Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] and his Pakistani partner Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi [ Images ] advanced to the French Open [ Images ] men's doubles quarter-finals after a straight-set win over Andrey Golubev of Kazakhstan and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.

The fifth seeded Indo-Pak pair beat their unseeded opponents 6-3, 7-5 in a third round match that lasted 69 minutes.

It will be Bopanna and Qureshi's third quarter-final appearance in the last four Grand Slams.

They now clash with top seeded American twins Mike and Bob Bryan, who defeated Russia's [ Images ] Teymuraz Gabashvili and Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan 7-6 (6) 7-5 in another pre-quarter-final.

Bopanna and Qureshi had lost to the Bryans in last year's US Open [ Images ].

Bopanna is the only Indian surviving in the men's doubles, Leander Paes [ Images ] and Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] having made a shock second round exit.

Later in the day, seventh seeds Sania Mirza [ Images ] and Russia's Elena Vesnina take on top seeds Gisela Dulko [ Images ] of Argentina and Flavia Pennetta [ Images ] of Italy [ Images ] in the women's doubles quarter-finals.

Another contest of Indian interest is the mixed doubles quarter-final between the Indo-Czech pair of Paes-Iveta Benesova and the top seeded combination of Slovakia's Katarina Srebotnik and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic.