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Business News/ Photos / Indian summer at Wimbledon 2015 and the Martina Hingis charm

Indian summer at Wimbledon 2015 and the Martina Hingis charm

Indian tennis was in limelight on the weekend when Sania Mirza, Leander Paes and youngster Sumit Nagal won titles for India at the 2015 Wimbledon. Martina Hingis became the good luck charm, playing part in two of the three victories

Leander Paes of India and Martina Hingis of Switzerland won the mixed doubles final against Alexander Peya of Austria and Timea Babos of Hungary at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon on Sunday. AP

1/6Leander Paes of India and Martina Hingis of Switzerland won the mixed doubles final against Alexander Peya of Austria and Timea Babos of Hungary at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon on Sunday. AP

Paes and Hingis had also won the Australian Open mixed doubles in January. Paes continues to be lucky with Martinas, having won two grand slams with Martina Navratilova in 2003, and now the second in a year with Martina Hingis. AP

2/6Paes and Hingis had also won the Australian Open mixed doubles in January. Paes continues to be lucky with Martinas, having won two grand slams with Martina Navratilova in 2003, and now the second in a year with Martina Hingis. AP

The duo celebrate their victory. This is the 42-year-old Paes’s eighth Grand Slam mixed title and a third for Swiss legend Hingis. Reuters

3/6The duo celebrate their victory. This is the 42-year-old Paes’s eighth Grand Slam mixed title and a third for Swiss legend Hingis. Reuters

Martina Hingis won her first Wimbledon title since 1998 a day before when she and India’s Sania Mirza captured the women’s double trophy on Saturday. Reuters

4/6Martina Hingis won her first Wimbledon title since 1998 a day before when she and India’s Sania Mirza captured the women’s double trophy on Saturday. Reuters

A jubilant Sania hopped up and down on the court after their victory. For Mirza, it was a maiden women’s doubles title at a Grand Slam although she has won three mixed doubles at the majors. Reuters

5/6A jubilant Sania hopped up and down on the court after their victory. For Mirza, it was a maiden women’s doubles title at a Grand Slam although she has won three mixed doubles at the majors. Reuters

Bringing more joy to Indian tennis was 17-year-old Sumit Nagal, who became the sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title. He won the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon championships with Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam, on Sunday. PTI

6/6Bringing more joy to Indian tennis was 17-year-old Sumit Nagal, who became the sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title. He won the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon championships with Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam, on Sunday. PTI

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