Sania, Bhupathi move into second round

PARIS : Sania Mirza made light of her first round exit in the singles advancing to the second round of women’s doubles while Mahesh Bhupathi kept himself on track to win his third French Open Grand Slam title by steering clear through the first round of men’s doubles event here yesterday. The 19-year-old Indian combined with Slovakia’s Janette Husarova for a facile 6-1 6-3 against Spaniard Conchita Martinez and Castalina Castano of Columbia. The duo will next play third seeds Anna-Lena Groanfield of Germany and Meghanshaugnessy of USA. Related Stories Sania, Husarova enter 2nd round Sania, Bhupathi move into second round Sania lacks the patience to win on clay:MYSKINA Sania crashes out of French Open 'I love playing for India': Sania Sania, Shikha to play opening singles More Sania Mirza News >> Bhupathi and Xavier Malisse of Belarus registered an easy 6-2 6-2 victory over Gilles Muller of Luxemburg and Christophe Rochus of Belarus to move into the second round of the clay court event. Leander Paes and Martin Damm of Czech Republic, who are seeded seventh, have been pitted against Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in their opening encounter.