Star India tennis player Sania Mirza won her first title of the season as she and Chinese partner Shuai Zhang beat the duo of Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe in the women’s doubles final at the Ostrava Open here on Sunday.
The second-seeded Indo-Chinese duo defeated the third-seeded pair of American Christian and New Zealander Routliffe 6-3, 6-2 in the summit clash in one hour and four minutes.
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The 34-year-old Sania and Zhang had defeated the Japanese pair 6-2, 7-5 in the semi-finals of the WTA 500 event.
This was Sania’s second final of the season, following a runner-up finish at the WTA 250 Cleveland event in the US last month with Chirstina McHale.
