Bhupathi-Malisse in French Open 3rd round

Mahesh Bhupathi and Xavier Malisse of Belgium advanced to the third round of the men's doubles event of the French Open Grand Slam tennis on Friday.

The unseeded Indo-Belgian pair defeated Argentine duo of Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto 6-4 6-3 in the second round.

They will next play either Switzerland's Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka or fifth seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel.

First Published: Jun 02, 2006 22:03 IST