Hingis wins first Grand Slam since return
Martina Hingis won her second Australian Open mixed doubles title yesterday as she teamed up with India’s Leander Paes to beat last year’s winners, France’s Kristina Mladenovic and Canada’s Daniel Nestor, 6-4, 6-3.
Hingis, a three-time winner of the women’s singles at Melbourne Park, also won four women’s doubles titles and the mixed doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi in 2006.
The 34-year-old Swiss returned to top class tennis as a doubles specialist two years ago in her second comeback after injury and then a ban for a positive test for cocaine, which she denied taking, forced her into retirement.
Hingis, who made the US Open final last year with Flavia Pennetta but lost to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina, first played at Melbourne Park 20 years ago. — BBC Sport
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