Sania Mirza-Peng Shuai enter semis of China Open
October 7, 2017
BEIJING: India’s Sania Mirza and her partner Peng Shuai had to battle hard to seal their place in the semi-finals of the China Open tennis championships, here on Friday.
The third-seeded Indo-Chinese pair of Sania and Peng came from a set down to beat fifth seeded Czech pair of Barbara Strycova and Katerina Siniakova 4-6 6-2 10-7 in the quarter- finals.
Sania and Peng will now face Swiss Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-jan of Chinese Taipei in the last-four round on Saturday.
Highlights
- Sania and Peng came from a set down to beat fifth seeded Czech pair of Barbara Strýcová and Katerina Siniaková 4-6 6-2 10-7 in the quarter- finals
- Sania and Peng will now face Swiss Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-jan of Chinese Taipei
