They gave Australia an unassailable 3-0 lead over Belarus in their Davis Cup quarter-final on Saturday.
Lleyton Hewitt demolished Vladimir Voltchkov after Chris Guccione upset Max Mirnyi in the Davis Cup quarter-final.
They were beaten in men's doubles quarterfinal of the Nasdaq-100 Open tennis tournament in Miami.
Meanwhile Prakash Amritraj and Hyung-Taik Lee of Korea made a tragic exit, retiring midway through their first round doubles match.
The Indo-Czech Republic pair shocked second seeds Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden and Max Mirnyi of Belaruss in the men's doubles at the Australian Open.
It was a good day at office for India's mixed doubles pairs as both Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna advanced to the second round of the event with their respective partners at the Australian Open, in Melbourne, on Sunday.
The pair beat Liezel Huber of USA and Jamie Murray of UK 6-7, 7-6, 10-5 in the semi-finals.
The top seeds beat third seed Zimbabwean pair of Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett 6-3, 7-5 to win the men's doubles title.
The duo were trailing 5-4 in the first set against American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan when rains disrupted their Masters Cup tennis match.
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 top seeds beat the Swiss-German pair of Yves Allegro and Michael Kohlman in the quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup.
The fourth seeds got a walkover after their opponents Rainer Schuettler of Germany and Mikhail Youzhny of Russia did not turn up.
They comprehensively outplayed the Czech pairing of Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl in straight sets on Sunday.
The Indians pairing with David Rikl and Max Mirnyi respectively scored contrasting wins in the first round doubles at Wimbledon.\n\n
The top seeded Indo-Belarussian pair defeated Jiri Novak\n\nand Petr Pala of the Czech Republic 6-3 6-2 in the semifinals,\n\naccording to information reaching here.
The Indo-Belarussian pair, who won the US Open doubles crown last year, are the top seeds at the Estoril event.
The third seeded pair registered a comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win against Karsten Braasch of Germany and Sargis Sargsian of Armenia.
The Indo-Belarussian pair rallied to beat Slovakia's Karol Kucera and Australia's Todd Perry in the second round at the French Open.
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Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic received a bye in the first round and would meet Nicolas Kiefer and Alexander Waske
The second seeds lost to the French pair of Fabrice Santoro and Michael Llodra in the quarter-final of the men's doubles.
The top-seeded Australian meets qualifier Ivo Minar, who beat fellow Czech Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-2 to reach his first ATP final.
They lost to Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriquez of Argentina in the Tennis Masters Cup.
The second seeded Indo-Belarusian pair beat Jiri Novak and Pavel Vizner in the quarter-finals of the ATP Masters event.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi were denied entry into the Masters Cup semi-final by the Bryan brothers.
The Indo-Belarussian pair beat the Argentine duo of Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez to keep their hopes of qualifying for the semis of the ATP Masters.
The top seeds eaily beat the Russian pair of Denis Golovanov and Andrei Olhovskiy in a quarter-final match at the Moscow ATP event.
The Indo-Belarussian pair beat Andrei Pavel of Romania and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia Monetnegro in straight sets in the first round of the Paris Masters.
The top seeds defeated fourth seeds Jonas Bjorkman and Todd Woodbridge 6-3, 7-6(4) in the final of Tennis Masters Canada.
Top seeds Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi got a walkover in the semi-final when their opponents Cyril Suk and Martin Damm withdrew.
The United States swept past Belarus on Saturday to clinch their first Davis Cup final appearance since 1997.
Bhupathi and Paes are in the separate half of the draw and may face each other in the final.
Bhupathi and partner Max Mirnyi kick-start their preparations for the year's last Grand Slam with the Tennis Masters Series, starting on Monday in Montreal.
The top seeds won 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 to set up a second round clash with Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek.
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