Doha: India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza stormed into the women's singles semifinal while the crack doubles duo of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi also kept themselves on track for a gold medal in the Asian Games tennis events here yesterday (Dec 11, 2006) .

The fourth seeded Sania gave ample display of her class and her improving form by making short work of Thailand's Suchanun Viratrasert with a clinical 6-3 6-2 victory at the Khalifa International stadium.

The 19-year-old Sania broke her Thai opponent in the first, seventh and ninth games to wrap up the first set in 32 minutes and continued with the same intensity in the second set to clinch the match in just a little more than an hour.

The Hyderabadi girl will now take on top seed and the upcoming Chinese star Li Na in the semifinals tomorrow.

"I felt good. I was hitting the ball well and I was confident. My fitness has been my weakness in the past. I have been working on it for the past five months. The work has paid off here," Sania said after the match.

The top-seeded Paes and Bhupathi, who have shared a troubled off-court relationship for long, put up a clinical display to oust Pakistan's Aisam Qureshi and Aqeel Khan 6-2, 6-4 scoreline in the men's doubles quarterfinal.