Indian Tennis star Leander Paes and his mixed doubles partner Elena Vesnina of Russia lost the Australian Open mixed doubles final match against the pair of Bethanie Mattek-Sands of US and Horia Tecau of Romania, here on Sunday.
Mattek- Tecau defeated the Indo-Russian pair by 6-3, 5-7, 10-3 margin.
Leander missed his chance of winning his second title in the Australian Open 2012 after he lifted the the men´s doubles titles along with Czech partner Radek Stepanek on Saturday.
The Indian also completed a career Grand Slam of doubles titles having never won the Australian Open earlier. This was not only Paes´ first Australian Open title but also the first with Stepanek, with whom he forged a partnership at the start of the year after splitting up with his compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi.
Paes and Stepanek won 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 at the Rod Laver Arena and dashed the Bryan brothers hopes of becoming the most successful men´s doubles team in Grand Slam history.
