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Sania-Vesnina in Charleston WTA event final

Sania Mirza and Elena notched up a straight-set win over Ji Zheng and Peng Shuai to enter the final.

Sania Mirza and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina notched up a straight-set win over Ji Zheng and Peng Shuai to enter the final of the Family Circle Cup WTA event.

The unseeded Indo-Russian pair won 6-2 7-5 to make the finals and be in contention for their second WTA title together after the triumph at Indian Wells last month.

Sania and Vesnina will now take on the fourth-seeded American duo of Bethannie Mattek-Sands and Meghann Shaughnessy.

Interestingly,the Indo-Russian combine dispatched the American pair 6-0,7-5 in the finals of the Indian Wells event.

In yesterday’s contest,that lasted a little over an hour,Sania and Vesnina dominated the opening set,converting four break points to quite literally run away with it.

The second set turned out to be a humdinger as Sania and Vesnina ended up conceding three breaks of serve,while converting the four opportunities they got.

But the Indo-Russian pair did well to hold its nerves and come out triumphant in the end.

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