Indian tennis pair of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi entered the quarterfinals of the Australian Open with a fighting three-set win over Spanish combination of Marcel Granollers and Tommy Robredo in the third round of the men's doubles event here today.

Paes and Bhupathi, who teamed up together after nine years in a bid to add the only Grand Slam title -- the Australian Open -- missing in their cupboard, had to play out of the skin to get the better of 13th seeds Granollers and Robredo 6-4 4-6 6-4 in an engrossing one hour and 52 minutes encounter.