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Mahesh Bhupathi and his Belgian partner Xavier Malisse kicked off their French Open men's doubles campaign in style with a 6-2, 6-2 win.
Updated : Sep 18, 2017, 04:00 PM IST
PARIS: Mahesh Bhupathi and his Belgian partner Xavier Malisse kicked off their French Open men's doubles campaign in style with a 6-2, 6-2 win against unheralded Gilles Muller of Luxemburg and Christophe Rochus of Belgium on Wednesday.
In court number eight, the Bhupathi-Malisse pair was in control right from the beginning and they never relaxed their grip, dropping just four games on their way to a facile straight set win.
In the second round, the Bhupathi-Malisse pair will take on either 12th seeded Argentine pair of Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto or American Tripp Phillips or his Russian comrade-in-arms Dmitry Tursunov.
Meanwhile, seventh seeds Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm will play their first round match against unseeded Serbian Janko Tipsarevich and Russian Mikhail Youzhny.