<p>Veteran Indian star Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek today sailed into the Australian Open quarter-finals after a straight-set win over the unseeded pair of Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus in the men's doubles competition here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Fifth seeds Paes and Stepanek hit 25 winners en route their 6-3 6-2 win over India's Bhambri and his Kiwi companion Michael Venus in the pre-quarterfinal, which lasted 65 minutes.<br /><br />The Indo-Czech pair broke the serve of their opponents three times to book their berth in the last-eight stage of the tournament.<br /><br />Paes and Stepanek are looking to win the Australian Open title for the second time, following their victory in 2012 over Bryan brothers.<br /><br />They had added a second Grand Slam championship to their collection at last year's US Open with victory over Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the seventh seeded pair of India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi endured a shocking defeat against the 12th seeded duo of Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot to crash out of the men's doubles event.<br /><br />The Filipino-British pair of Huey and Inglot scored an upset 6-4 7-6(1) win over last week's Sydney finalists Bopanna and Qureshi in the top half of the draw.<br /><br />Huey-Inglot sent down 10 aces and hit 35 winners to set up a potential quarter-final duel with top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.<br /><br />In the junior girls' singles event, India's Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal lost 3-6 3-6 to Germany's Katie Boulter.<br /><br />In the junior boys' doubles first round, the eighth seeded pair of India's Sumit Ngal and Korea's Hyeon Chung went down to the Spanish duo of Martinez Portero and Munar Clar 3-6 6-7.</p>
<p>Veteran Indian star Leander Paes and his Czech partner Radek Stepanek today sailed into the Australian Open quarter-finals after a straight-set win over the unseeded pair of Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus in the men's doubles competition here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Fifth seeds Paes and Stepanek hit 25 winners en route their 6-3 6-2 win over India's Bhambri and his Kiwi companion Michael Venus in the pre-quarterfinal, which lasted 65 minutes.<br /><br />The Indo-Czech pair broke the serve of their opponents three times to book their berth in the last-eight stage of the tournament.<br /><br />Paes and Stepanek are looking to win the Australian Open title for the second time, following their victory in 2012 over Bryan brothers.<br /><br />They had added a second Grand Slam championship to their collection at last year's US Open with victory over Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the seventh seeded pair of India's Rohan Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi endured a shocking defeat against the 12th seeded duo of Treat Huey and Dominic Inglot to crash out of the men's doubles event.<br /><br />The Filipino-British pair of Huey and Inglot scored an upset 6-4 7-6(1) win over last week's Sydney finalists Bopanna and Qureshi in the top half of the draw.<br /><br />Huey-Inglot sent down 10 aces and hit 35 winners to set up a potential quarter-final duel with top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.<br /><br />In the junior girls' singles event, India's Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal lost 3-6 3-6 to Germany's Katie Boulter.<br /><br />In the junior boys' doubles first round, the eighth seeded pair of India's Sumit Ngal and Korea's Hyeon Chung went down to the Spanish duo of Martinez Portero and Munar Clar 3-6 6-7.</p>