India's Leander Paes and New Zealand's Cara Black, both second seeded in their respective countries, over powered Wesley Moodie of South Africa and Lisa Raymond of the United States in the Wimbledon mixed doubles final by 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Paes who played his 23rd Grand Slam is one step ahead of his estranged Indian play mate, Mahesh Bhupati. Till now, Paes has already won six men's double titles grabbed his sixth mixed doubles and making the team richer by 92,000 pounds. The same team was last year's runner up.
In this match, Paes and Black put up a spectacular performance as they shook up their rivals and won their first set in just 37 minutes by 6-4. The first set also saw five breaks of serve. It also included one break for every player in the first five games.The second set took one hour by the clock, although Moodie and Raymond had their chance of making it through the tie breaker but Paes & Co. had already decided who will win the match.