Bhupathi-Pierce win mixed doubles

Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] won his first Grand Slam title in nearly three years when he and Mary Pierce [ Images ] of France [ Images ] triumphed in the mixed doubles at the Wimbledon [ Images ] Tennis Championships in London [ Images ] on Sunday.

The 30-year-old Indian doubles ace, who won the Wimbledon 'mixed' and US Open [ Images ] men's doubles titles in 2002, and two-time Grand Slam singles winner Pierce defeated Paul Hanley [ Images ] of

Australia [ Images ] and Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine 6-4, 6-2 on Centre Court.

The Indo-French pair, playing their second match of the day, dominated the 54-minute final, forcing an early break in the first set before winning it in 28 minutes.

The second set also followed a similar pattern as Bhupathi and Pierce overpowered their opponents making full use of their rich experience.

Earlier, in the semi-finals, the pair upset the third seeds Jonas Bjorkman [ Images ] of Sweden and Lisa Raymond [ Images ] of the United States, winning 7-5, 6-1.

Hanley and Perebiynis got the better of fourth seeds Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of South Africa [ Images ] 6-3, 6-4 in the other semi-final.

Bhupathi's Grand Slam titles:
1997: French Open [ Images ] mixed doubles with Rika Hiraki of Japan [ Images ]
1999: French Open and Wimbledon men's doubles with Leander Paes [ Images ]
1999: US Open mixed doubles with Ai Sugiyama [ Images ] of Japan
2001: French Open men's doubles with Paes
2002: Wimbledon mixed doubles with Elena Likhovtseva of Russia [ Images ]
2002: US Open men's doubles with Max Mirnyi [ Images ]
2005: Wimbledon mixed doubles with Mary Pierce.