Alicia and Olivia relatively comfortable in the second set to beat the top seeds and move into the final - and become our first GB women winners of the day too
Alicia and Olivia are playing their final now. After leading 5-1 they then made heavy weather of wrapping up the first set, which they've eventually done 6.4. They actually lost on points 30-31.
It is the pairs second doubles title together, both at $15K on hard courts, following last years success in Madrid.
An eighth pro title for Olivia, all in doubles, All on hard courts; this evens up the division between her indoor/outdoor titles at 4 a piece.
With this, her first title of 2018, Olivia has now won a pro title in each of the last four consecutive calendar years
For Alicia, a second pro title, following the aforemnetiond Madrid ttle with Olivia last year.
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