Indian ace Leander Paes and his Swiss parter Martina Hingis advanced to the mixed doubles final of the US Open 2015 in New York on Thursday.
The fourth seeds Paes and Hingis defeated second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Yung-Jan Chan 6-2 7-5 in 61 minutes. The loss also ended Bopanna’s campaign at the Flushing Meadows. He had earlier suffered a straight sets defeat in the men’s doubles quarter-finals. Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea lost 6-7 3-6 to unseeded pair of Dominic Inglot of Great Britain and Sweden’s Robert Lindstedt.
Both the teams served four aces each but the Bopanna-Chan combine suffered on the unforced errors count, which was 12 as compared to 9 from Paes and Hingis.
“I thank all the Indians who came here to support me and Martina and also Sania and Martina in the other game,” Paes said.
The Indo-Swiss pair will face unseeded Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey in the summit clash.
