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India's Leander Paes and Czech Lukas Dlouhy, seeded third, cruised into the men's doubles quarterfinals with a 6-3, 7-5 defeat of Americans John Isner and Sam Querrey in the Australian Open tennis at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne on Monday.

It was successful day for Paes in the mixed doubles also, where he and Zimbabwean Cara Black reached the third round. The top seeded pair overwhelmed Uzbek Akgul Amanmuradova and Rik De Voest of South Africa, 6-4, 6-2.

This is the sixth time in eight majors that Paes and Dlouhy reached the quarter-final stage.

The Indo-Czech pair won the Roland Garros and US Open titles last year, having finished runner-up at the 2008 US Open. They next play winners of the match between fifth seeds Lukasz Kubot of Poland and Austrian Oliver Marach and Croat Ivo Karlovic and Dusan Vemic of Serbia.

In the girls' doubles, India's Rishika Sunkara and Yuki Ito of Japan went down fighting to sixth seeds Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany and Mai Grage of Denmark, 7-6(5), 2-6, (6-10) in the first round.

In the boys' doubles, India's Vaidik Munshaw and Chuhan Wang of China were ousted by fourth seeds Liang-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei and Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan, 2-6, 6-7(3) in the first round.

2010-01-18: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Australian Open 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Slovakia`s Magdalena Rybarikova, a 6-4, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Dinara will face B. Zahlavova Strycova or Q.

2010-01-15: Dinara is in action next week as she will be playing the Australian Open. In her opening match she will face Magdalena Rybarikova.

2010-01-13: Sad news today as Dinara lost her match in Sydney losing in the quarterfinals 2 sets against Russia`s Elena Dementieva, a 6-2, 6-3 loss.

2010-01-12: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Sydney 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Poland`s Agnieszka Radwanska, a 7-5, 6-4 win. In the quarterfinals, Dinara will face Elena Dementieva.

2010-01-10: Dinara is thrilled to be pain free, finally, read more here.

2010-01-09: Dinara is in action next week as she will be playing the Medibank International. In her opening match she will face Bye.

2009-12-19: Dinara was scheduled to play in Brisbane to start her 2010 season but announced she would be unable to do so. "Safina was very much looking forward to starting her year in Brisbane and it is a real shame that she will not be fit in time to attend," Ayles said."I know she would have been working around the clock to try to be ready for the event, but in the end time has beat her and she is still undergoing treatment."

2009-10-28: Dinara was in action earlier today in Doha in the year end WTA championships but she got injured at 1-1 while serving against Jelena Jankobiv and was unable to finish the match. She could lose her #1 ranking if she is not able to finish the tournament...

2009-10-04: Sad news today as Dinara lost her match in Beijing losing in the 2nd round 2 sets against China`s Shuai Zhang, a 7-5, 7-6 loss.

2009-10-04: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Beijing 1st round posting a 2 sets win against Italy`s Roberta Vinci, a 6-4, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Dinara will face Shuai Zhang.

2009-10-02: Dinara is in action next week as she will be playing the China Open. In her opening match she will face Roberta Vinci.

2009-09-27: Sad news today as Dinara lost her match in Tokyo losing in the 2nd round 3 sets against Taipei`s Kai-Chen Chang, a 7-6, 4-6, 7-5 loss.

2009-09-05: Sad news today as Dinara lost her match in US Open losing in the 3rd round 3 sets against Czeck Republic`s Petra Kvitova, a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 loss.

2009-09-02: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the US Open 2nd round posting a 3 sets win against Germany`s Kristina Barrois, a 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 win. In the 3rd round, Dinara will face Petra Kvitova.

2009-08-31: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the US Open 1st round posting a 3 sets win against Australia`s Olivia Rogowska, a 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 win. In the 2nd round, Dinara will face Kristina Barrois.

2009-08-26: Dinara is in action next week as he will be playing the US Open. In his opening match he will face Olivia Rogowska.

2009-08-19: Sad news today as Dinara lost her match in Toronto losing in the 2nd round 3 sets against France`s Aravane Rezai, a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 loss.

2009-08-16: Sad news today as Dinara lost her match in Cincinnati, losing in the final 2 sets against Serbia`s Jelena Jankovic, a 6-4, 6-2 loss.

2009-08-16: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Cincinnati, semifinals posting a 2 sets win against Italy`s Flavia Pennetta, a 6-2, 6-0 win. In the final, Dinara will face Jelena Jankovic.

2009-08-15: Dinara is in action next week as she will be playing the Toronto. In her opening round she will have a bye.

2009-08-15: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Cincinnati, quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Belgium`s Kim Clijsters, a 6-2, 7-5 win. In the semifinals, Dinara will face Flavia Pennetta.

2009-08-13: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Cincinnati, 3rd round posting a 2 sets win against China`s Shuai Peng, a 6-3, 6-4 win. In the quarterfinals, Dinara will face Kim Clijsters.

2009-08-11: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Cincinnati, 2nd round posting a 3 sets win against Italy`s Roberta Vinci, a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 win. In the 3rd round, Dinara will face M. J. Martinez or S. Peng.

2009-08-09: Dinara is in action next week as she will be playing the Cincinnati. In her 1st round, she will have a bye.

2009-08-07: Sad news today as Dinara lost her match in Los Angeles, losing in the 3rd round 3 sets against China`s Jie Zheng, a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 loss.

2009-08-05: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Los Angeles, 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Slovakia`s Daniela Hantuchova, a 6-2, 6-4 win. In the 3rd round, Dinara will face Jie Zheng.

2009-07-27: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Portoroz final posting a 3 sets win against Italy`s Sara Errani, a 6-7, 6-1, 7-5 win.

2009-07-25: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Portoroz, semifinals posting a 2 sets win against Italy`s Alberta Brianti, a 6-4, 6-3 win. In the final, Dinara will face Sara Errani.

2009-07-24: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Portoroz, quarterfinals posting a 2 sets win against Italy`s Maria-Elena Camerin, a 6-3, 6-0 win. In the semifinals, Dinara will face Alberta Brianti.

2009-07-22: Good news today as Dinara won her match in the Portoroz, 2nd round posting a 2 sets win against Russia`s Ksenia Pervak, a 6-1, 6-2 win. In the quarterfinals, Dinara will face Maria-Elena Camerin.