Unseeded Sania combines with Nadiia Kichenok (Ukraine) to defeat second seed Chinese team of Shaui Peng and Shuai Zhang 6-4 6-4 in the WTA final in Hobart

It is Mirza's first WTA title in just over two years and 42nd of her storied doubles career.

"Can I go on court and say, Everybody stop play? I can try. I don't think that's going to do much. Maybe it was all a bit late. But I don't think I can do more than what I did."

Mirza, back from a two-year absence from the tour after having her baby, paired with Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok to win their semi-final clash over Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic and Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek, 7-6(3), 6-2, and move into the summit clash.

The fifth-seeded Indo-Ukrainian combination will now lock horns with the Slovenian-Czech pair of Tamara Zidansek and Marie Bouzkova.

Sania and Kichenok raised the bar in the final set and displayed superior returns to emerge triumphant.

Her outfit, listed as "a bespoke Nike dress made specifically for Serena", was worn by the American when she beat Italy's Camila Giorgi in the first round at Auckland.

Youngster Karteek, who won twin titles in boys singles and doubles categories in the all India National ranking tennis tournament last week, lost the match 5-7, 4-6 in a closely-contest game.

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More than 250 young tennis enthusiasts from across the country attended trials where they showcased their tennis expertise, agility and communication skills.

Earlier, Sai Karteek edged past UP player Rudra Kapoor 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 in the second round and Anurag Saran (Odisha) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 in the first round.

The group phase of the ATP Cup, which is being played in Brisbane, Perth and Sydney, will end on January 8.

"He's amazing and I think that in the past he had some trouble because he used to prefer to play on clay much more than hard," said Nadal.

Sujai defeated CH Satya Parthiv 6-2 in the under-8 boys and then downed K Akshith Reddy 6-2 in the under-10 category

Shravya, an Asian Championship medallist, was leading 3-0 in the first set when her opponent Sai Avantika conceded the match

In the singles final, Karteek Reddy powered past Parikshit Somani of Assam 6-4, 6-4. Karteek then combined with Somani to bag the doubles as they beat Loith Aksha Badrinath and Krishna Teja Raja of Tamil Nadu 6-3 6-3.

Williams leads Kuznetsova 10-3 in their head-to-heads dating back to 2004 and has won 23 Grand Slams compared to two for the Russian.