Veterans Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, along with their respective partners, advanced to the second round of the French Open mixed doubles after notching up straight-set victories in the first round matches.
The fifth-seeded Indo-Russian pair of Paes and Elena Vesnina thrashed Czech pair Lucie Hradecka and Frantisek Cermak 6-1, 6-1 in the first-round match that lasted for 49 minutes. Bhupathi and Sania Mirza crossed the opening round hurdle with a 6-2, 6-4 win over American combo of Raquel Kops-Jones and Eric Butorac.
India’s Rohan Bopanna, however, tasted defeat in mixed doubles category as he and his partner Lisa Raymond of USA lost 7-6 (8-6), 6-4, 10-6 to unseeded duo of South Africa’s Natalie Grandin and Paul Hanley of Australia.
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