Indian ace Mahesh Bhupathi and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis entered the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday.

They beat the fifth seeded home pair of Paul Hanley and Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-3 in the semi-finals.

The Indo-Swiss combination will take on Daniel Nestor of Canada and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia, who got the better of Leander Paes and his French partner Nathalie Dechy 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4/10) in the other semi-final.

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