The top seeded pair of Sania Mirza and Yaroslava Shvedova stormed into the doubles semifinals of the USD 220,000 Citi Open after beating Lindsay Lee-Waters and Megan Moulton-Levy in straight sets here. The Indo-Kazakh pair recorded a comfortable 6-3 6-4 win in the quarter-finals over the American combination. Sania,returning to action after a three-week break,had lost in the singles first round to Canadian Stephanie Dubois 5-7 4-6.
