At US Open 2015, New York
Mixed Doubles Final
(4) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA) 64 36 10-7
Leander-Martina lift third grand slam title of the year after winning US Open in super tie-break, only they missed French open ... This is Leander's 9th mixed doubles grand slam title ... This win also established them the most dominant mixed doubles team of the last 45 years ... Lee and Martina are only the second mixed doubles team in the Open era (and the first since 1969) to win three Grand Slams in the same year ... They have already confirmed they will play together in 2016.
Early in the match Martina was superb but she struggled in the second ... Other hand Lee played solid game near the net ... In match tie-break's last three points from 7-all Lee was exceptional ... After winning the set Lee-Martina lost the second set ... In match tie-break Lee-Martina were down 1-4 but from here they made excellent comeback to win another title as pair.
Leander Paes - “I don’t believe that I have the technique or caliber of talent that [Hingis] has. What I do have is the guts. I will go for it. In any partnership, there's got to be one person who brings the energy to the team, who takes all the pressure on their shoulder and drives the team forward. I know if I can keep Martina happy and relaxed, I don’t even have to worry about the tennis.”
“When we go out there and play for an hour, we are generally getting in a block of four or five hours of quality in that one hour. I have a reputation of not wanting to practice so much, but it's because the quality of practice is so good I don't have to do the same number of hours as others.”
Martina Hingis - “The understanding we have for the game and each other is amazing. Even if one thing doesn’t work, we come up with a plan B or C like we did today. I just feel like we’re almost invincible going on court.”
“We don't have the biggest serves or returns, but we are stable and we do the basics as well as anybody. Our solid base is just so high that our opponents have to overperform to win. We have a little bit of this aura and they have to come up with their best game to beat us.”
At $50K Shanghai Challenger, China
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) bt Jordan Thompson (AUS,195) 62 62
[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) vs (Q) Daniil Medvedev (RUS,409)
Another solid win by Yuki against in-form Thompson ... Yuki dominated this match, he didn't face a single break point on his serve and broke opponents four times in the match ... Next he is facing Russian teenager qualifier Daniil Medvedev for place in the final.
At $15K Canada F9 Futures, Toranto (clay)
[QF] (3) Sanam SINGH (IND,312) l (Q) Nathan PASHA (USA,1267) 36 46
Sanam's inconsistent performance continues ... Another unneeded loss against qualifier.
Mixed Doubles Final
(4) Martina Hingis (SUI)/ Leander Paes (IND) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)/ Sam Querrey (USA) 64 36 10-7
Leander-Martina lift third grand slam title of the year after winning US Open in super tie-break, only they missed French open ... This is Leander's 9th mixed doubles grand slam title ... This win also established them the most dominant mixed doubles team of the last 45 years ... Lee and Martina are only the second mixed doubles team in the Open era (and the first since 1969) to win three Grand Slams in the same year ... They have already confirmed they will play together in 2016.
Early in the match Martina was superb but she struggled in the second ... Other hand Lee played solid game near the net ... In match tie-break's last three points from 7-all Lee was exceptional ... After winning the set Lee-Martina lost the second set ... In match tie-break Lee-Martina were down 1-4 but from here they made excellent comeback to win another title as pair.
Leander Paes - “I don’t believe that I have the technique or caliber of talent that [Hingis] has. What I do have is the guts. I will go for it. In any partnership, there's got to be one person who brings the energy to the team, who takes all the pressure on their shoulder and drives the team forward. I know if I can keep Martina happy and relaxed, I don’t even have to worry about the tennis.”
“When we go out there and play for an hour, we are generally getting in a block of four or five hours of quality in that one hour. I have a reputation of not wanting to practice so much, but it's because the quality of practice is so good I don't have to do the same number of hours as others.”
Martina Hingis - “The understanding we have for the game and each other is amazing. Even if one thing doesn’t work, we come up with a plan B or C like we did today. I just feel like we’re almost invincible going on court.”
“We don't have the biggest serves or returns, but we are stable and we do the basics as well as anybody. Our solid base is just so high that our opponents have to overperform to win. We have a little bit of this aura and they have to come up with their best game to beat us.”
At $50K Shanghai Challenger, China
[QF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) bt Jordan Thompson (AUS,195) 62 62
[SF] (4) Yuki Bhambri (IND,145) vs (Q) Daniil Medvedev (RUS,409)
Another solid win by Yuki against in-form Thompson ... Yuki dominated this match, he didn't face a single break point on his serve and broke opponents four times in the match ... Next he is facing Russian teenager qualifier Daniil Medvedev for place in the final.
At $15K Canada F9 Futures, Toranto (clay)
[QF] (3) Sanam SINGH (IND,312) l (Q) Nathan PASHA (USA,1267) 36 46
Sanam's inconsistent performance continues ... Another unneeded loss against qualifier.
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