India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus moved into the men's doubles second round in the 2.425 million euro Paris Masters Tennis Tournament, beating Andrei Pavel of Romania and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia Monetnegro in straight sets on Tuesday night.
The fourth seeds won 7-5, 7-6 (7/3).
They meet the Chilean duo of Fernando Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu, who beat French wildcards Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra 1-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Leander Paes and David Rikl of Czech Republic bowed out of the tournament after a first round defeat to Czech pair Martin Damm and Cyril Suk in straight sets.