Sania-McHale cruise to semifinals at Cleveland

Sania Mirza and Christina McHale will take on Norway's Ulrikke Eikeri and American Catherine Harrison in the semifinals of Tennis in the Land tournament.

CLEVELAND, OH - AUGUST 26: Sania Mirza of India and Christina McHale of USA wave to fans after winning their quarterfinal doubles match against Shuai Zhang of China and Lucie Hradecká of Czechia day 5 of the Cleveland Championships at Jacobs Pavilion on August 26, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. Lauren Bacho/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Sania Mirza and Christina McHale knocked out the third seeds Lucie Hradecka and Shuai Zhang 6-3, 6-3 in the doubles quarterfinals of the $235,238 WTA tennis tournament here.

The results

$235,238 WTA, Cleveland, USA: Doubles (quarterfinals): Christina Mchale (US) & Sania Mirza bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) & Shuai Zhang (Chn) 6-3, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Himeno Sakatsume & Ramu Ueda (Jpn) bt Sharmada Balu & Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi 7-6(6), 6-2; Choi Ji Hee & Jeong Yeong Won (Kor) bt Nana Kawagishi (Jpn) & Humera Habarmus 6-4, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF men, Trier, Germany: Doubles (quarterfinals): Sandro Kopp (Aut) & Mick Veldheer (Ned) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Manish Sureshkumar 6-3, 6-2.