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 today, 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 today 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.
News On AIR | January 27, 2016 6:03 PM
Australian Open: Sania-Hingis advance to women's doubles final