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PRESS RELEASE
Washington, D.C., September 6, 2007
Belarus Wins U.S. Open Mixed Doubles
The Belarus duo of Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka won the
U.S. Open mixed doubles final that took place on September 6, 2007 at Arthur
Ashe Stadium in New York, beating India's Leander Paes and US Meghann
Shaughnessy
6-4, 7-6 (8/6).
Max Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka first
teamed together in a mixed doubles Grand Slam event at this year’s French
Open. It was 18-year-old Azarenka's first Grand Slam title. For Mirnyi, it
was his third mixed doubles crown at a Grand Slam and seventh in total.
The Embassy congratulates the Belarus duo with the amazing
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