It was an all win-day at the Australian Open [ Images ] on Friday, with Leander Paes [ Images ], Sania Mirza [ Images ], Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Rohan Bopanna [ Images ] winning their respective doubles matches, in Melbourne [ Images ].     

Paes and his new partner Radek Stepanek advanced to the pre-quarter-finals of the men's doubles after a hard-fought 6-2, 7-6(5) victory over the 14th seed Italian pair of Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the second round. 

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They are now up against the third seeded team of Michael Llodra of France [ Images ] and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic. 

In the mixed doubles, 2009 champions and sixth seeds Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi downed South Africa's [ Images ] Natalie Grandin and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands Antilles 6-4, 6-2 in their opening round. 

In the second round, they await the winner of the match between Iveta Benesova [ Images ]/Jurgen Melzer [ Images ] and Nuria Llagostera Vives/Oliver March. 

The most impressive win of the day for the Indian camp came from Rohan Bopanna and his American partner Lisa Raymond [ Images ]. The fourth seeded pair thrashed Austrian Alexander Peya and Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan 6-1, 6-0 in the mixed doubles.

They next take on the winner of the all-Australian clash between Olivia Rogowska/Marinko Matosevic and Casey Dellacqua [ Images ]/ Matthew Ebden.