Friday, May 27 2005 19:05 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Leander Paes remained the lone Indian hope at the French Open Grand Slam Tennis tournament after Sania Mirza lost her doubles match at the Roland Garros in Paris, France, today (May 27, 2005).

Paes and Nenad Zimonjic continued their sturdy march after steamrolling local pair Nicolas Devilder and Marc Gicquel 6-1 6-3 to reach the men's doubles third round.

Sania's campaign, however, came to an end when she and her Russian partner Anna Chakvetadze were beaten 4-6 7-4 6-2 by 16th seeds Chinese Zi Yan and Jie Zhang.

The 18-year-old Indian had earlier lost in the singles first round.

America's Kevin Kim and Hyung-Taik Lee of Korea upset Mahesh Bhupathi and Todd Woodbridge in the first round yesterday (May 26, 2005).