On Wednesday, Luxembourg's Mandy Minella, together with playing partner Tita Torro-Flor (ESP), won through to the semi-finals of the doubles tournament at the Brasil Tennis Cup in Florianopolis, Brazil.

The top seeds were playing against Gabriela Ce (Bra) and Andrea Gamiz (Ven) and won through confortably, 6-2, 6-3.

In the semi finals, they will play against the German pairing of Annika Beck and Laura Siegemund who also enjoyed a confortable quarter final win, 6-4, 6-1, over Alizé Lim (France) and Anastasija Sevastova (Latvia).

Photo by Jan McIntyre: Mandy Minella at the recent Waves Open 57 in Metz