New York: India’s Leander Paes won his second US Open and fourth Grand Slam mixed doubles title here at the Flushing Meadows on Thursday when he and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black beat Scotland’s Jamie Murray and American Liezel Huber in the final 7-6 (8-6) and 6-4.
Leander, who won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Martina Navratilova and another with Lisa Raymond, partnered Cara for the first time, but the two gelled so well that it looked as if they were regular partners.
Both Paes and Cara showed excellent hands as they complimented each other with their deft touch play. The fifth seeds did not face a break point in the entire match, but they were in real danger of losing the first set when they were down 2-5 and then a set point in the tie-breaker. Cara produced two great volleys to pull them out of a tight corner. They went on to clinch the set, taking the next two points, Paes putting away a customary volley.
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