Hubei defended the women's team title in tennis by trouncing their rival, Sichuan, 2-1 at the 10th Chinese National Games on Tuesday.

The first singles reeled off between the 21-year-old Yan Zi of Sichuan and the 23-year-old Li Na of Hubei, both members of the Chinese national team and titlists of Guangzhou International Women's Open.

The match was tipped critical for the final, as Sichuan enjoy great advantage over their rivals in the second singles while Hubei have an upper-hand in the doubles.

The first set saw both players breaking each other before Yan Zi took a lead at 4-2 by saving her serve for the first time in the sixth game. But in the following six games, Li Na came from behind to break Yan's three games and won two of her serving games, taking the fist set 7-5.

In the second set, Li Na, 50th on WTA ranking this week, was broken in her first game and fell behind at 2-0. But she kept remarkable edge over her 102th-ranked rival with powerful strokes, winning six games in a row till seeing off her opponent at 6-2.

In the second singles, Zheng Jie of Sichuan, ranked 42nd in the world, made an easy job by cracking Zhou Jing of Hubei, 992th in the world, with an identical score of 6-0 in less than 35 minutes.

Hubei sealed the match with a 7-5, 6-4 victory in the doubles through Li Ting and Li Na over Zheng Jie and Chen Yin.