Fifth seeds Paes and Stepanek hit 25 winners en route their 6-3 6-2 win over India's Bhambri and his Kiwi companion Michael Venus in the pre-quarterfinal, which lasted 65 minutes.

The Indo-Czech pair broke the serve of their opponents three times to book their berth in the last-eight stage of the tournament. Paes and Stepanek are looking to win the Australian Open title for the second time, following their victory in 2012 over Bryan brothers.