PARIS : The Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi won the mixed-doubles titles of the French Open, beating the Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland and her Mexican partner Santiago Gonzalez 7-6 (7-3), 6-1.
The Indian pair started slow, giving up an early break, but got stronger as the match went on. Breaking back their counterparts in the sixth game and forcing a tiebreaker, which they won 7-3.
With the first set in the bag, both Bhupathi and Mirza were able to freely in the second set, breaking Jans-Ignacik and Gonzalez in the opening game and never looked back closing out the match 6-1 in the second set.
Earlier in the day, Maria Sharapova reclaimed the No. 1 ranking and moved one step closer to completing a career Grand Slam by defeating Petra Kvitova 6-3, 6-3 in the windblown semifinals at Roland Garros.
Winning with a second-serve ace, Sharapova raised her arms aloft, looked up and smiled.
Sharapova will face the 21st-seeded Italian, Sara Errani, who advanced to her first Grand Slam final after upsetting No. 6 seed Sam Stosur, for the the French Open title.
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