Australian Open: Shvedova and Istomin advance to semifinals in Mixed Doubles

In the quarterfinal, the Central Asian pair defeated Nuria Llagostera Vives and David Marrero of Spain in straight sets 6:4 and 7:5.

The match lasted 1 hour and 13 minutes. Shvedova and Istomin broke their opponents four times, while they gave away their serves twice.

Now Shvedova and Istomin will face the winner of the match between Nadia Petrova (Russia)/Mahesh Bhupathi (India) and Jarmila Gajdosova/Matthew Ebden (both Australia).