Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi tempest into the doubles quarters of Beijing Open after a strong fight against Mao Gong and Zhe Li of China.
Paes and Bhupathi triumph over the Chinese duo 6-2 3-6 10-3 in a one hour nine minute first-round contest.
The fourth-seeded Indian duo will next take on the Crotian pair of Marin Cilic and Ivan Ljubicic, who strike Mark Knowles of Bahamas and Jurgen Melzer of Austria, 6-3 6-4 in an additional first around match.