Commonwealth Games gold medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty rallied to beat France's Christo Popov and Toma Junior Popov and enter the men's doubles pre-quarter-finals of the French Open Super 750 badminton 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.

In the women's singles Saina Nehwal lost 21-13, 17-21, 19-21 to Germany's Yvonne Li of Germany in the first round.

Birmingham Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also bowed out of the tournament after losing their opening women's doubles match in straight games.

The Treesa-Gayatri pair put up a gallant fight before losing 21-23, 20-22 to the sixth-seeded Thai pair of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai.

In the mixed doubles, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto also failed to go past the first round, losing 13-21, 16-21 to Japan's Kyohei Yamashita and Naru Shinoya.