The Paes-Stepanek pair progressed to the pre-quarters at the Indian Wells, while Bhupathi-Bopanna suffered a shock defeat.
Indian Wells: Leander Paes and Radek Stepanek progressed to the pre-quarterfinals of the ATP Masters event but Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna suffered a shock first round defeat.
Seeded seventh, Paes and Stepanek outplayed unseeded Spaniards David Ferrer and Albert Ramos 6-3 6-3 in their opening round.
However, Bhupathi and Bopanna, who had recently won Dubai Open, lost 4-6 3-6 to Julien Benneteau and Jo-wilfried Tsonga in their first round match.
Paes and Stepanek, the Australian Open champions, await winners of the other first round match between the pairs of Eric Butorac and Bruno Soares and Juan Monaco and Kei Nishikori.
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