Great news from the French Open!
After a hard fought victory in the mixed doubles yesterday, 16th seeds Paes and Matkowski won their third round men's doubles match against the 4th seeds and current Australian Open champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares 7-6(5), 7-6(4) in a hard fought match lasting 1hr and 41 mins. From whatever I saw of the match, Paes seemed to be in good nick and was easily the best player on court. With this victory they now enter the quarterfinals and surely Paes' ranking should increase.
6th seeds Bopanna and Mergea also entered the quarterfinals in 3 sets 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-1 against the unseeded duo Baker-Daniell. Bopanna would next be in action in some time in the 2nd round of the mixed doubles against the 1st seeds Jamie Murray and Hao-Ching Chan.
Sania Mirza is also scheduled to play today in the women's doubles 3rd round.