New Delhi, Aug 8 - India's Sania Mirza faced a tough fight from Canada's Rebecca Marino befiore winning the quarter-final match of the $75,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Vancouver.

According to information received here, top seed Sania won 7-6 (2), 6-7 (3), 6-4 against the 18-year-old Marino in the Canadian city Friday night.

In the semi-final, Sania will meet the winner of the all-Canadian match between Sharon Fichman and wild-card holder Marie-Eve Pelletier.