Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] and his new partner Max Mirnyi [ Images ] accounted for the third seeded Mikhail Youzhny and Mischa Zverev in the opening round of the USD 1,049,000 St Petersburg [ Images ] Open on Wednesday.

Indian Davis Cupper Bopanna and Belarusian Mirnyi took exactly one hour to script the ouster of Russian-German pair 6-3, 6-4 to move into the quarterfinals of the hard court event.

They will take on Russian pair of Igor Kunitsyn and Marat Safin [ Images ] for a place in the semifinals.