India’s Sania Mirza has reached the semi finals of the WTA Estoril Open in Portugal with Australian partner Anastasia Rodionova.

The second seeded duo beat the American pair of Lindsay Lee-Waters and Moulton-Levy 6-0, 6-4 to reach the last four of the clay court event.

In the singles draw, top seed Roberta Vinci moved into the last eight with an easy win over local wild card Maria Joao Koehler 6-2, 6-0. But second seed Maria Kirilenko and third seed Anabel Medina Garrigues were both beaten in the second round. Former champion Jie Zheng, seeded 5th, was also knocked out.

But sixth seed Kaia Kanepi, seventh seed Nadia Petrova and dangerous Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro managed to book their spots in the quarter finals.

At the WTA event in Budapest, top seed Sara Errani won her 12th consecutive match on the tour on clay with a three set win over Czech Melinda Czink. Errani is now 12-0 on the surface this year. Russian Elena Vesnina scored the big upset, beating second seed Ksenia Pervak 6-2, 6-3.

ESTORIL OPEN

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 – Singles – Second Round

(1) Roberta Vinci (ITA) def. (WC) Maria Joao Koehler (POR) 6-2, 6-0
(Q) Karin Knapp (ITA) def. (2) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 1-6, 6-1, 7-5
Sílvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) def. (3) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
(4) Petra Cetkovska def. (Q) Heather Watson (GBR) 6-3, 6-1
Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) def. (5) Zheng Jie (CHN) 6-4, 6-1
(6) Kaia Kanepi (EST) def. Vania King (USA) 6-3, 6-4
(7) Nadia Petrova (RUS) def. Jarmila Gajdosova (AUS) 7-6(2) ret. (left ankle injury)
Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) def. (9) Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-4, 3-0 ret. (right foot injury)

BUDAPEST GRAND PRIX

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 – Singles – Second Round

(1) Sara Errani (ITA) def. (Q) Melinda Czink (HUN) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
Elena Vesnina (RUS) def. (2) Ksenia Pervak (KAZ) 6-2, 6-3
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) def. (4) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-3, 6-3
(5) Marina Erakovic (NZL) def. (Q) Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) 6-0 ret. (right elbow injury)
(6) Petra Martic (CRO) def. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 6-4, 6-1
Aleksandra Wozniak (CAN) def. Alexandra Cadantu (ROU) 6-7(2), 6-0, 6-0
Anna Tatishvili (GEO) def. (WC) Vanda Lukacs (HUN) 6-1, 6-2
Alberta Brianti (ITA) def. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 5-7, 7-5, 6-4

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