Mixed luck for Bhupathi, Paes

Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus thrashed Croatian pair of Mario Ancic and Ivan ljubicic in straight sets to storm into the quarterfinals. The Indo-Belarus pair won 6-2, 6-2.

Bhupathi, however, bowed out of the the mixed doubles event. Bhupathi and Russia8217;s Elena Likhovtseva, the top seeds, were knocked out by Els Callens and Sebastian Prieto 7-5, 6-3. Leander Paes advanced to the second round of the mixed doubles with Martina Navratilova but crashed out of the men8217;s doubles with David Rikl. Paes and American legend Navratilova, sixth seeds, breezed past Spaniard Magui Serna and Martin Rodgriguez of Argentina 6-3, 6-2 into the second round.

Karan, Tushar in round two

The country8217;s juniors also made a promising start to their campaign with top Indian player Karan Rastogi and Tushar Liberhan moving into the second round of the boys event. The 12th seed, Rastogi, overcame a slight lapse in concentration to beat local hope Jonathan Dasnieres 6-3, 6-7 1-7, 6-3 while Liberhan defeated Jamie Murray of Great Britain 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.