Bhupathi advances

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Indian tennis veteran Mahesh Bhupathi made a strong comeback to the circuit by winning his men\'s doubles first round but his one-time partner Leander Paes had to bite the dust as he lost his opening match at the Australian Open here on Wednesday.

Melbourne: Indian tennis veteran Mahesh Bhupathi made a strong comeback to the circuit by winning his men's doubles first round but his one-time partner Leander Paes had to bite the dust as he lost his opening match at the Australian Open here on Wednesday.

Mahesh Bhupathi with his Luxembourg partner Gilles Muller took two hours and 13 minutes to oust local pair of Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4 on Court No 7 of the Melbourne Park.

Later on Court No 15 Paes and his partner Jeremy Chardy crashed out after losing 6-3, 6-4 to Colombian pair of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. The 12th seeds took just an hour and 12 minutes to clinch the match 6-3, 6-4.

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