NY Times · Jul 10, 2015
Martina Hingis Reaches 1st Final at Wimbledon Since 1998
LONDON — Martina Hingis is back in a final at Wimbledon for the first time since 1998 — in doubles.
Hingis, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, and doubles partner Sania Mirza are seeded No. 1 and won their semifinal against the fifth-seeded American pair of Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6-1, 6-2 on Friday.
The 34-year-old Hingis and Mirza, the first woman from India to be ranked No. 1 in singles or doubles, will face the second-seeded Russian duo of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the final.
Makarova and Vesnina, who won last year's U.S. Open, beat Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the other semifinal.