<p>Aiming to win their third French Open title together, it took the "Indian Express" duo an hour and 36 minutes to send their opponents packing at the Roland Garros.<br /><br />The third-seed Indians were completely off-colour in the first set as they could get just 33 percent of their second serve right as compared to German pair's 60 per cent.<br /><br />While the experienced Indian pair committed two double faults, Haas-Petzschner did not make a single mistake, instead they managed to convert both their break points to win the set comfortably 6-2.<br /><br />However, Paes and Bhupathi got their act together quickly in the second set and were able to convert one of their four break points to prevail over the Germans 6-3.<br /><br />In the decider, the Indian pair, who were champions in 1999 and 2001, put up a clinical performance to outsmart Haas and Petzschner and run away with the set and the match.<br />In the next round, Paes and Bhupathi will meet Australian duo of Ashley Fisher and Stephen Huss.<br /><br />Meanwhile, India's Somdev Devvarman and his Chinese Taipei partner Yen-Hsun Lu failed to clear the first hurdle in the men's doubles, going down 3-6 4-6 to Feliciano Lopez and Marcel Granollers of Spain today.<br /><br />Somdev had earlier lost to world no 37 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia in the first round of the men's singles event also.</p>
<p>Aiming to win their third French Open title together, it took the "Indian Express" duo an hour and 36 minutes to send their opponents packing at the Roland Garros.<br /><br />The third-seed Indians were completely off-colour in the first set as they could get just 33 percent of their second serve right as compared to German pair's 60 per cent.<br /><br />While the experienced Indian pair committed two double faults, Haas-Petzschner did not make a single mistake, instead they managed to convert both their break points to win the set comfortably 6-2.<br /><br />However, Paes and Bhupathi got their act together quickly in the second set and were able to convert one of their four break points to prevail over the Germans 6-3.<br /><br />In the decider, the Indian pair, who were champions in 1999 and 2001, put up a clinical performance to outsmart Haas and Petzschner and run away with the set and the match.<br />In the next round, Paes and Bhupathi will meet Australian duo of Ashley Fisher and Stephen Huss.<br /><br />Meanwhile, India's Somdev Devvarman and his Chinese Taipei partner Yen-Hsun Lu failed to clear the first hurdle in the men's doubles, going down 3-6 4-6 to Feliciano Lopez and Marcel Granollers of Spain today.<br /><br />Somdev had earlier lost to world no 37 Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia in the first round of the men's singles event also.</p>