Desai-Vasant through

Desai-Vasant, after forcing the decider, lost a 5-0 advantage in the final set. Ajay-Vishal levelled scores before the veterans booked their quarter-final spot.

Top seed Asif Ismail-Kedar Shah cruised to the last eight but third-seeded pair of Avinash Arun-R Narendran had to battle hard for their ticket. Arun-Narendran beat Kamlesh Shukla-Abhijit Muzumdar 7-6 8-6, 7-6 7-5.

Results
Men8217;s doubles first round: Asif Ismail/Kedar Shah Mah bt Vimal Kirthi/Rahul Gandhi TN 6-0, 6-2; Abhishek Tamhane/Kunal Bhojwani Mah bt Nilesh Saldanha/Brendon D8217;Souza Mah 6-4, 6-1; Ishraque Gulrays/Imran Yusuf Mah bt Girish Mishra/P Sharma UP 6-1, 6-3; Mayur Vasant/Chetan Desai Mah bt CD Ajay Kar/P Vishal AP 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Sanzaruz Zaman WB/Benjamin Xavier Mah bt Intikab Ali Mah/Vivek Satyajit Del 6-2, 7-5; R Narendran/Avinash Arun TN bt Kamlesh Shukla UP/Abhijit Muzumdar Mah 7-6 8-6, 7-6 7-5; Kedar Tembe/Sangram Champekar Mah bt Jaidev Punjabi/Siddharth Sharma Kar 7-5, 6-1; Vinod Sridhar/S Ganesh TN bt Mohammed Yaseer Arafat/Anjan Viplav AP 7-5, 6-1.