Sania Mirza-Shuai Zhang pair enters Ostrava Open final

The second seeded Indo-Chinese duo defeated the Japanese pair 6-2 7-5 in the semifinals in one hour 21 minutes.

Zhang and Mirza in action against Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya on Saturday.

Sania Mirza and Shuai Zhang pair beat Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya 6-2, 7-5 in the doubles semifinals of the $565,530 WTA tennis tournament in Czech Republic.

The 34-year-old Sania now has a chance to win her first title of the 2021 season. She had a runners-up finish at the WTA 250 Cleveland event in the USA last month with Chirstina Mchale.

The results

$565,530 WTA, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Doubles (semifinals): Shuai Zhang (Chn) & Sania Mirza bt Eri Hozumi & Makoto Ninomiya (Jpn) 6-2, 7-5.

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Doubles (semifinals): Yasmine Mansouri (Fra) & Himari Sato (Jpn) bt Honoka Kobayashi (Jpn) & Jennifer Luikham 6-0, 6-3.