Sania Mirza of India and Mate Pavic of Croatia won the 4th pair of Gabriela Dabrowski and John Peers to reach the semi-finals of the mix doubles event at Wimbledon. Indo-Croatian, out of sixth place, won 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in a battle in Court 3. Sania, playing her last Wimbledon, reached the semi-double double at Wimbledon for the first time in career his. . Sania's stunning foresight was once again evident, her powerful shots causing her opponents all sorts of trouble.
Sania and Pavic will now face off against the winner of another quarterfinal match between second seed Desirae Krawczyk-Neal Skupski and Jelena Ostapenko-Robert Farah, ranked seventh in the tournament.
Sania was also part of the draw for the two women, but she and her Czech teammate Lucie Hradecka were knocked out in the opening round, losing 6-4, 4-6, 2-6 to Magdalena Frech and Beatriz Haddad Maia.
Earlier, Sania and Pavic's sixth pair reached the quarter-finals double after their second-rivals Ivan Dodig and Latisha Chan handed over the walkover.
Sania and Pavic had beaten David Vega Hernandez of Spain and Natela Dzalamidze of Georgia 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3) in the first round.
Sania has already announced his resignation at the end of this season.
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