Mirza-McHale storm into final of Cleveland event

Sania Mirza celebrates a point during her doubles tie against Ulrikke Eikeri and Catherine Harrison. Pic/Getty Images

Ace Indian tennis player Sania Mirza and her American partner Christina McHale sailed into the women's doubles final of the Tennis in the Land tournament with a straight-set win over Ulrikke Eikeri and Catherine Harrison.

Mirza and McHale took one hour and 23 minutes to defeat the Norwegian-American pair 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the semi-finals of the WTA 250 tournament on Friday. The unseeded Indian-American pair will battle it out for the top honours with top seeds Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara of Japan in the summit clash.

Mirza and McHale had notched comprehensive wins without dropping a set in their previous two games.

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