Chinese Yan/Zheng, Hingis Win in Oz Open Doubles

The No. 12-seeded Chinese pair of Zi Yan and Jie Zheng ousted top seeds Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 2-6, 7-6(7), 6-3 Friday in the women's doubles final at the Australian Open for China's first-ever slam title of any kind.

"We feel very exciting and very happy," said Yan, who with Zheng saved two match points in the second set. "Little bit nervous because first time in the center court. It's so big and so many people, so we have little bit nervous."

Last year the pair won titles in Hobart and Hyderabad and finished runners-up in Bali and Beijing.

"I think that both of them staying back on our serves is a little bit different to a lot of teams," said the Aussie Stosur, who with Raymond won the 2005 US Open. "Then you got to find the angles on the court, then you don't want to open up the angles too much to give them room to pass you. They were pretty good lobbers as well, so you couldn't, closing out, you couldn't really back off either. But just you just had to try and pick what they were gonna do and do it. We were doing that for a set and a half and then once they got a sniff, they kind of didn't let it go and they really, I think, picked up their game a bit in the end to close it out."

The mixed doubles final will be the unseeded team of Mahesh Bhupathi and Martina Hingis facing the No. 6-seeded team of Canadian Daniel Nestor and Russian Elena Likhovtseva.

Bhupathi/Hingis ousted the No. 5-seeded Aussie pair of Paul Hanley and Sam Stosur in straight sets in the semis, while Nestor/Likhovtseva edged No. 6 seeds Leander Paes and Nathalie Dechy from a set down.