Commonwealth Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rallied to beat France's Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov to enter the men's doubles pre-quarterfinals of the French Open Super 750 tournament in Paris on Tuesday.
The World No 8 Indian duo lost the first game 19-21, but recovered strongly to win the next two 21-9, 21-13 in their round of 32 match.
However, Birmingham Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand bowed out of the tournament after losing their opening women's doubles match in straight games.
Treesa and Gayatri put up a gallant fight before losing 21-23, 20-22 to sixth-seeded Thai pair of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.
In the mixed doubles, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto also didn’t go past the first round, losing 13-21, 16-21 to Japan's Kyohei Yamashita and Naru Shinoya.