Chennai: Indian tennis veteran Mahesh Bhupathi, teaming up with compatriot Saketh Myneni, today won a hard fought doubles pre-quarterfinal match to set up a mouth-watering clash with his former partner Leander Paes at the ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here.

The Indian fans' hopes of seeing their tennis heroes Bhupathi and Paes play against each other for the second time in the country came true with Bhupathi and Myneni getting the better of Sood Brothers, Chandril and Lakshit, 6-7, 6-4, 10-6 in the pre-quarterfinal.