New Delhi, July 12 -- : On this day in 2015, the pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon, with Mirza securing her maiden All-England title.
It was on July 12, 2015, when the two won the women's doubles title at Wimbledon. It was Hingis' first Wimbledon title since winning the ladies singles title way back in 1997.
The pair defeated the then second-seeded Russian pair of Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova 5-7, 7-6(4), 7-5 to script their first Grand Slam as a team.
A closely fought affair, the Russians had displayed splendid court action to win the first set. However, Mirza and Hingis staged a remarkable comeback in the second and third set to win the summit clash.
The match had to be paused f...