Seeded fourth, Bopanna and Mergea defeated Brazilian-Argentine opponents 7-6(8) 6-2 to progress to the summit clash in run up to the Austra...

The eighth seeded Indo-Polish pair lost 3-6 7-6(1) 10-7 to the sixth seeded Brazilian-Protea combine in one hour and 34 minutes.

It took Paes and Verdasco just 62 minutes to advance as they saved two break chances and converted all the three breakpoints they earned.

Top seeds Sania and Swiss legend Martina downed 16th seeded Spanish team of Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-4 6-3 in j...

Seventh seeds Paes and Hingis subdued the French pair of Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Alize Cornet 6-4 6-2 in the second round match.

Bhupathi, Knowles thrashed Kubot and Marach 6-3, 6-1.