Hyderabad: Teen sensation Sania Mirza added one more feather to her cap by becoming the first Indian to win a WTA title when she paired with Lizel Huber of South Africa to win the Hyderabad Open doubles title at the LB Stadium today (Feb 21, 2004).

The Indo-African pair upset third-seed Ting Li and Tian Tian Sun of China 7-6 (7/1) 6-4 to win a purse of $ 6,500 and 95 ranking points. The runners-up went home richer by $ 3,475 and 67 points.

Playing in front of a highly supportive crowd, Sania and Huber raced to a 4-1 lead against the Chinese duo in the first set before they allowed their opponents to crawl back into the match with some unforced errors.

The Chinese pair levelled the score at 5-5 and then broke Sania's serve to take the lead.

However, Huber and Sania recovered very well to force the set into a tiebreaker and then rushed to a 7-1 verdict.

The 17-year-old, who won the Wimbledon girls doubles championship last year, then grew in confidence and complemented World No 11 Huber very well to take the second set and the title with ease.