Chakvetadze downs Mirza for second successive title

	Chakvetadze completely dominated the proceedings against Sarnia Mirza (Action Images / Brian Snyder)

Chakvetadze downs Mirza for second successive title

STANFORD, California, July 29, 2007 (AFP) - Top-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze cruised past India's Sania Mirza 6-3, 6-2 to capture her second WTA Tour title in as many weeks.

Chakvetadze had earned a three-set victory against Mirza in the semi-finals en route to the title at Cincinnati last week, and Mirza was unable to improve on that result in this 600,000-dollar hardcourt tournament.

Chakvetadze, ranked eighth in the world, claimed her fourth title of the season, after triumphs at Cincinnati, Hobart and 's-Hertogenbosch.

Mirza, playing in her first Tier II final, had upset three seeded opponents en route to the final, ousting No. 4 Patty Schnyder, No. 6 Tatiana Golovin and No. 8 Sybille Bammer.

Her wins over Golovin and Schnyder were her first over top-20 opponents in a 2007 season that has been disrupted by a knee injury that required surgery in March and sidelined her for more than two months.