The scratch pair go down in straight sets in Memphis
The Swiss top seed begins his quest for a record-equalling fifth consecutive men's singles title against Teimuraz Gabashvili, while second seed Rafael Nadal meets American Mardy Fish.
Paes and Martin Damm beat Lukas Dlouhy and Pavel Vizner of the Czech Republic in the second round of the Cincinnati Open.
The fourth seeds were beaten by British wildcards Joshua Goodall and Ross Hutchins in the first round of the Nottingham Open.
Mark Philippoussis won the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships to claim his first title in three years.
The Indian tennis aces, playing with new partners, will meet in the penultimate round of the doubles at the Thailand Open.
American Justin Gimelstob upset top-seeded Andy Murray 6-1, 7-6 in the Hall of Fame semi-finals
Leander Paes and Paul Hanley beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Justin Gimelstob to enter the final of the Thailand Open.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Justin Gimelstob edged out Robby Ginepri and Gilles Muller in the first round of the Thailand Open
While fellow Indian Prakash Amritraj lost to Justin Gimelstob 3-6, 3-6 in the Nottingham ATP Challenger
Friction has dogged the ATP Player Council, whose president is world number one Novak Djokovic, this year since ATP president Chris Kermode failed to gain support for another term.
Third seed Rainer Schuettler of Germany was the first casualty at the ATP Chennai Open.
Paes/Rikl and Bhupathi/Miryni won their first round doubles matches at the French Open easily.
The Australian Open champion fought off a match-point to beat Vladimir Voltchkov and book his spot in the semi-finals of the San Jose Open.
They were upset by their unseeded opponents on the third day of the Chennai Open.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Factbox on American Serena Williams, who plays sister Venus in the final of the Australian Open on Saturday.
Thursday's match was just Venus Williams's seventh of the year and first since January's Australian Open, where she fell to Simona Halep in the round of 32.