PM congratulates Paes-Hingis for record-breaking US Open victory

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated veteran Indian tennis player Leander Paes and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis for winning the US Open mixed-doubles title in New York on Friday.

"Well played again, @Leander & @mhingis. Congrats on a great win. We are all very delighted. @usopen," Modi tweeted on Saturday.

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The fourth seeded Indo-Swiss pair, edged past unseeded Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in a tricky final to win their third Major title together this season.

The 42-year-old Paes has now won nine Grand Slam mixed-doubles titles and is behind only legendary Martina Navratilova, who won 10 mixed-doubles trophies, two of which came in partnership the Indian, when they won Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2003. 

Image: Martina Hingis and Leander Paes celebrate a point during their US Open mixed-doubles final on Friday

Photograph: Shannon Stapleton Picture Supplied by Action Images/Reuters