Paes-Black in mixed doubles final

Top seeds Leander Paes and Cara Black stormed into the mixed doubles final with a straight-set victory over Stephen Huss and Virginia Ruano Pascual on Friday. The Indo-Zimbabwe pair beat their 12th-seeded opponents 6-4 6-4 in a 71-minute contest. Paes and Black, who won the US Open mixed doubles last year, were rusty to begin with. The Australian-Spanish pair broke them in the second game. The top seeds, however, fought back. The duo will meet the winner of the other semifinal match between ninth seeds Mark Knowles/Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Jamie Murray/Liezel Huber. —PTI