Chennai: Second seeds Leander Paes and Marcel Granollers made a smooth start in the Aircel Chennai Open with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Taro Daniel and John Millman in the men's doubles first round here yesterday.

The Indo-Spanish combine of Paes and Granollers took little less than an hour to get past the last minute pairing of Daniel and Millman, who teamed up following the sudden withdrawal of Stanislas Wawrinka and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez from the men's doubles draw.