The top seeded pair of Sania Mirza and Yaroslava Shvedova stormed into the doubles semifinals of the $ 220,000 Citi Open after beating Lindsay Lee-Waters and Megan Moulton-Levy in straight sets here.

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The Indo-Kazakh pair recorded a comfortable 6-3 6-4 win in the quarter-finals over the American combination.
Sania, returning to action after a three-week break, had lost in the singles first round to Canadian Stephanie Dubois 5-7 4-6.
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