The Indo-Croatian pair beat the third seeded American duo of Eric Butorac and Travis Parrott at the China Open.
On Sunday when the stadium was at least half full, there was no showman on the show court
The dou beat Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee and Yeu-Tzuoo Wang of Taiwan in straight sets.
The 33-year-old said he had been contacted by telephone and asked to throw a Davis Cup match early in his career.
The third seeds beat Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko in the second round.
The Indo-Belgian pair lost 4-6, 4-6 to Leos Friedl and Mikhail Youzhny in the men's doubles first round.
Paes,partnering David Rikl, romped into the second round of the Australian Open doubles tournament. Bhupathi and Joshua Eagle of Australia failed to make it.
The Indian ace and France's Fabrice Santoro beat Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic in the final.
The pair made it to the elite season-ending tournament as the fifth-ranked team.
'There has not been a single Indian player in the top 100 of the ATP rankings after Paes, which is not a happy situation,' said the former tennis ace.
Both the Indian aces fell at the first hurdle in different tournaments on the ATP Tour.
Sania Mirza officially became the first Indian woman tennis player to be ranked world number one in doubles. According to the latest rankings, the Indian ace rose three rungs to 7660 points, which enabled her dethrone Italy's Sara Errani (7640 points).
The Indian tennis aces, playing with new partners, will meet in the penultimate round of the doubles at the Thailand Open.
The country is far from producing another genuine world-beater in women's tennis, said Mahesh Bhupathi.
The Indian doubles ace and the South African will team up at the Australian Open.
They were beaten by Frederic Niemeyer of Canada and Glenn Weiner of the US in the first round at Wimbledon.
India's doubles specialist Mahesh Bhupathi also believes that Sania Mirza will break into top ten
Rohan Bopanna replaces Harsh Mankad in Davis Cup team for World Group play-off.
The Russian has confirmed her participation in the singles as well as the doubles event at the Sunfeast Open 2005.
Mahesh Bhupathi, Prakash Amritraj and Rohan Bopanna have been included in the original squad, announced last week.
The IOC chief said the doubles ace and Prakash Amritraj confirmed participation for the Games.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Martin Damm lost 3-6, 6-7 (7-9) against Kevin Ullyett and Wayne Black in the quarterfinals in Montreal
The top seeds were given a scare by Florian Mayer and Lars\nBurgsmuller in their opening match at the Mercedes Cup.\n
The Indo-Belarussian pair beat Argentina's Martin Garcia and Sebastian Prieto at Flushing Meadows.
The pair weathered a tough opening set to beat Safin and his compatriot 7-5, 6-3.
They sailed into the semi-finals of the Master Series with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over the Swiss pair of Roger Federer and Yves Allegro.
Indian ace Leander Paes says the tennis legend rekindled his passion for the game.
The duo defeated French pair Stephanie Foretz and Nicolas Devilder to enter the second round of the mixed doubles at the French Open.
The third seeded pair lost their semi-final match against unseeded Belgian pair of Xavier Malisse and Oliver Rochus.
In the second singles at the Jai Club courts, Prakash Amritraj will clash against Denis Istomin.
The third seeds thrashed Croatian pair of Mario Ancic and Ivan Ljubicic 6-2, 6-2 in the French Open doubles event.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Fernando Gonzalez of Chile upset eighth seeds Simon Aspelin of Sweden and Todd Perry of Australia at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters Series.
Bhupathi pairing Fernando Gonzalez defeated Dominik Hrbaty and Marat Safin 6-3, 6-3 to enter the second round.
Leander Paes-David Rikl and Mahesh Bhupathi-Max Miryni scored contrasting wins to make the quarters.
The signing follows the Hyderabad girl's decision last week to come out of the All India Tennis Association's sponsorship and pursue corporate patronage.
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