doubles with Milos Raonic over Pierre-Hughes Herbet and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, and a 6-3 set of women’s singles over Lucic-Baroni immediately after. The Mavericks solidified themselves as second place behind the Aces with a 25-21 win.

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