WATCH: Sania, Hingis enter last four stage of WTA Finals

Sania Mirza and Switzerland's Martina Hingis have reached the WTA Finals semifinals (PTI)

Singapore - This is the pair's first competition since they had split in July

By PTI

Published: Fri 28 Oct 2016, 5:39 PM

Last updated: Fri 28 Oct 2016, 9:13 PM

Indian ace Sania Mirza and Switzerland's Martina Hingis entered the semifinals of the WTA Finals after beating Taiwanese combination of Hao-Ching Chan and Yung Jan Chan 7-6 (12-10) 7-5 on Friday.

.@mhingis/@MirzaSania into the final four #WTAFinals pic.twitter.com/JyUNKmmstM
- WTA (@WTA) October 28, 2016

Big forehand from World No.1 @MirzaSania ??#WTAFinals pic.twitter.com/HjokXZ6VHK
- WTA (@WTA) October 28, 2016

The Indo-Swiss pair will be pitted against the winner of the match between top seeds Caroline Garcia-Kristina Mladenovic and Bethanie Mattek-Sands- Lucie Safarova.
It was a hard-fought two sets where both the teams held their service games till they reached five games all.
It was in the 11th game of the first set that Sania and Hingis were broken. But the joy of their opponents was shortlived as they broke back in the very next game to take the first set into a tie-breaker.

#WilsonTennis ??

Big ?? from defending #WTAFinals Doubles champion @MirzaSania! ??: @gettysport pic.twitter.com/Quxn4QLivc
- WTA (@WTA) October 28, 2016

The tie-breaker was a hard fought one as the Indo-Swiss pair saved three set points. They dropped a couple of set points before converting the third to clinch the set within an hour.
The second set was also a close affair till the 10th game after which Sania-Hingis secured a crucial break and then held their serve to book a place in the last four.
This is the pair's first competition since they had split following an early exit at Montreal in July.