NEW YORK: India´s Sania Mirza clinched her third Grand Slam mixed doubles title on Friday, gaining the US Open crown with Brazilian partner Bruno Soares and then asserted herself "a proud Indian".
Mirza and Soares beat American Abigail Spears and Mexico´s Santiago Gonazalez with 6-1, 2-6, 11-9.
Soares alleged a second US Open mixed doubles title to snatched with his 2012 victory with Russian Ekaterina Makarova.
Mirza had hoisted mixed doubles titles at the 2009 Australian Open and 2012 French Open with national Mahesh Bhupathi.
Mirza, 27, also wife of former Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik, finished with tears over the bickering.
"It was difficult, you know. Just before I left there was a lot happening at home. But, yeah. Still a proud Indian, I guess, five weeks later," said Mirza, whose women´s doubles crusave with Zimbabwe partner Cara Black ended on Thursday at the hands of Martian Hingis and Flavia Pennatta.
Mirza and Soares, fighting in their first event together,required six match points to achived his success on Friday with the Indian star enjoying by operating in an vigorous bunny hop into the arms of the Brazilian.
"I got tight. He held his nerve. I needed that a little bit with my serve. I was serving well till then," said Mirza, who double depreciated on the first match point. "I was creating a lot of first serves. It´s never easy. No matter how many you win, never easy to close it out."
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