Mahesh Bhupathi [ Images ] and Max Mirnyi [ Images ] entered the doubles quarter-finals at the $2.2 million ATP Tennis Masters in Cincinatti, USA, on Thursday.

The top seeded Indo-Belarussian pair beat Russia's [ Images ] Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Gustav Kuerten of Brazil [ Images ] 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the second round.

Leander Paes [ Images ] and David Rikl went out in the first round of the same tournament on Wednesday, losing to the unseeded Argentine pair of Gaston Etlis and Martin Rodriguez.