January 31, 2015 2:31 PM

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Australian open: Paes enters mixed doubles final; Sania ousted

In the Australian open Tennis, Leander Paes and his partner Martina Hingis have reached mixed doubles finals but Sania Mirza bowed out with Bruno Soares after losing the semifinals played at Melbourne today. The Indo Swiss duo, Paes and Hingis defeated Chinese Taipei's Su-Wei Hsieh and Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas 7-5, 6-4. The top seeded pair of Sania and Soares was knocked out by the third seed pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor 3-6, 6-2,10-8 , thus preventing a summit clash featuring two Indians.Leander Paes kept himself in line for his 15th Grand Slam title by reaching the season's first grand slam, Australian open. 41-year-old Paes has won eight men's doubles and six mixed doubles title in his glittering career. He has joined forces with Hingis for the first time in his career. The Swiss legend is also a winner of 14 Grand Slam titles, including five singles.

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