India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi of Belarus moved into the second round of men's doubles at the French Open tennis championships in Paris on Wednesday.

The third seeded pair defeated Sebastien de Chaunac and Stephane Robert of France 6-1, 6-4 in a first round match.

Earlier, India's Leander Paes and David Rikl of the Czech Republic also advanced to the second round, defeating Juan Ignacio Carrasco and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain 6-2, 6-4.