Sania Mirza and Chia-Jung Chuang fought valiantly but lost a tough semifinal battle to crash out of the euro 3,500,000 Madrid Open, going down in straight sets against third seeds Kveta Peschke and Lisa Raymod in Madrid.

Sania Mirza and her partner Chia-Jung Chuang advanced to the semifinals of the $4,500,000 Madrid Open after Russian-Belarussian duo of Victoria Azarenka and Elena Vesnina conceded their quarterfinal match in Madrid.

The world No 1 made just three unforced errors on Wednesday, playing on his favored clay surface in front of Spain's Queen Sofia, and converted all four of his break points.

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the euro 3,700,000 Madrid Open along with their respective partners after getting a bye in the first round.