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Mirza makes Pattaya City semifinals

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Published: Feb. 9, 2007 at 11:46 PM

PATTAYA CITY, Thailand, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Sania Mirza beat No. 3 Mara Santangelo of Italy, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), in a quarterfinal match Friday at the Pattaya Open tennis tournament.

Mirza, a native of India, will join fourth-seeded Shuai Peng of China, No. 6 seed Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Austria's Sybille Bammer in Saturday's semifinals.

Shuai, who is the event's highest remaining seed, beat Israeli Tzipora Obziler, 6-3, 6-2.

Dulko topped Aussie Nicole Pratt, 6-2, 6-3, and the unseeded Bammer was a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, winner over Martina Sucha of Slovakia, who was also unseeded.

The tournament's winner Sunday will collect $23,700.

Topics: Gisela Dulko, Mara Santangelo, Nicole Pratt, Sania Mirza, Sybille Bammer
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