By Chris Oddo | Friday, March 28, 2014

 

Martina Hingis and Sabine Lisicki reached their first doubles final together on Friday, taking out Cara Black and Sania Mirza in straight sets.

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Martina Hingis is through to the 52nd doubles final of her WTA career, but number 52 took a while. Having last played a doubles final more than seven years ago, where she won the Doha title, Hingis had been retired from the tour since late 2007.

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But in only her second event with new partner Sabine Lisicki (Hingis played five events with Daniela Hantuchova in 2013, never managing to win two matches in a row), the magic appears to be coming back for the nine-time Grand Slam doubles champion.

After saving seven match points in their quarterfinal win over Anabel Medina Garrigues and Yaroslava Shvedova, Hingis and Lisicki rallied from 4-2 down in the second set to take out Cara Black and Sania Mirza, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday.

“Yeah, it's been a while, seven years, right?” Said Hingis. She added: “I think we just--the chemistry works out well. You know, what [Sabine] doesn't have I have and vice versa. So I think it's really a great match that we played together.”

Hingis and Lisicki, wildcards in Miami, are planning to stay together as a team and play various events during the spring and summer. “I think it's definitely up to Sabine. I mean, her priority is her singles,” Hingis said.

Lisicki is through to her fourth career doubles title.

Hingis and Lisicki will face either Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina or Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in Sunday's final.