India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes, one of the favourites for Paris Masters doubles' title were restricted moving forward in the second round by stiff opponents Mexico's Santiago Gonzalez and Christopher Kas of Germany. Who beat them 6-3, 1-6, 8-10 at the Paris Masters tennis tournament, on Wednesday at Paris.

The defeat has further strengthened their optimism and the duo was more confident to not only performing well at the ATP Tour Finals in London but also next year in Olympics. In a recent interview in the early hours of the day the duo answered quite confidentally about their approach towards Olympics 2012. Leander said we have come really close to winning a medal in doubles. Athens being the closest. It's something that we both want to do, to try and win an Olympic medal. Mahesh said, obviously, it is a dream for any athlete to stand on the podium at the Olympics. We've come really close as he said. Hopefully, the dream will come true.

The Indo-Pak express of Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi play their opening match against Britain's Coling Fleming and Jamie Murray Thursday. Bopanna-Qureshi pair is seeded seventh in the tournament.