Former world No. 1 Martina Hingis and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza are set to meet the Chinese pair of Liang Chen and Shuai Peng in the quarters of the Sydney International tennis tournament.

The doubles world No.1 defeated Russian siblings Anastasia Rodionova and Arina Rodionova 6-2, 6-3 in the first round to advance to the next stage of the competition. Sania and Martina have extended their winning streak to 27 matches and qualified for the quarterfinals.

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According to India today, the Indo-Swiss combination are on the longest winning streak since 2012 when the Italian tandem of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci won 25 successive matches. Hingis and Mirza needed one more victory to equal the longest women's doubles winning streak record which was achieved by the duo of Puerto Rican Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva of Belarus winning 28 straight matches in a row in 1994.

Hingis has won five Grand Slam singles titles, three at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon and one at the US Open.  She has also won 11 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, a calendar-year doubles Grand Slam and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She became the world's top tennis player in March 31, 1997.

Hingis started tennis at the very young age of two. She turned pro at the age of 14 with her mother Melanie Molitor as her coach.

Hingis became the youngest Grand slam singles winner in the 20^th century by winning in the Australian Open at the age of 16 years and 3 months. She was the youngest top ranked player in history.

Mirza is the highest-ranked female player ever from India, reaching her career high singles ranking of world No. 27 on August 28, 2007.  She started tennis at the age of six and throughout her career, she has established herself as the most successful female Indian tennis player ever and one of the high profile and highest paid athletes in the country.

The dynamic duo started competing together in March 2015.