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Bhupathi-Pierce win mixed doubles
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July 03, 2005 23:01 IST

Mahesh Bhupathi [Images] won his first Grand Slam title in nearly three years when he and Mary Pierce of France [Images] triumphed in the mixed doubles at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London [Images] on Sunday.

The 30-year-old Indian doubles ace, who won the Wimbledon 'mixed' and US Open men's doubles titles in 2002, and two-time Grand Slam singles winner Pierce defeated Paul Hanley [Images] of

Australia and Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine 6-4, 6-2 on Centre Court.

The Indo-French pair, playing their second match of the day, dominated the 54-minute final, forcing an early break in the first set before winning it in 28 minutes.

The second set also followed a similar pattern as Bhupathi and Pierce overpowered their opponents making full use of their rich experience.

Earlier, in the semi-finals, the pair upset the third seeds Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Lisa Raymond of the United States, winning 7-5, 6-1.

Hanley and Perebiynis got the better of fourth seeds Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of South Africa 6-3, 6-4 in the other semi-final.

Bhupathi's Grand Slam titles:
1997: French Open mixed doubles with Rika Hiraki of Japan [Images]
1999: French Open and Wimbledon men's doubles with Leander Paes [Images]
1999: US Open mixed doubles with Ai Sugiyama of Japan
2001: French Open men's doubles with Paes
2002: Wimbledon mixed doubles with Elena Likhovtseva of Russia [Images]
2002: US Open men's doubles with Max Mirnyi
2005: Wimbledon mixed doubles with Mary Pierce.



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