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Bhupathi and Knowles advance

New Haven: Ace Indian doubles player Mahesh Bhupathi and his Bahamian partner Mark Knowles cruised into the second round of $708,000 Pilot Pen tennis tournament with a straight-set win in the opening round here.

The second-seeded Indo-Bahamian pair got the better of the French duo of Marc Gicquel and Nicolas Mahut 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and 14 minutes, on Tuesday.

Bhupathi-Knowles saved two breakpoints and converted two on their opponent’s serve to pocket the first set.

In the second set, they dropped their serve once but converted two of the three chances they got to script a convincing win. — PTI

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