Paes, Bhupathi advance in Cincinnati Masters

Cincinnati, USA:

Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, along with their respective partners, advanced to USD three million ATP Cincinnati Masters' second round after getting byes in the first round.

Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy, seeded third, will take on the winners of the first-round match between Frantisek Cermak/ Michal Mertinak and David Ferrer/Tommy Robredo.

Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles, who won the Montreal Masters event last week, are seeded fourth and will fight it out with the Polish pair of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.

Bhupathi and Knowles had beaten them in the quarterfinals of the Montreal event.