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

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

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

Also see: Hail Baghdatis!