The all-Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna will tackle the third-seeded American-British duo of Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski, reigning Wimbledon champions, within the blended doubles semifinal of Australian Open 2023 on the Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday.
The Indian pair was given a walkover by the Latvian-Spanish duo of Jelena Ostapenko and David Vega Hernandez within the quarterfinals on Tuesday
Mirza and Bopanna had begun their marketing campaign with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over native wildcards Jaimee Fourlis and John Peers earlier than beating Uruguay’s Ariel Behar and Japan’s Makoto Ninomiya, 6-4, 7-6 (9) within the pre-quarterfinals on Monday.
The 36-year-old Mirza, who is ready to retire from the game after subsequent month’s Dubai Masters, received the blended doubles crown in Melbourne with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in 2009. She additional went on to win 5 extra Grand Slams, two of which got here in blended doubles.
With Bopanna, she has beforehand performed blended doubles as soon as at French Open (2011) and twice at Wimbledon (2011, 2021) with the pair’s greatest end result collectively being a quarterfinal-finish on the All England Club in 2011. They did, nevertheless, end fourth on the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Where to observe 2023 Australian Open in India?
In India, viewers will be capable of watch the stay telecast of the Australian Open on the Sony Sports Network and stream the matches stay on the SonyLiv app and JioTV.
The estimated begin time of the Mirza-Bopanna vs Krawczyk-Skupski blended doubles semifinal is 11:15AM IST.