The break-up with Paes was a sour episode, but Bhupathi moved ahead.
In September 2002, he won his fourth and final men's doubles title at the US Open, pairing with Max Mirnyi of Belarus and defeating the Czech pairing of Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
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The year 2002 was too good for him. Besides five doubles titles, he also won his third major mixed doubles crown, at Wimbledon this time.
He paired with Russian Elena Likhovtseva (inset) to beat the Slovak/Zimbabwean combine of Daniela Hantuchova and Kevin Ullyett 6-2, 7-5.
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