India’s Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black advanced into the quarterfinals of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon after defeating Indian pair of Mahesh Bhupati and Sania Mirza in London on Monday.

Paes-Cara duo has defeated the 13th seeded pair of Bhupati-Sania by 6-2, 6-7(2), 6-3 in the third round of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon championship.

The first set was easily won by the top seeded pair of Paes-Cara but in the second set Bhupati-Sania came back strongly as they won the second set which went to tie-breaker.

In third set Bhupati-Cara duo completely outplayed the Bhupati-Sania duo as they won the set and the match to advance in to the quarterfinals of the mixed double event of the Wimbledon championship.

Earlier in the day, Bhupathi-Knowles duo defeated the unseeded pair of Prakash and Qureshi by 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-0 in the third round of the men’s double event of the Wimbledon championship.