Indian ace Mahesh Bhupathi [Images] and his Swiss partner Martina Hingis [Images] entered the mixed doubles final at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Friday.

They beat the fifth seeded home pair of Paul Hanley [Images] and Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-3 in the semi-finals.

The Indo-Swiss combination will take on Daniel Nestor of Canada [Images] and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia [Images], who got the better of Leander Paes [Images] and his French partner Nathalie Dechy 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4/10) in the other semi-final.

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