Sania In Semis Of Montreal’s Rogers Cup

Sania Mirza and Cara Black cruised past Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears in just 52 minutes to seal a semi-final berth at the WTA Rogers Cup, in Montreal.

The fourth seeded Indo – Zimbabwean pair knocked out the sixth seeded American team 6-2, 6-1 in the lop-sided contest.

Sania and Cara converted six of the 10 break chances in the match in which they won 52 points to 27 of their rivals.

They next face formidable second seeded pair of Su-Wei Hsieh from Taipei and Shuai Peng from China.

Sania and Cara have not beaten Su-Wei and Shuai in three meetings this season so far.

They had lost to them at French Open, Madrid event, and also in the final of the Indian Wells tournament.

Fourth seeds Mirza & Black broke their opponents thrice in succession to start the match and took the first set 6-2 in just under half-an-hour.

Previously, Mirza & Black defeated the Pliskova sisters – Karolina and Kristyna 6-4, 7-6 to reach the quarter-finals.