Mahesh-Sania duo in final

Mahesh Bhupathi and Sania Mirza combined well to storm into the final of the mixed doubles competition at the Australian Open after scoring a straight sets victory here today.

The unseeded Indian pair pipped eighth seeds Nathalie Dechy of France and Andy Ram of Israel 6-4, 6-2 in the semi-final. The Indians will take on fifth seeds Tiantian Sun of Chin and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic, who defeated third seeds, China’s Zi Yan and Mark Knowles of Bahamas 4-6, 7-5, 10-6.

In juniors’ competition, Yuki Bhambri’s campaign ended as he lost the boys singles semi-final to local hope Bernard Tomic.

Yuki put up a spirited fight before losing 0-6, 7-5, 1-6.