Leander Paes [Images] and Mahesh Bhupathi [Images] overcame their first hurdle, easing past Gael Monfils and Gilles Simon, to enter the pre-quarter-finals in the men's doubles of the tennis event at the Beijing [Images] Olympics [Images].

The ace Indian duo, seeded seventh, beat the young Frenchmen 6-3, 6-3 in the first round on Tuesday.

They will next face the Brazilian pair of Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa, who beat Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic  5-7,  6-2,  8-6.

Also read:

� Rathore, Jung fail to make final cut
� Deer hunter Eller wins double trap gold
� Boxing: Jitender storms into last 16
� Archery: Pranitha loses in round of 16
� My life is all about my sport: Abhinav
� Phelps joins elite Olympians with nine golds
� China's male gymnasts storm to gold