At 9-5, and leading, Mirza and Dodig see a bad forehand from Stosur give them the match!
05:25 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Mirza Dodig lead 8-4 in the tiebreak.
05:25 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Spiffing rally right there. We thought the ball was going right out and Sania Mirza spins it back to life!
05:20 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
But Mirza and Dodig have done this before, come back from tiebreak match points down.
05:19 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
We're at 2-2 in the match tiebreak and it's looking tense.
05:15 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Mirza and Dodig bring that to deuce - but crucially, double fault! Since we're in the mixed doubles, it'll now go to a match tiebreak.
05:14 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Unforced errors are coming at bad times for Mirza and Dodig and Sam Stosur's forehand is blindingly fast. We're already at set point now for the Aussies - and Stosur misses! A cross-court forehand volley goes very wide and Stosur yells NO!
Still another set point to go!
05:08 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
But wait, it's not all over.... Mirza and Dodig come running back into this with a hold to love!
05:03 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
A double fault here from Mirza and Dodig gives the Australians the early break in the second. But if anyone can fight back, it's the Mirza-Dodig pair, who were down four match points in their QF and STILL won.
05:02 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Sam Groth isn't best pleased with the chair umpire - but she's one of the best in the business!
05:02 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Closer to the net this time are the Australian pair, with Sania Mirza serving big from the baseline.
04:56 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
We're now getting to longer service games and Sam Stosur sends a really messy, wild forehand off the racquet frame. She's angry with herself, the photographer is shocked, and we don't need the chair umpire to tell us twice that's OUT!
It's gone into the stands!
04:47 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
There's a medical time-out for Sam Groth, and he's facing some sort of neck pain!
04:39 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Something's not right with Groth - he's getting more and more incensed as the match goes on, and there's another break of serve from Mirza and Dodig! They'll serve for the set now.
04:32 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Crucial break of serve and some big, big serving here from Groth and Stosur! Stosur way behind the baseline and playing deep - Groth trying the same thing a bit closer to the net, and it goes awry. A long shot from the Aussie gives Mirza and Dodig the return break !
04:23 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Sam Groth is angry. "What on earth is going on with my second serve?"
It's funny, it's his coach whom he's yelling that.
That anger's led to the Aussie pair's 5th double fault so far.
04:22 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
After two early breaks of serve, one from each team, we're back on level ground!
04:22 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Some great attacking volleys here from both ends. Let us remind you, this is no-Ad scoring - which means that the deciding point is played at deuce!
04:15 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
And there's the break back. Quickly within the first two games we're now on level terms again.
04:11 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Sealed with a forehand! It's game Mirza and Dodig - who take the early break to open.
04:09 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
And we're off! Stosur and Groth begin serve.
04:05 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
The winners today will play either Elina Svitolina and Chris Guccione, or Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Abigail Spears.
04:04 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Both teams are positive and then some - and it's sunny weather in Melbourne. No hiccups here!
03:05 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Groth and Stosur ousted Leander Paes and Martina Hingis in the quarter-finals, in what was a one-sided, straight sets win.
03:04 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
They'll be up against the powerful all-Aussie duo of Sam Stosur and Sam Groth today.
03:04 (GMT)27 JAN 2017
Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig were the champs in 2015, but lost out on the title last year.
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