{"id":7208,"date":"2012-06-09T06:20:33","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T06:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7208"},"modified":"2012-06-09T06:20:33","modified_gmt":"2012-06-09T06:20:33","slug":"this-french-open-title-is-for-my-daughter-saira-says-mahesh-bhupathi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7208","title":{"rendered":"This French Open title is for my daughter Saira, says Mahesh Bhupathi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With French Open in bag Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi are now eying the Olympics with lot of confidence. The all-Indian combine of Bhupathi and Sania Mirza clinched their second Grand Slam mixed doubles title as a team, beating the unseeded pairing of Klaudia Jans-Ignacik of Poland and Santiago Gonzalez of Mexico 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 in the French Open final late on Thursday, says a report in <strong>The Times Of India. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bhupathi, who turned 38 on Thursday, dedicated the win to his four-month old daughter Saira. \u201cThis title has come after a long time,\u201d he said during the presentation ceremony, \u201cIt is my first title after my daughter was born. This is for her.\u201d An ecstatic Sania told the gathering, \u201cIt\u2019s Mahesh\u2019s birthday today and I am glad we won because now I don\u2019t have to think of a gift for him.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bhupathi won his first Grand Slam title in Roland Garros 15-years ago \u2013 the mixed doubles crown with Japanese Rika Hiraki. \u201cI wasn\u2019t worried that it had been a while since I won a Grand Slam title, last year I made two finals. If I hadn\u2019t made those finals I would have been worried, but when you put yourself in contention often enough, it is bound to click some time.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile a report in <strong>Hindustan Times <\/strong>says that 38-year-old Bhupathi celebrated his birthday in grand style, adding a 12 th Grand Slam to his already impressive resume. Partnering Sania Mirza in the mixed doubles final at Roland Garros, they took a little over an hour to lift the winners\u2019 trophy.<\/p>\n<p>The seventh-seeds, playing their third Grand Slam final together, faced a few tense moments in the first set but brutally thrashed Poland\u2019s Klaudia Jans-Ignacik and Santiago Gozalez of Mexico in the second for a 7-6 (3), 6-1 victory on Court Philippe Chatrier.<br \/>\u201cWe started playing better as the match progressed. More freely,\u201d a satisfied Bhupathi told HT from Paris. \u201cWith the format (mixed doubles) of this game, one has to make the right shots. And we made the shots that counted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Indian contingent celebrated the French Open win over an Indian dinner, partner Sania could only be ecstatic. \u201cWhat else can one say after winning a Slam! I\u2019m absolutely delighted to have won my second Slam with Mahesh, especially on his birthday,\u201d the 25year-old quipped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With French Open in bag Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi are now eying the Olympics with lot of confidence. 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