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Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Canada's Daniel Nestor won the Australian Open mixed doubles title Sunday in their first -- and potentially last -- time playing together.
The second-seeded pair beat Chan Yung-jan of Taiwan and Australia's Paul Hanley 6-3, 3-6, 10-7.
"There were a lot of tight points there at the end, we were fortunate to win," Nestor said during the trophy ceremony, making public his regret that Srebotnik plans to return to her regular partner, Nenad Zimonjic, for upcoming Grand Slams. "This was my one shot. I'm glad I took advantage of it."
Both players have won several doubles titles with other partners.
This was Nestor's second mixed doubles title in Melbourne, after 2007 when he paired with Elena Likhovtseva. He also has won six Grand Slam men's doubles titles.
Srebotnik has won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, including the 2010 and 2006 Roland Garros with Zimonjic.
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus11/news/story?id=6073485
