September 4, 2014 7:27 PM

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US Open Semi-Finals: Sania Mirza -Cara Black to take on Martina Hingis- Flavia Pennetta

At the U.S. Open in New York, the duo of Sania Mirza and her partner Cara Black will be figuring in the Women's Doubles semi-finals tonight. The Indo-Zimbabwean pair will take on Swiss comeback queen Martina Hingis and Italian Flavia Pennetta. Last night, Sania Mirza along with Bruno Soares overcame the combination of Yung-Jan Chan and Ross Hutchins to reach the US Open mixed doubles summit clash. The top-seeded Indo-Brazilian team beat the unseeded Tapiei-German combine 7-5 4-6 10-7 in the semifinals, which lasted one hour and 33 minutes. Sania and Soares are now up against unseeded pair of Abigail Spears from the USA and Santiago Gonzalez from Mexico. It will be Sania's fifth mixed doubles final appearance at the Grand Slam level, having won Australian Open (2009 & 2012) twice with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi. The 27-year old had reached the Australian Open mixed doubles final this year also but ended runners-up with Romanian partner Horea Tecau. All other Indians have already exited from the last Grand Slam of the season as Rohan Bopanna and Leander Paes fell at different stages of their respective events. There was no Indian playing in the men's singles as Somdev could not qualify for the main draw.

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