Bhupathi-Vesnina in mixed doubles QF; Sania reaches doubles semis

It was a good day for Vesnina as she earlier partnering India’s Sania Mirza reached the women’s doubles semifinals.

Sania and Vesnina,seeded fourth in the tournament,came from behind to beat unseeded Spanish pair of Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the women’s doubles quarter-final.

Reaching the quarterfinals with American partner Bathanie Mattek in 2008 was her best performance till Wednesday’s match.

The Roland Garros finalists faced stiff resistance from the giant killing Spanish combo but they quickly got back into the rhythm to prevail in a hard-fought battle.

Sania and Vesnina will next face the winner of the other quarter-final match between the Chinese pair of Shuai Peng and Jie Zheng and Czech Republic’s Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia.

Bhupathi-Vesnina may run into the Sania-Rohan Bopanna Indian pair in the mixed doubles semifinals if both the pairs win their respective quarter-finals.

Bopanna and Sania are one step away from making the quarter-finals as they face Czech team of Martin Damm and Renata Voracova in the third round.

Earlier today,they scored a 7-5 6-2 victory over Jamie Murray of Great Britain and Jarmila Gajdosova of Australia in the second round.