London: 34-year-old Maria Tatjana has qualified for the women’s singles semi-finals of the Wimbledon Grand Slam tennis series for the first time. Maria Tatjana (ranked 103), who met fellow German Julie Niemeier (22 years old, 97th rank) in the quarterfinals yesterday, lost the first set 4-6. Maria played aggressively in the next set and easily broke Niamir’s service games to win 6-2 and the tie was reached.
Sania advances: India’s Sania Mirza and Matt Pavic (Croatia) advanced to the semi-finals after defeating John Pearce (Aus) and Dabrowski (Canada) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 in the mixed doubles quarterfinals.