Muhammad and Schuurs Win First Team Title

In their second WTA 1000 doubles event as a team, American Asia Muhammad and Dutchwoman Demi Schuurs defeated Tereza Mihalikova and Olivia Nicholls, 6-2, 7-6(4) for their first team title on Saturday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Muhammad, a 2022 runner-up in the California desert with Ena Shibahara, claims her 12th career WTA doubles title; Schuurs gets her 20th, and sixth at the 1000 level.

“We started this week, and I told [Asia] I never play well here,” said Schuurs after raising the trophy. “She told me: ‘I always play well here.’ So I was like, what are we gonna choose? We chose to play well and we won the title.”

“We’ve really trusted the process this year, and it paid off earlier than expected,” said a smiling Muhammad, who lives and trains in Las Vegas.

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