Azarenka, Bryan win mixed title

PARIS – Bob Bryan decided at the last moment to play mixed doubles at the French Open. Good thing he did: He teamed with Victoria Azarenka to win the final Friday.

Bryan, of the United States, and Azarenka, of Belarus, beat top-seeded Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the final at Roland Garros.

“We weren’t even signed up,” Bryan said. “I was at the practice court. I rushed over (to the referee’s office). Made it with two minutes to go.”

Bryan and Azarenka were seeded third, even though this was their first Grand Slam tournament as a pair. He has won three U.S. Open mixed doubles titles with other partners, in addition to five men’s doubles Grand Slam titles with his twin brother Mike.

Azarenka won the 2007 U.S. Open mixed doubles championship with Max Mirnyi.

The 10th-seeded pairing of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain won the women’s doubles championship by beating Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Francesca Schiavone of Italy 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.