PATTAYA: India's Sania Mirza and her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova beat Hao-ching Chan and Yung-jan Chan of Chinese Taipei to win the women's doubles event at the Pattaya Open here Sunday.
The top seeds came back from a set down to win the title in a nervy super tie-break 3-6, 6-1, 10-8. The Indian-Australian pair won 68 percent points on their first serve and took an hour and six minutes to dispose of their opponents.
Earlier in the day, Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova successfully retained her singles title after beating fourth seed Russian Maria Kirilenko 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-3.