Edging past seventh seed Asia Muhammad of the United States and Ena Shibahara of Japan 7-5, 7-6(4) to clinch the Women's doubles title at the Indian Wells Open the duo of Xu Yifan and Yang Zhaoxuan won their first WTA Tour title as a team.
In a match that lasted for an hour and 43 minutes The Chinese pair, battled through two very close sets to seal the victory at the WTA 1000 event.
The unseeded duo Xu and Yang made a brilliant come back to win the set 7-5 while in the first set Muhammad and Shibahara, jumped to take a 5-2 lead.
Xu Yifan and Yang could not convert two break points which would have given them a 5-4 lead and a chance to serve for the match making the second set tight.
As the set moved to 5-5 again, in the next game, Xu volleys erased two set points. The Chinese team jumped to take a 6-3 lead and triple championship point in the tie-break. On the second, one final Xu's winner clinched the title whereas a strong Muhammad took care of one championship point.
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