Dubai Tennis Championships: Sania-Hradecka pair enters semifinals

Sania and Hradecka, who had received a wild card for the tournament, claimed a 7-5, 6-3 win over the Japanese-Serbian combination in the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament.

Published : Feb 17, 2022 16:31 IST , DUBAI

FILE PHOTO: Sania is a past winner here, having lifted the title in 2013 with USA's Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
FILE PHOTO: Sania is a past winner here, having lifted the title in 2013 with USA's Bethanie Mattek-Sands.
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FILE PHOTO: Sania is a past winner here, having lifted the title in 2013 with USA's Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka progressed to the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a straight set win over Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia here on Thursday.

Sania and Hradecka, who had received a wild card for the tournament, claimed a 7-5, 6-3 win over the Japanese-Serbian combination in the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament.

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The Indo-Czech pair will face the winner of the match between top seeds Japan's Ena Shibahara and China's Shuai Zhang and Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia.

Sania is a past winner here, having lifted the title in 2013 with USA's Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

The 35-year-old, who is India's most accomplished woman tennis player, having won six Grand Slam titles, including three mixed doubles trophies, had earlier announced that 2022 would be her last season. 

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