The Indo-Swiss pair of Leander Paes and Martina Hingis made a winning start in mixed doubles of the French Open in Paris today. Paes and Hingis, winners of three Grand Slam titles last season, won 6-4, 6-4 against the German-Colombian team of Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah to enter the pre-quarterfinals. They next face winners of the other first round match between the fourth-seeded pair of Yaroslava Shvedova and Florin Mergea and Lucie Hradecka and Marcin Matkowski. Later in the day, Sania Mirza will also open her mixed doubles campaign with partner Ivan Dodig. The second seeds face local pair of Mathilde Johansson and Tristan Lamasine. Another Indian playing today is Purav Raja, who with Ivo Karlovic, face the ninth seeded Lukasz Kubot and Alexander Peya.