Britain's Anna Smith and her American partner Nicola Melichar have been beaten in the Kremlin Cup women's doubles final by Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova.

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The top seeds won the first set in 26 minutes but had to fend off a comeback from their opponents before prevailing 6-2 3-6 10-3.

It was the fourth doubles title of the year for the Hungarian and Czech pair.

Smith, 29, and Melichar, 24, were in their second WTA final of the season.