Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi had a fine day at the French Open tennis championships, winning�his men's doubles and mixed doubles matches on Saturday.

He and partner Max Miryni of Belarus easily made it to the third round in the men's doubles,�defeating Thierry Ascione and Julien Varlet of France 6-3, 6-4.

They meet�14th seeds Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl of the Czech Republic, who got the better of�Devin Bowen of US and Ashley Fisher of Australia, 6-4, 6-4.

Later in the day, Bhupathi�and Elena Likhovtseva of Russia beat�Tatiana Golovin of France and Mansour Bahrami of Iran in a first round mixed doubles match, the third seeds winning 6-4, 6-2.

Another Indian, Leander Paes, who is partnering�David Rikl, will face Rick Leach and Brian MacPhie of the United States in a second round men's doubles match on court 7 later on Saturday.

Bhupathi�won the doubles title at Roland Garros with Leander Paes in 1999 and 2001, while Mirnyi's best showing at the venue�is�a semi-final appearance with�Bhupathi in 2002.

This year, Bhupathi and Mirnyi�won the Estoril Open and�Monte Carlo�Masters. Bhupathi�was also a finalist in the Sydney tournament, partnering�Joshua Eagle of Australia, and at the Hamburg�Masters, partnering�Mirnyi.

Mirnyi�won the Miami�Masters, partnering�Roger Federer.