Cara Black and Sania Mirza needed just 59 minutes to defeat defending champions Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai, 6-1, 6-0, in the doubles final at the BNP Paribas WTA Finals.
After snatching victory from the jaws of defeat twice already this week, Cara Black and Sania Mirza left nothing to chance in the final. Fifty-nine minutes was all it took for Black and Mirza to dethrone defending champions Hsieh Su-Wei and Peng Shuai, and ensure their final tournament together ended on a high.
The 6-1, 6-0 victory was a fairytale ending to their 13-month spell together, although the final chapter nearly had a very different outcome. In their two previous matches, Black and Mirza negotiated dramatic finishes, saving match points in both.
"That's tennis, it gives you another chance," Mirza said.
"You've got to fight and this just proves it, and today we won the tournament. It's been an amazing ride, an amazing journey." From the moment Black fended off a break point with a delicate drop volley in the second game, it was one-way traffic.
A quarter of an hour later, the set was in the bag when Black sent a backhand flashing past Peng.
