Bhupathi-Malisse pair sails into 2nd round with straight set win

Paris, May 31 (UNI) 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 Belgiam today.

In court number eight, the Bhupathi-Malisse pair were 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 and 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.

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