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Sania Mirza Ivan Dodig Mixed Doubles Semi-Final Australian Open 2017 Live Score Match Updates

Mirza and Dodig beat Stosur and Groth 6-4, 2-6, 10-5
Updated: 27 January 2017 11:26 IST - Published: 27 January 2017 07:50 IST
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Join us later today for the big one - Rafa Nadal vs Grigor Dimitrov!
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Game, set and match Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig, 6-4, 2-6, 10-5! That's all for now, folks.
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At 9-5, and leading, Mirza and Dodig see a bad forehand from Stosur give them the match! 
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Mirza Dodig lead 8-4 in the tiebreak. 
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Spiffing rally right there. We thought the ball was going right out and Sania Mirza spins it back to life! 
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But Mirza and Dodig have done this before, come back from tiebreak match points down. 
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We're at 2-2 in the match tiebreak  and it's looking tense. 
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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.
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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! 
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But wait, it's not all over....
Mirza and Dodig come running back into this with a hold to love! 
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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.
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Sam Groth isn't best pleased with the chair umpire - but she's one of the best in the business!
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 Closer to the net this time are the Australian pair, with Sania Mirza serving big from the baseline. 
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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!
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There's a medical time-out for Sam Groth, and he's facing some sort of neck pain! 
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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.
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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 !
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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. 
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After two early breaks of serve, one from each team, we're back on level ground! 
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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! 
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And there's the break back. Quickly within the first two games we're now on level terms again.
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Sealed with a forehand! It's game Mirza and Dodig - who take the early break to open.
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And we're off! Stosur and Groth begin serve.
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The winners today will play either Elina Svitolina and Chris Guccione, or Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Abigail Spears.