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Modi lauds Paes for winning Australian Open
New Delhi, Feb 1
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Sunday congratulated Indian tennis icon Leander Paes for winning the
Australian Open mixed doubles title.
"Leander Paes continues to
make us proud! I congratulate him on the mixed doubles win with Martina
Hingis at the Australian Open," Modi said.
Paes and his Swiss
partner beat French-Canadian team of Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel
Nestor in straight sets to clinch the crown Sunday.
Paes has now
won 15 Grand Slam titles - eight men's doubles and seven mixed doubles.
It was his third mixed doubles triumph at Melbourne Park, having also
won in 2003 with Martina Navratilova, and 2010 with Cara Black.
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