Sania Mirza, Soares bag mixed doubles title

NEW YORK. — Top-seeded Sania Mirza of India and Bruno Soares of Brazil won the US Open mixed doubles title on Friday, beating American Abigail Spears and Mexico’s Santiago Gonzalez 6-1, 2-6, 11-9 tie-break.Mirza and Soares had each been successful mixed doubles players, so Mirza said during the trophy presentation that she wasn’t sure why it took them this long to pair up.

Mirza has now won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Soares was the 2012 US Open champion with Ekaterina Makarova, who faces Serena Williams in the singles semifinals later on Friday.

Soares joked that clearly this means Mirza will reach the singles semis in Flushing Meadows in two years. — AFP.

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