The Indian mixed doubles pair of G. Sathiyan and Manika Batra, seeded third, entered the semifinals of the WTT Contender Doha on Tuesday, with an 11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8 triumph over Swede’s Kristian Karlsson and Christina Kallberg.
However, the women’s doubles pair of Manika Batra and Archana Kamath lost in the quarterfinals to Taipei’s Huang Yi-Hua and Chen Szu-Yu 11-5, 11-9, 11-6.
Sathiyan and Manika will next take on the Hong Kong duo of Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem, the second seed later on Tuesday night.