2017 Australian Open Mixed Doubles QF's - Australia's Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur beats Leander Paes and Martina Hingis and enter the SF's Thursday Jan 26,2017

Indian tennis ace Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis crashed out of the mixed doubles competition of the Australian Open after a straight-set defeat in the QF's

Paes and Hingis were beaten 3-6 2-6 by the local pair of Sam Groth and Samantha Stosur in a quarterfinal match that lasted 55 minutes.

The Australian duo dominated the match and broke serve of the Indo-Swiss combination in the fifth game to nose ahead before sealing the first set 6-3 with another service break.

In the semifinals, Groth and Stosur will meet the second seeded combo of India's Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig of Croatia.