New Delhi: Second seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi entered the quarterfinals of the men's doubles competition at the Australian Open in Melbourne today (Jan 25, 2004).

The Indo-Belarussian pair defeated Hicham Arazi of Morocco and Nicolas Mahut of France in two straight sets via tie-breaker 6-3 7-6 (7-4), according to information received here.

The duo will take on fifth-seeded French pair of Michael Liodra and Fabrice Santoro in the quarters.

In the mixed doubles, Leander Paes and Martina Navratilova, the fourth seeds, will play Lucas Arnold of Argentina and Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia in the second round later today.