Indians had a reasonably good day on Thursday in the doubles’ competition with Leander Paes and Sania Mirza winning their respective matches but it was curtains for Mahesh Bhupathi.Paes, partnering Czech Lukas Dlouhy, advanced to the third round with a 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3 win over American Eric Butorac and Australian Ashley Fisher.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.
