Melbourne: Mahesh Bhupathi's mixed doubles campaign got off to a smooth start while Leander Paes moved into the men's doubles third round with another close victory at the Australian Open on Friday.
Bhupathi and Martina Hingis registered a comfortable 6-2 6-2 win over Yeu-Tzuoo of Chinese Taipei and Na Li of China in the first round.
The Indian doubles star and the Swiss Miss, on a comeback trail, were in awesome form, winning 80 points in the match and breaking their opponents four times.
Bhupathi and Hingis now await the winner of Jurgen Melzer/Anastasia Myskina vs Jonas Bjorkman/Lisa Raymond match in the second round.
Paes and Czech Republic's Martin Damm were once again made to work hard before they prevailed over Czech duo Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner 7-5 6-3.
Paes and Damm were broken once in the first set but made up for the setback with a double break of their own.
With Dlouhy and Vizner making no unforced errors, there were no free points on offer for the Indo-Czech pair.
The winners face either Bhupathi and Wesley Moodie of South Africa or Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra of France.
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