Sania Mirza and her Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova beat Haoching Chan and Yung-jan Chan of Chinese Taipei to win the women’s doubles event in Pattaya, Thailand, on Sunday.

This is Sania’s first title of the year and 13th WTA title. She had earlier reached the final of the mixed doubles and women’s doubles in the Australian Open.

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 per cent points on their first serve and took an hour and six minutes to dispose of their opponents.

In form: Sania Mirza bagged her first title of the year in Pattaya, Thailand, on Sunday

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.

Third-seeded Hantuchova took three hours, 14 minutes to win her fifth career title, and first since winning in Thailand a year ago.

‘Even after I lost the first set, I kept fighting and never looked back. This is special for me,’ said Hantuchova, who defended a title for the first time.

Kirilenko had already spent more than nine hours on court just to get to the final, which was her first on the WTA Tour in nearly 16 months. She was a break up in the first set before eventually taking it on a tiebreaker when Hantuchova netted a backhand after one hour, 14 minutes.

Hantuchova hit back to take the second set after securing an early break before Kirilenko had treatment on court for a right hip injury. The Russian double-faulted to give Hantuchova the crucial break and a 5-3 lead in the deciding set.

Hantuchova closed out the win with help of two forehand winners down the line. Not wanting to break a winning routine, Hantuchova said she had eaten chicken fried rice and salad for the past seven days, and was looking forward to trying something different.

‘It could be a pizza or anything. I also kept eating the same thing in Indian Wells and I won.’

Her Russian opponent, world number 26 Kirilenko was playing in her 10th career final, and was hoping for her first title since she beat Samantha Stosur at Seoul in 2008.

source: http://www.DailyMail.co.uk / India / by MAIL TODAY Reporter / February 13th, 2012