Dubai: India's Mahesh Bhupathi and his Uzbek partner Denis Istomin advanced to the second round of men's doubles while Somdev Devvarman was knocked out of the singles second round at the Dubai Duty Free Championships here Wednesday.


Somdev Devvarman 

Bhupathi and Istomin came back from a set down to beat Austrian Oliver Marach and Romanian Florin Mergea 4-6, 6-3, 16-14 in a super tie-break in an hour and 29 minutes.