Sania-Cara win doubles title in Tokyo

Maintaining her rich vein of form in the current season, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Zimbabwean partner Cara Black on Saturday won the women's doubles title at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, with a 6-2 7-5 victory over Spain's Garbine Muguruza and Carla Suarez Navarro.

This was the second successive triumph for Sania and Black in Tokyo.

In the final, Sania and Cara took just an hour and 15 minutes to dispose off the Spanish challenge as their opponents were no match for them.

The Indo-Zimbabwean pair had a greater percentage (73%) of points won on first serve while

they broke their opponents seven times in the match.

For Sania, it will be the perfect icing on the cake after her US Open mixed doubles triumph with Brazilian partner Bruno Soares.

Sania will now spearhead India's campaign at the ongoing Asian Games in Incheon in what will be a depleted tennis contingent in the absence of Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna and Somdev Devvarman.

Sania, will either pair with left-handed Divij Sharan or big-serving Saketh Myneni in the mixed doubles event, where India have a genuine chance of winning a medal.

Image: Sania Mirza (left) and Cara Black of Zimbabwe pose with the trophy.

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