Treesa and Gayatri ousted Ukraine's Polina Buhrova and Yevheniia Kantemyr in their opening match 21-14, 21-13 to make the cut for the pre-quarterfinals. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will face a tough challenge in the Paris Olympics silver medallist duo, Liu Shengshu and Tan Ning of the People's Republic of China.