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President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated tennis ace Leander Paes for winning the Australian Open mixed doubles crown with Switzerland’s Martina Hingis. [caption id=“attachment_196649” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Leander Paes. Reuters[/caption] Both PM and President took to micro-blogging site twitter to praise Paes, who won his 15th career Grand Slam title in Melbourne today. “Leander Paes continues to make us proud! I congratulate him on the Mixed Doubles win with Martina Hingis at the Australian Open,” there was a tweet from PMO. “Congratulations to Leander Paes on the Mixed Doubles win at the Australian Open# PresidentMukherjee” read President Mukherjee’s tweet. PTI
Both PM and President took to micro-blogging site twitter to praise Paes, who won his 15th career Grand Slam title in Melbourne today.
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