New York: Country's top doubles players, Leander Paes and Sania Mirza made it to the second round of the US Open with straight sets win in their respective events, here.

Leander and his Spanish partner Fernansdo Verdasco got the better of Germans Florian Mayer and Frank Moder 6-2 6-3 in the opening round of the men's doubles competition. It took Paes and Verdasco just 62 minutes to advance as they saved two break chances and converted all the three breakpoints they earned.