 Mirza and Bhupathi were given a wild card into the mixed draw
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India's Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi beat Nathalie Dechy of France and Andy Ram of Israel to win the Australian Open mixed doubles title in Melbourne.
The Indian pair won 6-3 6-1 on Rod Laver Arena to make up for Bhupathi's defeat in Saturday's men's doubles final alongside Mark Knowles.
Sunday's victory gave Bhupathi his 11th Grand Slam title.
The 34-year-old won a previous mixed title in Australia with Martina Hingis three years ago.
Bhupathi and Mirza, 22, broke Dechy's serve in the opening set, then broke their opponents twice in the second.
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We wanted to stay out there and make it longer but they were just too good for us
Andy Ram
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"It's been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster for me this weekend," said Bhupathi.
"I want to thank all the Indians - we are very lucky that there are so many millions supporting us, not just here but back at home."
Ram admitted: "We wanted to stay out there and make it longer but they were just too good for us."
A successful tournament for India alaso saw 16-year-old Yuki Bhambri win the boy's junior championship on Saturday.
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