Defending champions and top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis were eliminated from Wimbledon after losing 2-6 4-6 to the Hungarian-Kazakhstani pair of Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova in London on Thursday.

Hingis and Mirza crumbled to a 2-6 loss in the first set, making too many unforced errors. They improved in the second set and had three break points in the third game of the set, but failed to convert all three, as Babos and Shvedoka sped to a 5-1 lead. They fought back to win the next three games, but their opponents held on to win the second set 4-6.

In the women's singles, World No 1 Serena Williams progressed to the final with minimal effort, defeating the unseeded Elena Vesnina 6-2 6-0 in the semi-final. Williams will meet either the Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber in the final after Kerber defeated William's sister Venus Williams 6-4 6-4 in the other semi-final.