Bhupathi-Malisse enter third round in French OpenBhupathi- Malisse maintained their winning feat in men’s doubles at French Open tennis championships in Paris.

Indian tennis, ace Mahesh Bhupathi and Belgium’s Xavier Malisse defeated the Argentine duo of Jose Acasuso and Sebastian Prieto 6-4, 6-3 in the second round match on Friday.



The duo either will face Swiss heavyweights Yves Allegro and Stanislas Wawrinka or fifth seeds Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram of Israel in the third round.



In the mixed doubles, Bhupathi teamed up with Martina Hingis defeated Sweden’s Sofia Arvidsson and Aussie Stephen Huss 7-5,6-2 in the first round.





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