The Indo-Belarussian pair beat Argentina's Martin Garcia and Sebastian Prieto at Flushing Meadows.
The Indo-Belarusian pair lost to top seeds Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the doubles semi-finals at the Madrid Masters.\n\n
The fourth seeds got a walkover after their opponents Rainer Schuettler of Germany and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia did not turn up.
The world number one beat Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 in the semi-final of the Halle Open.
The world number one repeated his Australian Open final victory over Marat Safin with a 7-6, 7-6 win to reach the second round of the Dubai Open.
Roger Federer enjoyed a smooth 6-3, 6-2 win over Robin Vik in the quarterfinal of the Dubai Open.
All three advanced to the last 16 of the Australian Open with some style.
World number one Roger Federer breezed through to the Halle Open semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
The fifth seeds were shocked by Germany's unseeded pair of Nicolas Kiefer and Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 6-3 in the semi-finals.
Federer's bid to win his first title on the clay courts of the Rome Masters juddered to a premature halt on Wednesday when he lost his second-round clash against Spain's Albert Costa 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
The former overpowered Alberto Martin while Coria beat David Nalbandian at the Monte Carlo Masters.
The Indo-Belarussian pair lost to Arnaud Clement and Sebastian Grosjean in the second round at the Miami Masters.
The Argentine joined third seed Rainer Schuettler, fifth seed Mark Philippoussis and sixth seed Tim Henman as a first round loser.
The world number five went down 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Cyril Saulnier in the first round.
The American ace took a step closer to the title he last held 13 years ago when he beat David Nalbandian.
Belarus will figure in the Davis Cup World Group for the first time while Germany are relegated for the first time in 20 years.
The winner of the match will face either Yevgeny Kafelnikov or Felix Mantilla in the final of the Rome Masters.
The third seed withdrew because of a wrist injury that will sideline him for at least two weeks.
The Mumbai lad pulled off the biggest win of his career when he beat the world No 106-ranked Brazilian in straight sets to enter the second round of the Chennai Open.
Lleyton Hewitt survived a Rainer Schuettler onslaught to advance 7-6, 2-6, 6-4 into round three of the Pacific Life Open.
Flavia Pennetta, Italy's newly-crowned US Open women's singles champion, will represent Mumbai Masters in this year's Champions Tennis League along with 1996 Wimbledon men's champion Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands following the players' draft, in Mumbai, on Wednesday. The second edition of the Champions Tennis League, the brainchild of former India Davis Cup captain Vijay Amritraj, will be played from November 23 to December 6, an increase of four days from last year's ten-day duration, announced Amritraj at a media conference after the players' draft.
New coach Rainer Schuettler's experience as a former player at the top level has been invaluable for Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber and the world number two believes her poor end to last season is truly behind her.
Simona Halep will take over as the new number one in the WTA world rankings after progressing to the China Open final with a dominant 6-2 6-4 victory over Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in Beijing on Saturday.
Novak Djokovic and Rogerer Federer loom over Melbourne Park for the year's opening Grand Slam as favourites for the Australian Open as questions remain as to whether one of Generation Next could finally end their stranglehold.
List of Australian Open men's singles champions since the event began in 1905 (Australian unless stated):
List of Australian Open men's singles champions since the event began in 1905 (Australian unless stated):
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