Second seeds Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Max Mirnyi [ Images ] entered the quarterfinals of the men's doubles competition at the Australian Open [ Images ] in Melbourne [ Images ] on Sunday.

The Indo-Belarussian pair defeated Hicham Arazi of Morocco and Nicolas Mahut of France [ Images ] in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

The duo will take on fifth-seeded French pair of Michael Liodra and Fabrice Santoro [ Images ] in the quarter-final.

In the mixed doubles, however, Bhupathi, paired with Elena Likhovtseva of Russia [ Images ] and second seeded, could not keep the momentum and lost in an exhausting first round match.

Bhupathi-Likhovtseva were upset by the unseeded pair of Russian Jeff Coetzee and Slovakia's Tina Krizan 7-6, (7/5), 4-6, 7-6 (10/8) in a long-drawn match.