Paes-Martina in 2nd round

The 'Indian Express' made inroads at Roland Garros [ Images ] but on different tracks. Both, Leander Paes [ Images ] and Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ], entered the second round of the mixed doubles at the French Open [ Images ] with their respective American partners.

Paes and Martina Navratilova defeated French pair Stephanie Foretz and Nicolas Devilder 6-4, 6-3 while Bhuptahi and Lisa Raymond [ Images ] dismissed Jonathan Erlich of Israel and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-3, 6-4 in Paris on Saturday.

Paes is also in the third round of the men's doubles. He and partner Nenad Zimonjic had beaten the French pair of Nicolas Devilder and Marc Gicquel 6-1, 6-3 to make the grade.

Bhupathi will square up against his doubles partner Todd Woodbridge of Australia [ Images ], who teams up with Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia for the second round clash.

Paes and Navratilova will play Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Dinara Safina [ Images ] of Russia [ Images ] next.