Leander Paes misses a Slam

Boasting of seven Grand Slam titles—four men’s doubles and three mixed—Paes admitted that it was “opportunity lost.”

To get career Grand Slam in doubles, Paes will have to win the men’s doubles in Australia and the mixed at French and the US Open.

On his partnership with Meghann—who reached her first Slam final—Paes said: “Results speak. We wish to carry forward this run and Meghann is game for it. Meghann was excellent all through this tournament.”

To put Paes’ opinion in perspective, Meghann during the first set did well to return Mirnyi’s 137mph blinder—which incidentally was recorded as the fastest serve of the match.

Paes said: “I think we had a fair chance to win.” While the Indo-American pair split $70,000 prize money, for Paes it meant playing bridesmaid for the fourth time in the mixed doubles event at Slams—a stat that goes unnoticed.