Sania Mirza and Shuai Zhang enter Finals of WTA 500 Ostrava Open

By Radhika Aggarwal | AITA

Former world no.1 in doubles, India’s Sania Mirza and her partner Shuai Zhang of China beat Makoto Nonomiya and Eri Hozumi in the doubles semi-finals 6-2, 7-5 of the $565,530 WTA 500 Ostrava Open in the Czech Republic yesterday.

The straight-sets victory came in just 81 minutes for the winning Indo-Chinese duo who are seeded second in the doubles draw.

Defeating the 4^th seeds in the semis, Mirza and Zhang have booked their finals of the Ostrava Open against the third-seeded American-Kiwi pairing of Kaitlyn Christian and Erin Routliffe.

Previously, Sania Mirza and Shuai Zhang defeated Anna Danilina and Lidziya Marozava 6-3, 3-6, [10-6] in the doubles quarter-finals on Friday.

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