Defending champions Leander Paes [ Images ] and Martina Navratilova advanced to the third round of the mixed doubles championship at the Australian Open [ Images ] in Melbourne [ Images ].

Paes and Navratilova, the fourth seeds, got a walk over from Argentine Lucas Arnold and Angelique Widjaja of Indonesia in the second round.

In the junior championships, Karan Rastogi [ Images ] defeated Indonesia's Sunu Trijati 6-2 6-2 to moved into the second
round of the boys' singles event.