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Paes-Hingis duo lifts US Open Mixed Doubles trophy of season's Final Grand Slam

India's Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis have lifted the Mixed Doubles trophy of season's Final Grand Slam, the US Open. In the summit clash, 4th seeded Indo-Swiss pair defeated Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey 6-4, 3-6, 10-7. This is Paes's third Grand Slam of this season with Hingis. They together won the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championship earlier this year.Meanwhile, in a major shock unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci stunned defending champion Serena Williams to reach Women's Singles Final and ended her run for a calendar-year Grand Slam. In the semi final clash, Vinci pulled off one of the biggest upsets in the US Open history, dethroning World Number One Serena 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the other semi final another Italian the 26th seed Flavia Pennetta defeated 2nd seeded Simona Halep of Romania to make it an all Italian Grand Slam final. Flavia recorded a straight set victory over Halep 6-1, 6-3 to book her maiden berth in Grand Slam final.In the men's last 4 matches, top seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia showed no hiccups as he defeated Defending Champion Marin Cilic of Croatia in straight sets of 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. While second seed Swiss Roger Federer takes on his compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka in the second semi final match.

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