Sania-Nadiia storm into semis

Sania Mirza and Nadiia Kichenok. Pic/Getty Images

India's Sania Mirza and her Ukrainian partner Nadiia Kichenok entered the women's doubles semi-finals of the Adelaide International 1 WTA event after beating American Shelby Rogers and Heather Watson of Great Britain in a hard-fought contest here on Thursday.

Sania and Nadiia got the better of their rivals 6-0, 1-6, 10-5 in a quarter-final tie that lasted 55 minutes. The Indo-Ukranian duo will now face Australia combination of Ashleigh Barty and Storm Sanders in the Last-4 round of the WTA 500 event.

Sania and Nadiia had earlier knocked out second seeds Gabriella Dabrowski and Giuliana Olmos 1-6, 6-3, 10-8 in the first round. The Adelaide event is a tune up tournament for the Australian Open, starting January 17 in Melbourne.

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