Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna scored contrasting wins with their respective partners but Mahesh Bhupathi made a shock exit along with Max Mirnyi from the men’s doubles event of the French Open here on Saturday.
Defending champions and third seeds Paes and Lukas Dlouhy of Czech Republic booked a pre-quarterfinal berth with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 win over unseeded pair of Swiss Yves Allegro and Andreas Beck of Germany.
However, Bhupathi and Mirnyi had disappointment in store as they lost 4-6, 6-7 (4) to Spanish pair of Marc Lopez and Pere Riba in the second round.
In mixed doubles, top seeds Bhupathi and Lizel Huber made a shock first round exit with a 1-6, 4-6 defeat at the hands of Yung-Jan Chan and Eric Butorac.
Paes, however, advanced to the second round with his partner Cara Black after an 6-3, 6-3 win over the local pair of Pauline Parmentier and Marc Gicquel.
Earlier, Bopanna and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi scored an easy 6-2, 6-3 win over Italian Fabio Fognini and American Michael Russell. — PTI