Mahesh Bhupathi advanced to the quarter-finals while Leander Paes crashed out in the second round of the men's doubles in the 2.2-million-dollar ATP tennis tournament in Montreal, Canada.
Bhupathi and his Czech Republic partner Martin Damm, seeded seventh, got the better of Cyril Suk and Pavel Vizner 6-3, 7-6(4) at the hard court event on Thursday.
Fifth seeds Paes and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic were unlucky to end on the wrong side of a nail-biting scoreline, losing 6-2, 3-6, 6-7(3), to Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel on Wednesday.
Both the seeded pairs had a bye in the first round.
Bhupathi and Damm next face the Zimbabwean duo of Kevin Ullyett and Wayne Black, who were in rousing form against Franco-Spaniard combo Richard Gasquet and David Ferrer, winning 6-2, 6-3.
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