LOS ANGELES, August 8: Sania Mirza's sensational form continued unabated as she upset seventh seed Marina Hingis to storm into the quarter-finals of the $600,000 East West Bank Classic tournament.
Sania beat the World number 12 Swiss 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 to enter the last eight at the Tier II hard court tournament.
Sania will play the winner of French Virginie Razzano and her good friend Shahar Peer of Israel in the quarter-finals.
The Hyderabadi achieved a career-best WTA ranking of 30 riding on the back of her sterling form at the US hardcourt for the past three weeks.
Sania's impressive build up to the US Open started with the Cincinnati Open where she reached the quarter-finals and followed it up with a final berth at Stanford and a semi-final appearance at Acura Classic last week.
Three top-20 players in Tatiana Golovin, Patty Schnyder, Dinara Safina bore the burnt of Sania's fury in last three weeks.
On Wednesday, it was the turn of former Wimbledon Champion Hingis.
With this win, Sania's record against Hingis stands 2-2, the last two having gone in the favour of the Indian.
Sania got off the blocks in a flash and broke Hingis twice to take the opener with ease.
A resurgent Hingis fought her way back and broke Sania twice and saved two break points to equalise.
However, Sania got her act together in the decider and held serve besides breaking Hingis once to seal the issue in the thrilling match that lasted a little over one and a half hour.
The Indian had earlier beaten the former world number in straight sets at a hard court event in Seoul last year.
In doubles, Sania has teamed up with American Bethanie Mattek and the duo will open its campaign against the Slovakian-Dutch pair of Janette Husarova and Michaella Krajicek.
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