Sania-Cara beat Chan-Zhang to reach China Open semis

sania-mirza 1Beijing: Sania Mirza and her partner Cara Black got the better of Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zhang 6-4, 6-1 in the quarterfinals of China Open tennis tournament here on Thursday.

The eight seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair notched up a straight-game win over the Chinese Taipei duo at the China National Tennis Center here.

Sania and Cara converted four breakpoints out of the nine chances that came there way and also had a better first serve point percentage than their rivals.


The Indo-Zimbabwe pair will next take on the top seeded Italian combination of Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani in the semifinals.

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