Sania and Somdev cruise into finals

India has sealed at least two Silver medals in tennis after Sania Mirza advanced to the women's singles final and top seed Somdev Devvarman stormed into the men's singles final.

After losing the first set 1-6, Sania made a strong comeback in the second set to beat Australia's Olivia Rogowska 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 to seal a berth in the final and at least a Silver.

Somdev, ranked 97th, outplayed third seed and world number 165 Ebden 6-3, 6-1 in one hour and 11 minutes in the men's singles semifinals at the Centre Court of the R K Khanna Tennis stadium.

He will face another Australian, Greg Jones, in the final.

Unlike the previous matches, the semifinal featured long rallies but Somdev had strong enough legs and stamina to outlast his opponent.

Ebden was coming into this match after playing an energy-sapping three-setter against British Joshua Goodall and perhaps had not recovered from the gruelling encounter.

Nevertheless, he did pose some questions for Somdev but the Indian was equipped with enough answers.

The match never rose to expected highs ever since Ebden dropped his serve in the first game. The Australian slowly picked up but Somdev gradually tightened his grip over the match.

The Indian broke Ebden twice in both the sets.

He is also in contention in the men's doubles and is scheduled to play semifinals with Rohan Bopanna later in the day.