Birthday Boy Bhupathi Celebrates With Mixed Doubles Title
Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza pose with their trophy
Indian pair Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza won the mixed doubles title at the French Open with a straight-sets victory over Santiago Gonzalez and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik.
Bhupathi and Mirza beat the unseeded Mexican-Polish partnership 7-6 (7/3) 6-1 in the 73-minute final on Court Philippe Chatrier.
The seventh seeds broke serve three times in the second set with Bhupathi celebrating victory on his 38th birthday. Bhupathi said: “What more can a guy ask for his birthday? That’s an amazing day to play a Grand Slam final on your birthday. It’s happened twice to me, both wins and both here in Paris. Now we’re going to go celebrate.
“We play a dangerous kind of tennis. When we’re playing well, it’s kind of hard to beat us. We played well the whole two weeks here, so I think we deserved to win.”
Mirza added: “Now I don’t have to think of a gift to give him.”
It was the third time that Mirza and Bhupathi had reached a Grand Slam final together. They were Australian Open winners three years ago.
