1st set: Mirza-Dodig 0-3 Spears-Cabal
Not a good start for Sania and Dodig. The duo have failed to hold their serve twice in the first set. Now trail 0-3.
Melbourne : Sania Mirza will aim for her seventh Grand Slam title as she faces the unseeded Abigail Spears of America and Colombian Juan Sebastian Cabal in the Australian Open mixed doubles final at Melbourne Park, on Sunday.
Sania will play with her Croatian partner Ivan Dodig. If they manage to win, it would be Sania's first Grand Slam title with Dodig and fourth major mixed doubles triumph overall.
The Indian tennis ace Sania has won three mixed doubles titles so far, the last being the 2014 US Open with Brazilian Bruno Soares.
It will be Sania's fifth final at the Australian Open. She was runner-up with Mahesh Bhupathi in 2008, and the pair triumphed the following year. She was runner-up in 2014 with Horia Tecau.
Sania is the lone Indian to have made all the way to the first Grand Slam final of the season as Paes, Rohan Bopanna, Purav Raja, Divij Sharan and juniors - Zeel Desai and Siddhant Banthia - all made early exits.
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