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The men's doubles duo defeated a French pair 2-1 in Paris on Tuesday.
Lakshya Sen advanaced to the quarterfinals with a 21-9, 21-18 win over compatriot H S Prannoy.
It was Srikanth's first win over his Malaysian opponent Lee Zii Jia in four meetings.
The women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also made a winning start.
One hopes that the SAI invests in foreign coaches to train Eldhose, Abdulla, Tejaswin, Sreeshankar and Sable so that they stand a reasonable chance of making it to the podium in the Paris Olympics.
Sindhu outplayed Michelle Li of Canada 21-15, 21-13, while Sen rallied to down Malaysia's Ng Tze Yong 19-21, 21-9, 21-16 in a thrilling men's singles final.
Keralite Treesa and Gayatri registered a 21-15, 21-18 win over world No. 159 Australian pair of Wendy Hsuan-Yu Chen and Gronya Somerville to finish on the podium in their first major event together as a combination.
The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also entered semifinals.
P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will play their badminton quarterfinals today.
Sindhu had a comfortable 21-10 21-9 win in her prequarters against Uganda's Husina Kobugabe.