Sania-Bhupathi crash out of Australian Open

Indian mixed doubles pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi are out of the Australian Open. The number six seeds, lost their semi-final match in straight sets to eight seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands from United States, and Horia Tecau from Romania. The final score at the end of the match was 6-3, 6-3. From the Indian contingent Leander Paes and Czech partner Radik Stepanek are still in the running and two will play in the finals against number one seeds the Bryan brothers. Paes and Stepanek are unseeded. Paes could also figure in the mixed doubles final if he and Russian Elena Vesnina win their semi-final match. Kuznetsova and Zvonareva win Australian Open women’s doubles title Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva of Russia have captured the Australian Open women’s doubles title, beating the Italian duo of Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 on Friday. [caption id=“attachment_195659” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=" Horia Tecau and Bethanie Mattek-Sands watch the big screen for a line challenge at match point in their mixed doubles semifinal match against Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza. Getty Images"] [/caption] Kuznetsova, a two-time Grand Slam singles champion, and Zvonareva are both known primarily for their singles play, although each has one previous Grand Slam doubles title with a different partner. The unseeded duo hadn’t played together since the French Open last year. Errani and Vinci were playing in their first Grand Slam final together. Their previous best result was reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open last year. With inputs from AP