PV Sindhu beat Thuy Linh Nguyen of Vietnam while HS Prannoy got the better of Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in their respective round of 16 matches.
Kidambi Srikanth, seeded eighth in the BWF Super 500 tournament, won the first round match 18-21, 21-10, 21-16 in 49 minutes.
Indian women's team, which has won two bronze medals in the past, faces Korea on Wednesday in its last group match.
India’s men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Indonesian Pramudya Kusumawardana and Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob Rambitan.
With Malvika Bansod pulling out at the last minute, Aakarshi Kashyap started the proceedings but she couldn't get past Kisona Selvaduray.
