Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig held their nerves and saved two match points against Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski before pulling off a tense win to seal a place in the mixed doubles semi-finals of the Australian Open, in Melbourne on Wednesday.
The second seeded Indo-Croatian team of Sania and Dodig felt the heat in the Super Tie-breaker but kept clam and not only saved two match points but also walked away with a 6-4, 3-6, 12-10 victory in the 67-minute quarterfinal.
This defeat ends Bopanna's Australian Open campaign. He and new parter Pablo Cuevas had lost in the men's doubles in the second round with.
Sania had also lost in the women's doubles pre-quarterfinals with Barbora Strycova but is still alive for her overall seventh and fourth mixed doubles Grand Slam title.
In the next match she could face Leander Paes and Martina Hingis, who are playing their quarter-final against local favourites Samantha Stosur and Sam Groth.
Meanwhile, Zeel Desai has reached the junior girls' singles quarter-finals as her opponent, fifth seed Serbian, Olga Danilovic, retired after leading the opening set 5-3.