<p>Sania and Vesnina beat eighth seeds Mattek-Sands and Shaughnessy 6-0 7-5.<br /><br />Mirza and Vesnina, who were quarterfinalists at Dubai and Doha in February, were unseeded here but they lost just 19 games in their first four matches, including a surprise 6-2 6-3 upset over seventh seeds Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.<br /><br />Sania abnd Vesnina won the first set in just 25 minutes.<br /><br />The Americans came back in the second set taking a 5-1 lead, but Sania and Vesnina then notched up six straight games to lift the trophy on center court.<br /><br />"We weren't even supposed to play here, because initially I wasn't going to play Indian Wells. Now we're planning to play the rest of the year," Sania said.<br /><br />"We tried playing together in Dubai and Doha and it worked fine. From our first match you could see it was already a team. It really works," Vesnina added.<br />Sania and Vesnina have been among the top-30 in singles.<br /><br />"It improves certain areas of your game you don't use in singles," Sania said.<br />"People who do better in doubles, they go into singles and go to net and use certain serves more. It has always helped me - I guess I'm Indian, doubles comes more naturally to me!" she added.<br /><br />This was Sania's 10th WTA doubles title, Vesnina picked up her fourth.<br />Mattek-Sands and Shaughnessy, who had upset third seeds Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova en route to the final, were playing their fourth WTA doubles final as a team and now have a 1-3 record in those (winning in Paris this year).</p>
<p>Sania and Vesnina beat eighth seeds Mattek-Sands and Shaughnessy 6-0 7-5.<br /><br />Mirza and Vesnina, who were quarterfinalists at Dubai and Doha in February, were unseeded here but they lost just 19 games in their first four matches, including a surprise 6-2 6-3 upset over seventh seeds Iveta Benesova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.<br /><br />Sania abnd Vesnina won the first set in just 25 minutes.<br /><br />The Americans came back in the second set taking a 5-1 lead, but Sania and Vesnina then notched up six straight games to lift the trophy on center court.<br /><br />"We weren't even supposed to play here, because initially I wasn't going to play Indian Wells. Now we're planning to play the rest of the year," Sania said.<br /><br />"We tried playing together in Dubai and Doha and it worked fine. From our first match you could see it was already a team. It really works," Vesnina added.<br />Sania and Vesnina have been among the top-30 in singles.<br /><br />"It improves certain areas of your game you don't use in singles," Sania said.<br />"People who do better in doubles, they go into singles and go to net and use certain serves more. It has always helped me - I guess I'm Indian, doubles comes more naturally to me!" she added.<br /><br />This was Sania's 10th WTA doubles title, Vesnina picked up her fourth.<br />Mattek-Sands and Shaughnessy, who had upset third seeds Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova en route to the final, were playing their fourth WTA doubles final as a team and now have a 1-3 record in those (winning in Paris this year).</p>
