Sania-Cara reach women’s doubles semis
5 Sept 2014 5:13 AM IST
India’s Sania Mirza moved into the women’s doubles semifinal of the US Open with partner Cara Black of Zimbabwe after rivals Zarina Diyas and Yi-Fan Xu retired during the quarterfinal. Third seeds Sania and Cara took the first set 6-1 in 40 minutes and won a game in the second set when Kazakh Zarina and her Chinese partner Yi-Fan retired at the Flushing Meadows. Sania and Cara will now face Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the semifinal.
The Swiss-Italian pair registered a 6-4, 6-3 win over fifth seeds Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovakia. Sania has now equalled her best performance here. She had also reached the semis last year with Chinese partner Zheng Jie. In the mixed doubles semi-final, top seeded Sania and her Brazilian partner Bruno Soares will face Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei and Ross Hutchins of Britain on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in the junior boys’ singles second round, South Korean seventh seed Duckhee Lee eased past India’s Sumit Nagal 6-2, 6-2.
The Swiss-Italian pair registered a 6-4, 6-3 win over fifth seeds Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovakia. Sania has now equalled her best performance here. She had also reached the semis last year with Chinese partner Zheng Jie. In the mixed doubles semi-final, top seeded Sania and her Brazilian partner Bruno Soares will face Yung-Jan Chan of Chinese Taipei and Ross Hutchins of Britain on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in the junior boys’ singles second round, South Korean seventh seed Duckhee Lee eased past India’s Sumit Nagal 6-2, 6-2.
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