New York: Fourth seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi overcame a late resistance from Arnaud Clement and Nicolas Mahut to advance to the second round of the men's doubles event of the US Open.
Bhupathi, who was a finalist here last year, and his Belarussian partner beat the French pair 6-1, 6-4 in the opening round match, last night.
Meanwhile, Rohan Bopanna and his Chinese partner Zi Yan bowed out of the mixed doubles event with a 2-6, 4-6 first round defeat against America's Rajeev Ram and Aravane Rezai of France.
Bopanna had yesterday made it to the second round of men's doubles along with his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-Haq Quershi.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, September 02, 2010, 17:57