Sania-Strykova in Pan Pacific Open final

The Indo-Czech pair took an hour and 18 minutes to emerge victorious from the tough battle against their unseeded opponents here on Friday, winning 66 of the total 121 points played.  They earlier registered a commanding 6-2,6-2 victory over Miyu Kato and Yifan Xu in the semi-finals and beat Misaki Doi and Kurumi Nara 6-7 (3),7-5,10-8 in the first round. The second seeds will face China’s Chen Liang and Zhaoxuan Yang, who defeated Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears from the United States 4-6, 6-2, 10-5. It will the first meeting between the two pairs. Sania and her new partner Strycova, won the Cincinnati last month.