Saturday, 28 January 2012

Australian Open: Paes, Elena to play for Mixed Doubles title

In the Australian Open Tennis tournament at Melbourne, the Indo-Russian pair of Leander Paes and Elena Vesnina will today lock horns with the Romanian-American combine of Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the title clash in Mixed Doubles.

The fifth seeded Indo-Russian duo had defeated the Italian pair of Daniele Bracciali and Roberta Vinci, 5-7, 6-2, 10-7 to reach the final.

Yesterday, Leander Paes wrote his name in the history books, as he became the first Indian player to complete a Grand Slam event by winning the Men’s Doubles title.

Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek completely outplayed the top seeded Bryan brothers of the US, Bob and Mike, beating them in straight sets, 7-6, 6-2.

The final of the Men’s Singles event will also be played today. Defending champion and World Number One Novak Djokovic of Serbia will clash with the second seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal for the title.

In the semi-finals, Djokovic had defeated Briton Andy Murray, while Nadal had swept aside World Number 3 Roger Federer of Switzerland.

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