Italian Open semi finals: Sania Mirza-Yaroslava Shvedova lose in tournament

Rome : India's Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan lost in the semi-finals of the Italian Open tennis tournament here on Saturday.

The third seeded Indo-Kazakh pair lost 3-6, 6-7(7) against second seeds Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Chan Yung-jan of Chinese Taipei in a semi-final of the red clay event.