Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis Enter Wimbledon Semis | News World India

Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis beat 9th seeds Casey Dellacqua and Yarsolava Shvedova to enter women’s doubles semis of Wimbledon 2015 on Wednesday.

The Indo-Swiss pair defeated Australian-Kazak duo 7-5, 6-3 in a hard-fought quarterfinal.

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Sania and Hingis took over 40 minutes to seal a nail-biting first set 7-5 to draw first blood.

The second set was also neck-to-neck until Dellacqua and Shvedova were broken midway to give Sania and Hingis a 5-3 lead. They went on to take the set 6-3 to win the match.

Sania and Hingis will face fifth seeds Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears from USA in the semis.

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