Australian Open : Sania-Hingis Advance To Women’s Doubles Final

27 January, Melbourne

The duo of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis has advanced to the women’s doubles final of the Australian Open Tennis championships. In the semi-final in Melbourne Wednesday, the top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair easily overcame the German-Czech combination of Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova in straight sets 6-1, 6-0.

Meanwhile, the semi-final line ups for both Men’s and Women’s Singles were drawn Wednesday in the Australian Open Tennis championships, with the completion of the remaining quarter-final matches in both sections in Melbourne.

In the men’s semi-finals on Friday, defending champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia will meet Swiss star Roger Federer, while Andy Murray of Britain will take on Milos Raonic of Canada.

In today’s quarter-finals, while World number two Andy Murray beat Spanish 8th seed David Ferrer in four sets 6-3, 6-7 6-2, 6-3, 13th seed Milos Raonic of Canada overcame French 23rd seed Gael Monfils, also in four sets 6-3, 3-6,6-3, 6-4.

The semi-final line-up for tomorrow’s Women’s Singles will be:- American Serena Williams versus Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland, and Angelique Kerber of Germany versus Johanna Konta of Britain.

In the quarter-finals played today, while Kerber defeated two-time champion Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-3, 7-5, unseeded Konta beat Chinese qualifier Zhang Shuai 6-4, 6-1 to become the first British woman since 1983 to reach the semifinals of a Grand Slam.