Chandigarh, Feb 24 (UNI) Third seeded pair of Sania Mirza of India and Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic advanced to the doubles semi-final of the 2,666,000 dollar WTA Dubai Duty Free Tennis Tournament in Dubai. In the quarter-final Sania/Barbora ousted seventh seeded Abigail Spears of USA and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia in straight sets 6-2, 7-5 in one hour and 18 minutes. Sania/Barbora will now face second seeded Russian duo of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina who ousted Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Jelena Ostapenko of Lativia 6-1, 3-6, 10-5 in one hour and 19 minutes. RAJA/SHARAN LOSE: Second seeded pair of Raven Klassen of South Africa and Olympian Rajeev Ram of Indianapolis (USA) defeated Indian pair of Purav Raja and Divij Sharan 7-5, 7-5 in the doubles quarter-final of the
534, 625 Delray Beach Open yesterday. The match lasted one hour and 24 minutes. Klaasen/Ram fired six aces and committed three double faults in reply to three aces and five double faults by Raja/Sharan pair. UNI XC SDR 0739