Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi entered the doubles quarter-finals at the $2.2 million ATP Tennis Masters in Cincinatti, USA, on Thursday.

The top seeded Indo-Belarussian pair beat Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Gustav Kuerten of Brazil 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the second round.

Leander Paes and David Rikl went out in the first round of the same tournament on Wednesday, losing to the unseeded Argentine pair of Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez.