Sania Mirza will be bidding for her seventh major title, and first with Croatian partner Ivan Dodig, in the Australian Open mixed doubles final where the second seeds take on unseeded American Abigail Spears and Colombian Juan Sebastian Cabal on Sunday. (Nadal vs Federer: Dream final becomes reality in Australia)The Indo-Croatian pair will play their second Grand Slam final, having lost the French Open final to experienced pair of Leander Paes and Martina Hingis last year. It will be Sania's second Australian Open mixed doubles final after winning in 2009 with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi. She has won three mixed doubles titles, the last being the 2014 US Open with Brazilian Bruno Soares. The 30-year-old Hyderabadi has six major titles in her kitty, three in mixed doubles and three in women's doubles.

Source: India Today January 28, 2017 15:19 UTC