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Bhupathi-Stepanek exit from Masters

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Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek fell to second seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday.

Bjorkman-Mirnyi beat the Indo-Czech pair 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals.

Top seeds Mike and Bob Bryan also made it to the final eight teams with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over the Argentine pair of Jose Acasuso and Juan Ignacio Chela.

Bhupathi-Stepanek had beaten France's Arnaud Clement and Michael Llodra 6-4, 6-4 in the first round on Tuesday.

Results from other 2nd round matches:
Jarkko Nieminen-Andrei Pavel bt (4) Fabrice Santoro-Nenad Zimonjic 3-6, 6-0, 10-8
Simon Aspelin-Julian Knowle bt Igor Andreev Dmitry Tursunov 5-7, 6-1, 10-6
Paul Hanley-Kevin Ullyett bt Mariusz Fyrstenberg -Marcin Matkowski 6-4, 6-3
Ashley Fisher-Jim Thomas bt (8) Frantisek Cermak-Pavel Vizner 7-5, 6-3