Australian Open 2015 Final Highlights: Leander Paes-Martina Hingis Clinch Mixed Doubles Crown
Leander Paes, India's 41-year-old veteran tennis star won his 15th Grand Slam title at Melbourne on Sunday.
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis beat French-Canadian pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor in straight sets in the mixed doubles final in Melbourne. Catch all highlights here.
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12.00 (IST): And here they are with a customary "trophy bite"
Martina #Hingis and Leander #Paes take a bite out of their mixed doubles #ausopen trophy http://t.co/Bjtlxsl2pB
- Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) February 1, 2015
11.56 (IST): Paes and Hingis collecting their title at the Australian Open.
Champions #Hingis and #Paes collect the #ausopen trophy after teaming up at a major for the 1st time... https://t.co/qypg0cYEJv
- Australian Open (@AustralianOpen) February 1, 2015
11.41 (IST): It's all over! Leander Paes and Martina Hingis are the mixed doubles champions at the Australian Open.
11.32 (IST): Mladenovic and Nestor are not giving up just yet. They manage a break and bring the game back on serve.
11.28 (IST): Another break! Paes and Hingis now have 4-2 lead in the second set and look set to claim the title.
11.21 (IST): The early lead is wiped out immediately! Paes and Hingis break back to make it 2-2 in 2nd set.
11.18 (IST): After conceding the first set, Mladenovic and Nestor break Paes-Hingis early to take 2-1 lead in 2nd set.
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11.07 (IST): First set to Leander Paes and Martina Hingis! After going neck-to-neck at 5-5, Paes and Hingis managed to break Mladenovic-Nestor's serve yet again to clinch the first set 6-4.
10.55 (IST): Mladenovic and Nestor break Paes-Hingis and then win on serve to bring things back to level pegging in first set. It's 3-3 now
10.49 (IST): Mladenovic and Nestor manage to open their account to hold their serve. Paes-Hingis lead 3-1 in 1st set.
10.41 (IST): Excellent start for the Indo-Swiss pair! Leander Paes and Martina Hingis break early to take 2-0 lead in 1st set.
10.39 (IST): Solid start from Leander Paes! He plays a few good serves as he and Martina Hingis take the opening game of the match to lead 1-0 in 1st set.
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Leander Paes on a roll
Leander Paes kept himself in line for his 15th Grand Slam title by reaching the Australian Open mixed doubles final with Martina Hingis as they defeated Su-Wei Hsieh and Pablo Cuevas in straight sets, in Melbourne on Friday.
Looking frwd to our Final on Rod Laver Arena on sunday.I believe we are going fr r combined 30th Grand Slam Victory. pic.twitter.com/PKKCaAUsSi
- Leander Paes (@Leander) January 30, 2015
The seventh seeded Indo-Swiss pair recorded a comfortable 7-5 6-4 win over the unseeded Taipei-Uruguay combine in the semifinals in one hour and 14 minutes. (Read more)
Leander Paes' 'Freak Shot' in Semis.
Leander Paes pulled off an incredible 'behind-the-back' volley during the mixed doubles semifinal of the Australian Open on Friday.
Paes played the shot in the eighth game when he and partner Martina Hingis were amidst a nail-biting 21-shot rally against Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay.
Hsieh had almost had the last laugh in the rally when she hit the ball to the left of Paes, who was standing close to the net. The Indian veteran however, flicked his racket behind his back and somehow managed to play the ball within limits to keep the volley going and won it in the subsequent shot. (Watch)
When Sania's loss shattered the all-India final dream
The dream of watching two Indians - Sania Mirza and Leander Paes- face-off against each other in the Australian Open final for the first time has been spoilt.
After Leander Paes and Martina Hingis booked their spot in the title clash, Sania Mirza and her Brazilian partner Bruno Soares lost in the mixed doubles semis of Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday. (Read)
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