Paes in mixed doubles final, Sania-Hesh ousted
Fifth
seeds Paes and Vesnina came from behind to tame a fighting Italian pair
of Roberta Vinci and Daniele Bracciali 5-7 6-2 10-7 in the semifinals.
Paes
has already made it to the men's doubles final with Czech partner Radek
Stepanek and they face top seeds Americans Bob and Mike Bryan.
Meanwhile,
the sixth seeded Sania-Bhupathi's campaign ended after they lost 3-6
3-6 to the eighth seeded combo of Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United
States and Romania's Horia Tecau in just 68 minutes at the Rod Laver
Arena.
Although
the match was a closely-contested affair, the American-Romanian duo
played better as far as the crucial points were concerned. The Indians
could hit only 17 winners as compared to 24 by their opponents.
In
the opening set, the Indians managed to convert only breakpoint out of
the three that they got, besides losing their serve on two occasions to
hand their opponents the advantage.
The
second set was on serve till 3-3 but the eighth seeds broke Sania and
Bhupathi to go up 4-3 and then held their serve to make it 5-3.
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