June 2010 vol 17, Sports
Wimbledon: Leander Paes & Cara Black win mixed doubles
Leander Paes and Cara Black won the last senior title of Wimbledon 2010 by beating Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond 6-4 7-6 (7-5) in the mixed doubles.
Leander Paes and Cara Black won the last senior title of Wimbledon 2010 by beating Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond 6-4 7-6 (7-5) in the mixed doubles.
Last year's runners-up took just 37 minutes to win a first set featuring five breaks of serve, including one for each player in the first five games.
The second set was tighter with the match going with serve, although Black and Raymond each struggled in one game.
It went to a tie-break and Paes sealed victory with a volley at the net.
The second set took exactly an hour and could have gone either way midway through before Raymond and Black held to leave it at 4-4.
Moodie and Raymond had their chance in the tie-break to take the match to a decider but failed to make the most of it and Paes wrapped up the triumph.
Paes and Black had each won the title before with different partners.
Paes has lifted the trophy twice previously - with Martina Navratilova in 2003 and Raymond in 1999 - while Black won it with brother Wayne in 2004.
