Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and the women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy entered the second round, while Parupalli Kashyap exited in the opening round of the French Open World Superseries here on Wednesday.
Second seed Sindhu was given a tough fight by Beatriz Corrales of Spain before the Rio Olympic silver medallist prevailed 21-19, 21-18 in 35 minutes. Sindhu will meet Japanese Sayaka Takahashi for a place in the quarter-finals.
In the men's singles, B. Sai Praneeth also joined Srikanth and Prannoy in the second round.
Srikanth advanced to the second round after German Fabian Roth retired trailing 0-3 in the first game due to physical problems. Srikanth will face Hong Kong's Wong Wing Ki Vincent in his next match.
Saina Nehwal, however, suffered a loss in the second roundhere on Thursday.
london Olympics bronze medallist Saina lost to Japanese fifth seed Akane Yamaguchi 9-21, 21-23 in 39 minutes.
It was 20-year-old Yamaguchi's third consecutive win over 27-year-old Saina, who still leads the Japanese 3-1 in head-to-head records.
Prannoy got past South Korean lee Hyun II 21-15, 21-17 in 43 minutes to set-up an encounter against Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus.
Praneeth overcame Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab 21-13, 21-23, 21-19 in an hour and five minutes. The Indian will meet Japanese qualifier Kenta Nishimoto on Thursday.
However, for Kashyap, it was a disappointing day after he lost to Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 23-21, 18-21, 17-21 in an hour and 14 minutes.
The women's doubles pair of Ashwini and Sikki cantered past England's Jenny Moore and Victoria Williams 21-12, 21-12 in 24 minutes.
The men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy fell 11-21, 13-21 against Russians Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sozonov. But Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty managed to enter the second round.