Paes-Black battle their way to Australian Open final
January 29th, 2010 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANSMelbourne, Jan 29 (IANS) India’s Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe battled past seventh seeds Lisa Raymond of US and Wesley Moodie of South Africa to enter the mixed doubles final of the Australian Open here Friday.
The top seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair rallied from a set down to register a fighting 6-7(6), 7-6(5), 10-7 win over Raymond and Moodie.
Paes and Black meet Russian Ekaterina Makarova and Czech Jaroslav Levinsky for the title clash Sunday. Makarova and Levinsky defeated Italian Flavia Pennetta and Marcelo Melo of Brazil 6-0, 4-6 , 10-8.
Paes and Black will be eyeing their second Grand Slam together. The two won the US Open in 2008. They finished runners-up in the Wimbledon and the US open last year.
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- Bopanna-Qureshi, Paes-Black in US Open quarter-finals - Sep 06, 2010
- Paes, Black win Australian Open mixed doubles title - Jan 31, 2010
- Paes in mixed doubles semis, but out of doubles - Jan 27, 2010
- French Open: Sania enters doubles quarters, Bhupathi exits - May 30, 2011
- Somdev makes first round exit from Farmers Classic - Jul 26, 2011
- US Open: Devvarman crashes out, Sania, Bhupathi advance - Sep 04, 2009
- Paes-Black crash out of US Open mixed doubles - Sep 07, 2010
- French Open: Paes-Black in mixed doubles quarters - May 31, 2010
- Paes, Vesnina go down fighting in Wimbledon final - Jul 09, 2012
- Olympics: Bhupathi-Bopanna seeded seventh, Federer top seed - Jul 26, 2012
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