Paes-Zimonjic in quarter-finals

Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia Montinegro registered a straight-set win to move into the doubles quarter-finals on Sunday. The seventh seeds defeated the Czech pair of Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. They now face third seed Mike and Bob Bryan of the US.

Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia Montinegro registered a straight-set win to move into the doubles quarter-finals on Sunday. The seventh seeds defeated the Czech pair of Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl 7-6 (7/5), 6-4. They now face third seed Mike and Bob Bryan of the US.

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On Saturday, Paes and Martina Navratilova advanced to the second round of the mixed doubles event. They defeated French pair Stephanie Foretz and Nicolas Devilder 6-4, 6-3. Now they face Dinara Safina (Russia) and Simon Aspelin (Sweden).

Mahesh Bhupathi and American Lisa Raymond booked their place in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles after defeating Katarina Srebotnik (Slovakia) and Todd Woodbridge (Australia) 7-5, 7-6 (7/4) in the second round. In the junior championships, Vivek Shokeen bowed out 7-6 (6), 5-7, 3-6 to German Jochen Schottler. Agencies, Paris