China has secured the women's doubles title at the Pattaya Women's Open tennis tournament as two Chinese pairs have advanced to the final competition.

The doubles final will see recent Australian Open champions Yan Zi and Zheng Jie take on Athens Olympic champions Li Ting and Sun Tiantian.

Yan and Zheng have eliminated Hsieh Su-wei and Tanasugarn Tamarine 6-2, 7-5 to set up a final showdown with their compatriots.

The Sichuan natives, top seeds at the Pattaya Open, have made history two weeks ago in Melbourne, becoming the first Chinese Grand Slam champions in tennis history.

They will go for their 10th consecutive match win as a team against Li and Sun, the number two seeds this week, who also etched their names in the history books when they became China's first ever Olympic tennis medalists by capturing gold at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.

Li and Sun have a 8-6 lifetime rank against Yan and Zheng, but the Australian Open winners have won the last two encounters. The two Chinese pairs have met twice before in Tour finals, with Li and Sun winning 6-3, 6-4 in the Tier III, 2003 Vienna final and Yan and Zheng winning 6-4, 6-1 in the Tier IV, 2005 Hyderabad final.

(CRI February 12, 2006)