Sania-Huber win B'lore Open doubles

The 114th ranked India-South African pair prevailed 6-3, 6-3 over the 189th Russian pair in a noisy final encounter.

Second seeds Sania Mirza of India and Liezel Huber of South Africa beat fourth seeded Russian pair Anastassia Rodionova and Elena Vesnina to win the doubles in the $175,000 Bangalore Open tennis tournament on Sunday.

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The 114th ranked India-South African pair prevailed 6-3, 6-3 over the 189th Russian pair in a noisy finals encounter.

Earlier, third seed Mara Santangelo of Italy defeated sixth seed Jelena Kostanic of Croatia 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 in the women's singles finals to take the championship.