The Australian team of Wayne Arthurs and Todd Woodbridge teamed up to beat Alex Corretja and Feliciano Lopez in the crucial doubles rubber.
The 20-year-old had refused to play in the tournament since she was knocked out in the first round in 2001.
Roger Federer is practising pain-free after undergoing two knee surgeries this year and says he expects to return to the circuit at the Australian Open in January.
Serena Williams battled her way into the Australian Open semi-finals with a 3-6, 6-2, 8-6 win over Israeli Shahar Peer.
The Australian Open offers wildcard spots for eight men and eight women for the Jan. 15-28 tournament at Melbourne Park.
Sania and her Chinese Taipei partner Su-Wei Hsieh, seeded second, defeated the Argentine-Swiss combine of Maria Irigoyen and Romina Oprandi 6-2, 6-0 in 48 minutes, while tenth seeds Paes and Raven Klaasen of South Africa beat the American duo of Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram 6-4, 7-6(6).
Participating at a fifth Olympics featured prominently in Federer's agenda, and the postponement of the Tokyo Games by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic worked perfectly for the Swiss, who would otherwise have missed it due to injury.
Andre Agassi hinted on Tuesday that he and wife Steffi Graf could team up in the mixed doubles at the Australian Open next year.
Agassi clattered former Melbourne Park runner-up Thomas Enqvist 6-0 6-3 6-3 in a breathtaking display at the Australian Open.
The sixth seed was beaten in the first round of the Australian Open by Robin Soderling.
Third seed Simona Halep broke her hoodoo against Belgian Yanina Wickmayer with a 6-4, 6-2 win to sail into the quarter-finals of the Australian Open on Sunday.
'I think at 9pm we went on court and we served a lot and he gave me some tips about what should I focus on during the game. My coach was there. We had a nice conversation. I'm really thankful to him because that's what helped me today.'
Top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan came from a set down to beat Martin Damm and Leander Paes 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open.
Nadal said his back was still bothering him against world number 56 Djere
Sergey Bubka lost the match 6-2 7-6, which was no real surprise as Florin is two years older and already one of the best junior players in the world, but nobody was interested in the winner.
Carlos Alcaraz moved to within two wins of completing the 'Sunshine Double'
The former swept past Svetlana Kuznetsova while Agassi bulldozed fellow-American Brian Vahaly in the first round of the Australian Open.
The Bhupathi-Melzer pair lose in straight sets to Argentine team of Diego Schwartzman and Horacio Zeballos.
A deflated Novak Djokovic blamed a bad day at the office for his stunning second-round elimination by Uzbek wildcard Denis Istomin which condemned the Serb to his earliest grand slam exit in nearly a decade.
Rafael Nadal confirmed he will miss this year's French Open as he is yet to recover from injury.
Four Indians, including three women, have been killed in a tragic drowning incident at an unpatrolled beach in the Australian state of Victoria, the worst tragedy in Victorian waters in almost 20 years, officials said on Thursday.
Images from Tuesday's matches at the Australian Open.
Australian Open champion Marat Safin feared nerves would once again get the better of him during the final.
World number two Andy Murray has repeated, emphatically, that he will abandon the pursuit of his first Australian Open title if his wife goes into labour early.
Australia Davis Cup captain Hewitt says threatened by Tomic
Serena Williams underlined the difference in class and power between her and the rest of the women's field with a 6-0, 6-4 demolition of fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska on Thursday to reach her seventh Australian Open final.
Reigning champion Serena Williams ramped up the power in the second set to vanquish fifth seed Maria Sharapova for the 18th match in a row and reach the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 6-1 victory.
