PERFECT 11.............LEANDER ALL FIRED UP AT MELBOURNE

Our great champion has done it again. In the mixed doubles finals he and Cara Black bested Ekaterina Makarova and Jaroslav Levinsky 7-5, 6-3 to lift the Australian Open today.

I am a big fan of Paes and his unbridled passion for the game. Very pleased to see him collect his 11th Grand Slam title which includes 6 Grand Slam doubles titles and 5 Grand Slam mixed - doubles titles.

Way to go Leander !...........Once again you have made India proud.

PAES THE PARISIAN !!

I don't think after yesterday's gritty, comeback from behind win in the Men's Doubles finals at Roland Garros, the people of Paris would mind Leander and his partner Lukas Dlouhy calling themselves natives of the city which has given them their maiden Grand Slam title as a team.

It was a superb match with the Indo - Czech pair on top of their game, displaying vintage tennis. Leander was absolutely pumped-up and it was quite a sight to behold. I don't think there's a better player than him at the net today . Both, he and Dlouhy combined beautifully to keep the big serving duo of Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Dick Norman of Belgium at bay and eventually drubbing them style to lift the title.

Yours truly simply loved this match. "Paisa vasool" as we call it up north, in this part of the world.