Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova are women’s doubles champions at Pan Pacific Open

And they did it! India’s Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova smashed a straight sets win over China’s Chen Liang and Zhaoxuan Yang 6-1, 6-1 in the final, and with this triumph the duo clinched the titles of the women’s doubles at Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Saturday.

News Flash: 2nd seeds @MirzaSania / Strycova win Toray Pan Pacific Open (Japan) Doubles title with 6-1, 6-1 victory over Long/Yang pic.twitter.com/oMMSklpBSI

— India_AllSports (@India_AllSports) September 24, 2016

Earlier on Friday, the second seeds Sania and Strycova defeated the unseeded pair of Canada’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Spain’s Maria Jose Martina Sanchez in semi-finals in Tokyo. Getting stronger with every game, the duo demolished their opponents in the final in no time.

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The pair has had a good run, having beaten Misaki Doi  and Kurumi Nara 6-7 (3), 7-5, 10-8 in the first round of the women’s doubles event, won over Martina Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe 7-5, 6-4 in the final of Cincinnati Open last month, and  also had played one Grand Slam together, entering the quarter-finals of the US Open last month but unfortunately were defeated.

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