Paes-Navratilova in mixed doubles final

Leander Paes [ Images ] and Martina Navratilova stormed into the final of the French Open [ Images ] mixed doubles tennis championship with a straight sets win over Samantha Stosur [ Images ] and Paul Hanley [ Images ] of Australia [ Images ] in Paris on Thursday.

The sixth seed Indo-USA pair got the better of the unseeded Australians, winning 6-2, 6-3 to keep alive their hopes of a third Grand Slam title together.

The duo had won the Australian Open [ Images ] and Wimbledon [ Images ] title in 2003.

They will now face the winner of the other semi-final between Daniela Hantuchova [ Images ] of Slovakia/Fabrice Santoro [ Images ] of France [ Images ] and fourth seed Anastasia Myskina [ Images ] of Russia [ Images ]/Jonas Bjorkman [ Images ] of Sweden.

In the quarter-finals, Paes and Navratilova had beaten Corina Morariu and Jared Palmer of US 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3.