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Sania Mirza-Mahesh Bhupathi in French Open
final
Thursday June 07, 2012 08:30:19 AM,
IANS
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Paris: India's Sania
Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi reached their maiden French Open mixed
doubles final but Leander Paes and his Russian partner Elena
Vesnina were knocked out of the event here Wednesday.
Mirza and Bhupathi outplayed Galina Voskoboeva and Danielle
Bracciali 6-4, 6-2 to enter the mixed doubles final. They will
face the Polish-Mexcian combine of Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and
Santiago Gonzalez in the title clash at the Roland Garros.
The unseeded pair of Klaudia and Santiago caused a shocking upset
beating the fifth seeded pair of Paes and Vesnina 7-6 (7-2), 6-3.
Meanwhile earlier in the day, the seventh-seeded pair of Mirza and
Bhupathi beat the Kazakh-Italian pair of Voskoboeva and Bracciali
in a battle that lasted under 70 minutes.
Sania-Bhupathi got on the board breaking their opponents' serve in
the very first game of the match. Bhupathi struggled with his
serve early on as Voskoboeva-Bracciali immediately broke back for
1-1.
The Indians lifted their level of play as the set progressed, with
Bhupathi finding his rhythm. Sania played solid throughout the
set, serving well and using her dangerous forehand for desired
results. Bhupathi closed out the set with an ace.
The first set lasting 39 minutes saw Indians converting half of
their six break points while Voskoboeva and Bracciali cashed in on
the two opportunities that came their way.
Sania-Bhupathi showed their class in the second set as
Voskoboeva-Bracciali ran out of steam.
Bhupathi's only mixed doubles title at Roland Garros came in 1997
when he partnered Japan's Rika Hiraki. Sania is yet to win here in
the mixed doubles event. She reached the women's doubles final in
2011 with Vesnina.
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