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UPDATE 1-Tennis-Open-Paes and Black win mixed doubles title

Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:58am IST
 
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By Simon Cambers

NEW YORK, Sep 4 (Reuters) - India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwe's Cara Black won the mixed doubles title at the U.S. Open on Thursday, beating Briton Jamie Murray and American Liezel Huber 7-6 6-4.

The fifth seeds saved two set points in the first-set tiebreak before breaking once in the second to clinch victory in what was their first grand slam event together.

Black hit a crucial volley to save the first set point and Murray, who won the mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 2007 with Jelena Jankovic, netted a volley on the second.

Murray was the only man to lose his serve, in the fifth game of the second, and Paes served out for his eighth grand-slam title, while Black has now won seven, including three mixed.

"The trick in doubles is to find a good partner," Paes said in a courtside interview. "I let Cara do all the work and just sat back and enjoyed it.

Huber and Murray had beaten the second seeds, Serbian Nenad Zimonjic and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia, in the quarter-finals but found Paes and Black too strong.

"It wasn't a tough loss, they were just the better team," Huber said. "They have so much experience and have won so many titles, so it was an honour to play them."  Continued...

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