Sania-Rodionova in Estoril Open semis

Estoril (Portugal): Sania Mirza and her partner Anastasia Rodionova breezed past Megan Moulton-Levy and Lindsay Lee-Waters in straight sets to book a semifinal berth at the Estoril Open here. [caption id=“attachment_297336” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“File photo. Getty Images”] [/caption] The second-seeded Indo-Australian pair needed just 55 minutes to defeat their American rivals 6-0, 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the $220,000 claycourt event. Sania and Rodionova saved four breakpoints in the match and converted five of the chances they got. They will now fight it out with Kazakhstan’s third-seeded pair of Yaroslava Shvedova and Galina Voskoboeva for a place in the final. Rodionova had beaten Sania in the 2010 Commonwealth Games women’s singles final. PTI