Bhupathi-Damm battle through

India's [ Images ] Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Martin Damm [ Images ] of Czech Republic came through a tough challenge from Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia to enter the third round of the US Open [ Images ] doubles at Flushing Meadows, New York on Saturday.

The seventh seeds latched on to a 7-6 (3), 3-6, 7-6 (6) win.

The Croatian pair, though unseeded, showed lots of gumption and made Bhupathi-Damm fight for every point. The latter came through, winning two tie-breakers to advance in the final Grand Slam of the year.

They will face the ninth seeds, Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Todd Perry of Australia [ Images ], in the next round.