PTI
Paris, Jun 5: Mahesh Bhupathi and his Belgian partner Xavier Malisse reached the quarterfinals of the French Open men's doubles competition with a straight-set victory over the Swiss pair of Stanislas Wawrinka and Yves Allegro here on Sunday.
The Indo-Belgian pair carved out a convincing 6-3 6-1 win at Stade Roland Garros to advance to the round of 16.
Success was in store for a couple of other Indians as well with Jeevan Neduncherhiyan and Sanam Singh winning their first round matches in boys' singles.
Unseeded Jeevan defeated local boy Jerome Inzerillo 6-1 6-4 while Sanam, seeded seventh, beat another French player Guillaume Rufin 1-6 7-5 6-2.
Yesterday, Leander Paes and his Russian partner Maria Kirilenko upset third seeded American duo of Meghann Shaughnessy and Mike Bryan to advance to the second round of mixed doubles but Sania Mirza, partnering Aussie Paul Hanley, crashed out with a 6-0 6-4 defeat to sixth seeded American pair of Martina Navratilova and Bob Bryan.
Paes and Kirilenko registered a 6-3 1-6 6-2 win to advance to the second round.