Meanwhile, Paes has also entered the semi-finals of the mixed doubles event.

The Indian ace, paired with Zimbabwe's Cara Black, and seeded second, got the better of seventh seeds Rennae Stubbs of Australia and Robert Lindstedt of Sweden 7-5, 3-6, 10-6.

In the semi-finals, Paes and Black will meet the unseeded pairing of Su-Wei Hsieh of Korea and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe.

Image: Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy
Photographs: Jay Mandal

India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas got the better of Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu and Israel's Dudi Sela 6-4, 6-4 to advance in the men's doubles.

The No 3 seeds had it easy against their unseeded opponents.

It was a double delight for Bhupathi as he also advanced to the semi-finals of the mixed doubles.

Partnering Liezel Huber of the United States, and seeded No.1, the duo scored an easy victory over eighth seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the US and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia, winning 6-4, 6-3.

Bhupathi and Huber take on another unseeded pair, Carly Gullickson and Travis Parrott, in the last four.

Image: Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles
Photographs: Jayy Mandal

Meanwhile, 17-year old Indian, Yuki Bhambri has already entered the second round in the junior boys event.

He defeated American opponent Jordan Cox, 6-2, 6-1.

The junior world number one broke his rival twice in the first set and thrice in the second and only once he faced the threat of a break of serve.

He will next clash with Swiss Sandro Ehrat, who beat Patrik Brydolf 6-2, 6-4 in his first round clash.

Yuki is the favorite to win the junior title in New York having already won the Australian Open.

However, India's Sudanwa Sitaram's campaign in the boys' event ended in the first round after he went down fighting 3-6, 6-3, 5-7 against local lad Alexander Domijan.

 

Image: Yuki Bhambri
Photographs: Jay Mandal