French Open: Paes-Hingis face Mirza-Dodig in final
While Paes has 9 mixed doubles crowns, Sania has won 3 in her career.
Paris: Leander Paes and Martina Hingis will take on Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig in French Open 2016 mixed doubles final following their respective semifinal wins in Paris on Thursday.
Martina Hingis & Leander Paes will face Sania Mirza & Ivan Dodig in #RG16 mixed dubs final. https://t.co/I8R0NFSp5O pic.twitter.com/vEIv6Dv4Bx
— Roland Garros (@rolandgarros) June 2, 2016
Paes inched completing a 'Career Slam' in mixed doubles with Swiss partner Martina Hingis after they beat Édouard Roger-Vasselin and Andrea HlaváÄková 6-3, 3-6, 10-7.
Awwwww... Hingis and Paes into the mixed final... and will face Mirza/Dodig...#RG16 pic.twitter.com/YlzEn9dzkW
— TennisNow (@Tennis_Now) June 2, 2016
Mirza and her Croatian partner Dodig defeated Kristina Mladenovic and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4-6, 6-3, 10-6 to seal their place in the final.
Paes and Mirza played two matches on Thursday after rain disrupted the French Open schedule earlier this week.
Earlier, unseeded Paes and Hingis scored a dominating 6-4 6-3 win over fifth seeds Elena Vesnina and Bruno Soares in the quarterfinals of the clay court major.
Mirza and Dodig Sania, seeded second, overcame a mid-match lapse to beat the seventh seeded Yung-Jan Chan and Max Mirnyi 6-1 3-6 10-6 in their quarterfinal.
Sania last won a mixed doubles Grand Slam trophy at 2014 US Open with her then partner Soares while Paes and Hingis, are winners of Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open in 2015.
While Paes has nine mixed doubles crowns, Sania has won three in her career.