Shvedova dismisses Mirza
ByReuters
Published 16/02/2007 at 20:51 GMT
Unseeded Russian Yaroslava Shvedova beat second seeded Indian Sania Mirza 6-7 6-4 6-4 to reach her first tour semi finals at the Bangalore Open.
TENNIS Yaroslava Shvedova, WTA Bangalore, 2007
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The 19-year-old recovered from 2-0 down in the decider against the world number 49 after they won a set each.
Top seed and defending champion Mara Santangelo of Italy eased past Japan's Yurika Sema 6-1 6-4 in the quarter-finals.
In the semi-finals on Saturday Santangelo will meet Olga Savchuk of Ukraine, who beat fourth seed and last year's finalist Jelena Kostanic of Croatia 6-3 6-4.
Shvedova will meet Israel's Tzipora Obziler, who beat Hungarian Melinda Czink 6-4 7-6 in the quarter-finals.
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