Among the men, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy will look to get over the disappointing campaigns in the World championship and the Asian Games.
The young and inexperienced Indian team proved no match for their French counterparts, who were ranked lower in the men's doubles.
The 25-year-old from Hyderabad, who had clinched his maiden Super Series title at Singapore Open last year, said the team is focused on beating France on the opening day.
Praneeth beat Indonesia's Panji Ahmad Maulana 21-12 21-14, while Sameer edged past Takuma Ueda of Japan 21-16 21-12 in their respective second round matches.
Praneeth beat Israel's Misha Zilberman in straight games 21-17, 21-14, Sameer had to toil hard to get the better of New Zealand's Abhinav Manota 13-21, 21-17 and 21-12 in the opening round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event.
Praneeth will next face second seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in the semifinals.
India's ace shuttler P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals in the women's singles event, whereas, Sai Praneeth reaches round two in the men's singles of World Badminton Championships 2017 in Glasgow.
Macau: P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy entered the quarterfinals of the women's and men's singles of the Macau Grand Prix Gold after posting hard-fought victories in their respective matches, here Thursday.However, it was
Macau: Defending champion P V Sindhu reached the pre-quarterfinals of the Macau Grand Prix Gold in women's singles while HS Prannoy and B Sai Praneeth too tasted victories in men's singles as Indian shuttlers had
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