India's Leander Paes and Swiss ace Martina Hingis are having a blast at Melbourne Park in the year's first Grand Slam. It's hard to tell that this is only their first Grand Slam event together going by the fine co-ordination and camaraderie they've shared over the last few days. Paes says it comes with experience.


Leander Paes and Martina Hingis celebrate their Australian Open mixed doubles semi-final win over Hsieh Su-Wei and Pablo Cuevas at Melbourne Park yesterday. Pic/AFP 

The Indo-Swiss seventh seeds have an astounding 29 Grand Slam titles between them (Paes: eight doubles, six mixed & Hingis: five singles, nine doubles, one mixed) Experience pays "Martina (34) is also an elder statesman of the game and like me, she too is hungry to learn every day. We haven't dropped a set yet here and I couldn't ask for anything better.