Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Croatian partner Mate Pavic entered the Wimbledon mixed doubles semi-finals with strong wins over fourth-seeded Gabriela Dabrowski and John Pearce.
Sixth-seeded Mirza and Pavic registered a thrilling 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 win over the Canadian-Australian pair in an hour and 41 minutes on Court 3 on Monday night.
The Indo-Croatian pair will take on the winners of the quarterfinals, which will be between seventh seeds Robert Farah and Jelena Ostapenko and second seeds Neil Skupsi and Desira Krawczyk. This is Mirza’s best-mixed doubles performance at the All England Club. She had earlier reached the quarterfinals in 2011, 2013 and 2015.
Rafael Nadal swept into the Wimbledon quarter-finals on Monday, staying on course for a crunch meeting with Nick Kyrgios, who was on his best behaviour in a battling five-set win.
In the women’s competition, 2019 champion Simona Halep demolished Spanish fourth seed Paula Badosa in just 60 minutes to set up a meeting with Amanda Anisimova.
Nadal, chasing a rare calendar Grand Slam, started his campaign at the All England Club slowly but is now in the groove as he hunts a third Wimbledon crown.
He showed no mercy to Dutch 21st seed Botic van de Zandschulp in their evening clash on Centre Court, overcoming a late wobble to seal a 6-4, 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) win.
Kyrgios earlier shrugged off a shoulder injury to beat US player Brandon Nakashima 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2), 3-6, 6-2.