Sania, Martina win title
BEIJING, October 10
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won their eighth title of the season — fourth in a row — after beating Taipei’s Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan in the final of the China Open.
The top seeds faced stiff resistance from the sixth seeds before winning 6-7(9) 6-1 10-8 in one hour and 40 minutes. In a remarkable run, they have dropped only two sets in their last 17 matches.
Rafa to face Djokovic in final
Rafael Nadal will take on world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the final after the multiple Grand Slam champs bludgeoned their way to straight-set wins. Nadal extracted a modicum of revenge on new Italian foe Fabio Fognini with a 7-5 6-3 win before Djokovic extended his unbeaten winning run in the Chinese capital to 28 matches with a 6-2 6-3 win over David Ferrer. — Agencies