Sania cruises through to semi-finals

Sania Mirza continued to roll as she stormed into the semi finals of the Moorilla International Open with a straight-set victory over home favourite Alicia Molik in Hobart today.

Sania Mirza continued to roll as she stormed into the semi finals of the Moorilla International Open with a straight-set victory over home favourite Alicia Molik in Hobart today.

The 20-year old Indian thrashed Molik, her doubles partner, 6-4, 6-1 in the quarter finals of the $145,000 WTA Tour event, a lead up to the Australian Open starting next Monday.

Former world No. 8 Mollik, down to 165 in world rankings after 18 months plagued by illness and injury, said she took confidence from her performance, though her serve was poor.

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“I’ve had three matches here in singles. I would have loved to have won today but it didn’t go my way,” Molik said.

“It just means I’ll get out there and work harder tomorrow. “There’s a couple of things I’d really like to work on over the next few days but I think often you learn more from your losses than your wins. Certainly I think I do.”

Sania, however, tasted defeat in the doubles as she and Molik went down fighting 6-7 (5), 6-7 (1) to second seeds Maria Elena Camerin of Italy and Gisela Dulko of Russia in the quarter finals.

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