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Bhupathi-Bopanna Win Melbourne Opener

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Bhupathi, Bopanna© Getty ImagesMahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna won on their Grand Slam team debut Wednesday.

Fourth-seeded Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna made a winning start on their Grand Slam championship team debut on Wednesday when they beat Australians Matthew Ebden and Chris Guccione 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in one hour and 43 minutes. The duo hit 10 aces and 44 winners.

Sixth-seeded Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, who were semi-finalists six years ago, dropped seven points on their first serves to defeat Britons Jamie Delgado and Jonathan Marray 6-4, 6-4 in 84 minutes. They saved seven of eight break points.

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Eighth seed Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Jean-Julien Rojer knocked out Ivan Ljubicic and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3, 7-6(11) in 88 minutes, converting two of their three break point opportunities.

Frantisek Cermak and Filip Polasek, the No. 11 seeds, who won three ATP World Tour doubles titles last year, overcame Frenchman Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut 6-4, 7-6(1) in 88 minutes.

Elsewhere, four other seeds teams advanced, including No. 12 Santiago Gonzalez and Christopher Kas, No. 13 Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram, No. 14 Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini and No. 15 Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins.

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