Sania-Hingis pair in semifinals of Guangzhou event

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis stormed into the semifinals of the women's doubles of the Guangzhou Open tennis tournament with a straight-set victory over their rivals here today.
The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair beat unseeded German-Romanian duo of Anna-Lena Friedsam and Monica Niculescu 6-2 6-3 in the quarter-finals in just an hour and five minutes at the Guangzhou International Tennis Center.
Sania and Martina, who recently won the US Open doubles title, will take on Israeli-Swedish combination of Julia Glushko and Rebecca Peterson in the semifinals of the USD 226,750 hard court event tomorrow.