Paes, Sania win in doubles

Sania, partnering American Bethanie Mattek, beat locals Elena Baltacha and Naomi Cavaday 6-4, 6-2 in the first round on Thursday. However, Bhupathi and Knowles, seeded fourth, lost 5-7, 2-6, 6-7 4, to the pair of Philipp Petzschner of Germany and Alexander Peya of Austria in their opening match.

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi lost their second round encounter 2-6, 4-6, 2-6 to the Spanish pair of Marcel Granollers-Pujol and Santiago Ventura.

Meanwhile, Sania, who has paired with doubles ace Mahesh Bhupathi in mixed doubles, booked a second round berth in the competition after getting a bye in the first round. Sania and Bhupathi have been seeded 11th.