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Sania-McHale cruise to semifinals at Cleveland

By PTI

Published: Published Date - 05:45 PM, Fri - 27 August 21

Sania Mirza of India and Christina McHale of USA fist bump during the first set of their quarterfinal doubles match against Shuai Zhang of China and Lucie Hradeck? of Czechia day 5 of the Cleveland Championships at Jacobs Pavilion on August 26, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo: AFP The Indian-American pair impressed on first serve (78.9%) and converted five out of nine break points to claim a comfortable victory

Cleveland: India’s Sania Mirza and her American partner Christina McHale cruised to the semifinals of Tennis in the Land tournament with a straight set win over Lucie Hradecka and Shuai Zhang here.

Mirza and McHale hardly broke a sweat, beating Czech Republic’s Hradecka and her Chinese partner Zhang 6-3 6-3 in one hour one minute in the women’s doubles quarterfinals Thursday night.

The Indian-American pair impressed on first serve (78.9%) and converted five out of nine break points to claim a comfortable victory.

Mirza and McHale will take on Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri and American Catherine Harrison in the semifinals.

They are yet to drop a set in the tournament as they had defeated Georgia’s Oksana Kalashnikova and her Romanian partner Andreea Mitu 6-3 6-2 in the opening round.

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