Sania Mirza reached the Wimbledon doubles semifinal for the first time in her career after she and Elena Vesnina came from behind to beat Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja on Wednesday. The fourth seed Indo-Russian pair recorded a 3-6 6-4 7-5 win over the unseeded Spanish pair in the quarterfinal. Reaching the quarterfinals with American partner Bathanie Mattek in 2008 was her best performance till Wednesday’s match. The Roland Garros finalists faced stiff resistance from the giant killing Spanish combo but they quickly got back into the rhythm to prevail in a hard-fought battle. Sania and Vesnina will next face the winner of the other quarterfinal match between the Chinese pair of Shuai Peng and Jie Zheng and Czech Republic’s Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.
Wimbledon results
LONDON, June 29, 2011 (AFP) – Results from the ninth day of Wimbledon on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
Men’s singles
Quarter-finals
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x12) bt Roger Federer (SUI x3) 3-6, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Novak Djokovic (SRB x2) bt Bernard Tomic (AUS) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Women’s doubles
Quarter-finals
Sania Mirza/Elena Vesnina (IND/RUS x4) bt Nuria Llagostera Vives/Arantxa Parra (ESP/ESP) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Sania-Vesnina enter doubles semis
