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

By Sportskeeda Desk | Last ModifiedJan 27, 2017 05:56 GMT

Mirza and Dodig beat Stosur and Groth 6-4, 2-6, 10-5

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05:56 (GMT)27 JAN 2017

Join us later today for the big one - Rafa Nadal vs Grigor Dimitrov!

05:56 (GMT)27 JAN 2017

Game, set and match Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig, 6-4, 2-6, 10-5! That's all for now, folks.

05:27 (GMT)27 JAN 2017

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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