Mahesh Bhupathi joined compatriot Leander Paes in the doubles quarter-finals of the US $ 3,589,000 men's Masters Series event after registering an easy victory in the second round.
Sixth seeds Bhupathi and partner Mark Knowles of the Bahamas beat Nikolay Davydenko of Russia and Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 6-3, 6-4 in Indian Wells on Monday night.
Paes and his Australian partner Paul Hanley, seeded eighth, will take on Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia in the quarter-final on Tuesday.
Sania Mirza, seeded 21st, will fight it out with Slovakian fifth seed Daniela Hantuchova for a place in the women's singles quarter-final at the Pacific Life Open, being held at the same venue.