India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Australia's Todd Woodbridge got off to a winning start at the 2005 Australian Open, beating the Australian pair of Chris Guccione and Nathan Healy 7-5, 7-5 in the first round of the men's doubles at Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, on Wednesday.
The third seeds broke their unseeded opponents once in both sets to win the match in an hour and 19 minutes.
They will take on the Russian duo of Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko in the second round. The Russians progressed after a tough 6-4, 0-6, 6-4 victory over the Aussie pair of Adam Feeney and Marc Kimmich.
Austria's Jurgen Melzer and Germany's Alexander Waske produced the biggest upset in the men's doubles as they knocked out top seeds Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Daniel Nestor of Canada 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) in another first round match.
There was also another upset as the unseeded Argentine pair of Juan Ignacio Chela and Sebastian Prieto registered a comfortable 6-4, 6-4 victory over fellow-country men and seventh seeds Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez.
The fifth seeded Zimbabwean pair of Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett also progressed after an easy 6-4, 6-1 win over Argentina's Juan Monaco and Mariano Zabaleta.
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