US Open: Indians round off all-win day

They will now be up against sixth seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic.

In the men8217;s doubles competition,it turned out to be an excellent day for all the Indians in fray.

First up was Divij Sharan with his Chinese-Taipei partner Yen-Hsun Lu. The duo defeated the Israeli team of Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram 6-4 5-7 7-6 2 in a hard-fought contest.

They have a tough match on hand as next up for them is Pakistan8217;s Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and the Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer,a combination that is seeded fifth in the season8217;s final Grand Slam.

Fourth seeds Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek also endured a tough match before rallying to beat the unseeded German-Austrian duo of Daniel Brands and Philipp Oswald 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Paes and Stepanek will square off against 14th-seeded Frech combine of Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut in their third-round match.

Elsewhere,Rohan Bopanna and his French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin,who are seeded sixth,got the better of Russians Nikolay Davydenko and Mikhail Elgin 7-6 2 7-6 0 in another evenly-contested match.

Bopanna and Edouard8217;s next opponents are 12th seeded Colin Fleming and Jonathan Marray of Britain.