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Sania Mirza defeated third seed Cory Ann Avants of the US 6-2, 6-3 in the finals of the Boca Raton Classic Women8217;s ITF Tennis Tournament at Florida.
This is the seventh international title for the 17-year-old Wimbledon girls8217; doubles champion and the first in USA. In a scintillating display of power tennis, unseeded Sania raised the level of her game to dislodge the highly rated American girl 282 to win the coveted title.
8220;The one month coaching stint at Italy has paid off,8221; her father Imaran Mirza said here expressing happiness on Sania8217;s title win in USA.
Sania displayed her power packed play from the start depriving the American any room to come back winning the first set at 6-2 and the script was similar in the second set which she won 6-3. The title gave Sania nine WTA points and with the help of 3.25 points, gathered by reaching quarter-finals of the Chris Evert Tournament last week, she should push her ranking from 461 to under 400 which would be a leap by over 60 places.
