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Thursday, September 10, 2015

2015 US Open -Indian in Two Finals - Leander Paes in Mixed Doubles with Martina Hingis And Sania Mirza in Women's Doubles With Martina Hingis



2015 US Open Mixed Doubles

Indian ace Leander Paes and his Swiss parter Martina Hingis advanced to the mixed doubles final of the US Open 2015 in New York on Thursday Sep 10,2015

The fourth seeds Paes and Hingis defeated second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Yung-Jan Chan 6-2 7-5 in 61 minutes

The Indo-Swiss pair will face unseeded Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey in the summit clash
When he takes the court against USA's Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey in the mixed doubles final at Flushing Meadows, it would be the Indian's 33rd Grand Slam final appearance and he will be aiming to follow his Wimbledon victory with the US Open title.
Out of his 33 Grand Slam final appearances, 16 have been in men's doubles, while 17, including the 2015 US Open, have come in mixed doubles
 

With their 6-2, 6-4 win over 2nd seed Rohan Bopanna and Yung-Jan Chan in the US Open 2015 mixed doubles semi-final, Leander Paes and Martina Hingis booked a place in the final of their third Grand Slam this year and considering the sport's obsession with youth, the performances of these two old-timers - which includes 2015 Australian Open and Wimbledon titles - is nothing less than superlative.

Leander Paes is 42 while Martina Hingis, who dominated women's singles field in the late 90s is now 35. To go with her 14 titles prior to her retirement, the Swiss has now added four more Grand Slam titles - two of them with Paes .and two with Sania Mirza, the Swiss is now poised for her second women's doubles title this year after 2015 Wimbledon title.
Hingis, on the other hand, seems to be enjoying the company of Indians as her four Grand slam victories after her comeback in 2006 have come in the partnerships of Paes (2015 Australian Open, 2015 Wimbledon), Bhupathi (2006 Australian Open) and Mirza (2015 Wimbledon).       
2015 US Open Women's Doubles

Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis stayed on course for their second Grand Slam together as the duo entered the US Open women's doubles final on Wednesday night Sep 09,2015 in New York.

The Indo-Swiss pair defeated the Italian 11th-seeded pair of Sara Errani and Flavia Pennetta 6-4 6-1 in 77 minutes

Sania and Martina will face the winner of the second semi-final between fourth seeds Casey Dellacqua/Yaroslava Shvedova and Anna-Lena Groenefeld/Coco Vandeweghe in the summit clash.

Note
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis had won the 2015 Wimbledon

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