Unseeded Leander Paes [ Images ] and Martina Navratilova advanced to the third round of the mixed doubles in the Australian Open [ Images ] at Melbourne [ Images ] on Wednesday.

The pair had things their way while beating the third seeded pair of Mark Knowles [ Images ] of Bahamas and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia [ Images ] 6-2, 6-4 in a second round match.

In the first round, Paes and Navratilova had beaten Australians Scott Draper and Lisa McShea 6-3, 7-5.

On Monday, Paes, partnering David Rikl of the Czech Republic, beat James Blake [ Images ] of the US and Mark Merklein of Bahamas 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to enter the fourth round of the men's doubles.