Shvedova stuns Sania in Bangalore Open quarter-finals

BANGALORE: 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 on Friday.   

The 19-year-old recovered from 2-0 down in the decider against the world number 49 after they won a set each.   

Sania will, however, return to the court later in the evening to play the doubles quarter-finals.

The second-seeded pair of Sania and Mara Santangelo of Italy will play Uberoi sisters Neha, who is representing the US, and Shikha, who is playing for India.

In the other singles quarter-final encounters, top seed Santangelo defeated qualifier Yurika Sema of Japan 6-1, 6-4 and Tzipora Obziler of Israel beat Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) in a match between unseeded players.

The fourth quarter-final match will be played between fourth seed Jelena Kostanic Tosic of Croatia and Olga Savchuk of Ukraine.