Sania-Chan in Istanbul Cup doubles final

NEW DELHI: Top seeded Sania Mirza is eyeing her second WTA doubles tennis title in as many weeks by advancing to the final of $200,000 Istanbul Cup on Friday.

Sania and her new partner Yung-Jan Chan of Taipei overcame stiff resistance from Mervana Jugic-Salkic of Bosnia and Italian Romina Oprandi to win 6-7 (3/7), 6-0, 10-5 in the semifinal.

Sania and Yung-Jan were leading 5-1 in the opening set after breaking their opponents in the first game of the match but squandered the advantage by allowing Mervana and Romina to rally back to level scores 5-5 and stretch the game into the tie breaker.

But it was a completely different story in the second set, which Sania and Yung-Jan dominated to take the match into super tie-breaker and seal the match in their favour.

Sania won her fourth WTA doubles title at the Morocco Open at Fes, Morocco, partnering Vania King of America last week.