Sania becomes top ranked doubles player

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won their third successive doubles title together, winning the Family Circle Cup tennis title on Sunday, enabling the Indian to create history by becoming the first Indian woman to become the World No.1 in doubles ranking.

The No.1-seeded Swiss-Indian duo beat Casey Dellacqua and Darija Jurak in straight sets for the title, 6-0, 6-4, missing two match points at 5-3 in the second set but closing it out a game later.