We are underway. Its 30-0 in favour of the all French pair.
Its 30-40 in favour of Garcia and Mladenovic. And they get the opening break now. 0-1.
15-0 to Mirza and Hingis.
Mladenovic and Garcia are 15-30 up on their serve.
And the all French pair have taken a 2-0 lead in this 1st set. Good start for them.
These are dangerous signs for the Top seeds, who are a point away from losing a second straight break of serve.
There it is. A second straight break. 3-0 now.
The Indo-Swiss pair are 40-0 up in the 4th game.
Santina win their 1st point in the match., Its 1-3. Get Critical break of serve
They have begun the 5th game well. 30-0.
It is now 40-30 in favour of Santina.
We are on deuce.
And the French pair get their third consecutive break of serve. It's 2-3 against Santina now.
Mirza and Hingis up 30-0 on the Garcia/Mladenovic serve.
Its 40-0.
Mirza and Hingis break back to make it 3-3.
A 4th consecutive break coming the all French pair’s way? Mirza and Hingis down 0-30 on their serve.
Its 30-30 all now.
Its deuce.
And a 4th consecutive break. WOW. Garcia and Mladenovic up 4-3
Garcia and Mladenovic are 40-30 up in the 8th game.
its 40-40.
They get the break, Mirza and Hingis. It's 4-4 and a vital phase is about to begin.
Mirza and Hingis are 0-40 down.
And a 5th break of serve. Garcia and Mladenovic will serve for the set now.
Garcia and Mladenovic up 30-0.
15-30.
15-40.
And the 1st set goes to Garcia and Mladenovic. 6-4.
Mirza and Hingis have an uphill task in the second set.Most importantly, they will need to break early in order to be hopeful of keeping this final alive.
Garcia and Mladenovic take the early break of serve again. 1-0
Garcia and Mladenovic are 40-15 up.
Its 2-0 now.
Mirza and Hingis are 30-15 up in the third game.Vital.
Its deuce.
And Mirza and Hingis clinch the game.1-2.
Its 30-30.
Unable to break again. Mirza and Hingis are 1-3 down and staring down the barrel.
Mirza and Hingis up 40-15.
Its 2-3 now.
Its 15-15.
Garcia and Mladenovic are 40-30 up.
It’s deuce. Can Mirza and Hingis get the break?
They can’t.Garcia and Mladenovic are 4-2 up in the second set.
Mirza and Hingis are up 40-15.
Its 40-30 now.
Here we go again. Deuce.
This time,however, Mirza and Hingis hold on to win the game and its 3-4 now.
Mirza and Hingis up 30-0. Can they get the break?
40-0.
Garcia and Mladenovic save a break point. 15-40.
They save another. 30-40.
WOW. It is deuce now.
This is amazing. From 0-40 down, Garcia and Mladenovic win 4 straight points to win the game and make it 5-3 in their favour.
Its 30-30 now.
Its 40-40.
Sania and Hingis hold on, but Garcia and Mladenovic will now serve for the title.
Mirza and Hingis up 30-15.
Its 30-30.
40-30. Match point.
Thats it.Carolina Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic win the Madrid Masters. beating the top seeds 6-4 6-4.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the Madrid Open final involving the reigning Australian Open champions Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis, who will face off against the all-French pair of Kristna Mladenovic and Caroline Garcia in the summit clash very soon.
This is the first time that the Indo-Swiss pair have reached the final of this competition and they are yet to drop a set in the tournament . Their opponents on the day have also not dropped a set in the competition so far and it goes without saying that whoever wins the openings set will have a key edge in the contest.
The head-to-head between the two is 1-1 with both contests coming this year at the Stuttgart and the Sydney Open respectively and it will be intriguing to see who wins this one and takes the lead in this contest.
You can catch all the live updates of the match here.
