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At $600K Yonex French Open 2014 (Superseries Premier), Paris, France

[Q1] (4) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Vincent Espen (FRA)/ Manon Krieger (FRA) 21-9 21-7
[Q2] (4) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Robin Tabeling (NED)/ Iris Tabeling (NED) w/o

[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,37) vs Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,25)
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,31) vs Kento Momota (JPN,16)
[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,23) vs (Q) Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR,66)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,28) vs (3) Kenichi Tago (JPN,4)
[R1] (8) P V Sindhu (IND,10) vs Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,13)
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs Sashina Vignes Waran (FRA,36)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) vs (5) Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs Li Junhui (CHN)/ Liu Yuchen (CHN)
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED)
[R1] (Q) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (Q) Keigo Sonoda (JPN)/ Shizuka Matsuo (JPN)

Kashyap and Prannoy having tough matches against Japanese opponents ... Ashwini again qualify for MXD main-draw with Vladimir Ivanov.