Simona Halep will face seven-time champion Serena Williams for the title on Saturday.

India's Sania Mirza reached her first Grand Slam semifinal of the 2017 season with Shuai Peng after edging past Timea Babos and Andrea Hlavackova in a close two-set battle at the US Open

Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova were outdone in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 by the unseeded pair of Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan.

Sania and Barbora lost the opening set of their semi-final clash on Saturday before staging a brilliant comeback to script a 6-7 6-1 10-4 against their fifth-seeded opponents.

The Indo-Czech pair suffered a 4-6, 4-6 defeat against Switzerland's Martina Hingis and Taiwan's Yung-jan Chan in the quarter-final.

Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova could next face the team of Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-jan in the Indian Wells women's doubles quarterfinals.

This time last year Johanna Konta, 25, was a largely unknown entity, but her run to the Australian Open last four in 2016 put her on the map and she followed it up with a stellar season that saw her named the WTA's most improved player

While Leander Paes won his mixed doubles first round match, Sania Mirza went down in her women's doubles Round 3 encounter at the Australian Open.

While Sania Mirza progressed to third round in women's doubles, Rohan Bopanna lost his men's doubles second round match.

Sania Mirza and her Czech partner Barbora Strycova registered an easy 6-3, 6-1 win against the British pair of Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith.