Paes, Black win Australian Open mixed doubles
MELBOURNE, Australia — Leander Paes and Cara Black won the Australian Open
mixed doubles title,
beating Ekaterina Makarova and Jaroslav Levinsky 7-5, 6-3.
Laes led the top-seeded pair Sunday with a dominant presence at the net and
quick footwork.
Paes, from India, and Black, from Zimbabwe, won their second Grand Slam
mixed-doubles title.
They also teamed to win the 2008 U.S. Open.
Paes has six Grand Slam doubles titles and five Grand Slam mixed-doubles
titles, including the
2003 Australian Open with Martina Navratilova.
Black also made it to the Australian Open women’s doubles final with Liezel
Huber,
where the pair lost in straight sets to Venus and Serena Williams.
