Indian Sania Mirza and Chinese Taipei’s Chia-Jung Chuang clinched the women’s doubles trophy at the USD 220,000 MPS Group Championships here. It was the first WTA title of the year for Sania.
The unseeded duo stunned the top seeded Czech-American combine of Kveta Peschke and Lisa Raymond 6-3 4-6 10-7 in a gruelling one and a half hour battle to nocth up their first title together.
For Sania, it was also her eighth career doubles title and her first in more than a year. The Indian last won a doubles title in August 2007 with Italian Mara Santangelo at the New Haven hard-court event in USA.
an elated Sania said after the win that made her and Chuang richer by USD 11,000, “This was our second tournament together, so we have had a lot more match practice together. Kveta and Lisa have been playing for a long time and they’re really experienced, and we’re really happy to have beaten them.”
