Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Lucie Hradecka progressed to the semi-finals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with straight sets win over Japan’s Shuko Aoyama and Aleksandra Krunic of Serbia on Thursday.

Sania and Hradecka, who had received a wild card for the tournament, claimed a 7-5, 6-3 win over the Japanese-Serbian combination in the quarter-finals of the WTA 500 tournament.