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Two new showrooms/office spaces, double height (135 sq m each with bath) for lease in upscale Campal/Miramar beach area, Panaji, Goa. Contact: goaengineer...@aol.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gullickson, Parrott pull off another upset to win mixed doubles title By Ravi Ubha Thursday, September 10, 2009 Maybe it was destiny. The inexperienced U.S. duo of Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott eased past heavy favorites - and defending champions - Cara Black and Leander Paes 6-2, 6-4 to claim a maiden Grand Slam mixed doubles title. In fact, it was their first major title of any kind. "I still can't believe we actually won the US Open," Gullickson said in her post-match press conference. "It's weird to me." This after Gullickson and Parrott, wild cards who possessed a modest five doubles titles between them, saved two match points in their opener against Nadia Petrova and Max Mirnyi. Growing in confidence, they didn't lose another set and knocked off three more seeds, including No. 1s Liezel Huber and Mahesh Bhupathi in the semifinals. At least India's Paes and Zimbabwe's Black, winners of a combined 91 doubles titles, still have something to play for. Paes and Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy meet Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in the men's doubles finale, while Black, top ranked in doubles for a while, and Huber remain in the women's event. "When you've won an event before, you always give yourselves a good chance," Paes said in a courtside interview. "But I think our opponents were too good for us." Paes and Black knew they were in for a tough time from the outset. They saved three break points in the opening game, with Paes, 36 but still armed with quick reflexes, surprisingly staying back. Paes, who lived in New York for more than three years, saved one match point with a wonderful backhand from outside the tram lines, and following a break, held comfortably to cut the deficit to 5-4. You can bet they'll team up again. http://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/match_reports/2009-09-10/200909101252614933609.html
