"We did something bad in the second game, before making some changes to our tactics in the decider, which proved successful," commented Zheng.

Next up for Zheng and Chen are Olympic and world champions Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir, who saw off another Chinese pair Zhang Nan and Li Yinhui in straight games.

"We lost to them in the World Championships final, so we need to prepare for the match as challengers," said Zheng.

Another world champion pair, Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan, fell victim of Saturday's loss to Lee Jhe-Huei and Lee Yang of Chinese Taipei at 19-21, 21-13, 21-19.

China's He Jiting and Tan Qiang, both 19, stopped their impressive run as they crashed out with 21-18, 21-19 against defending champions Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen.

He Bingjiao also stopped her quest for defending women's singles title after falling short against world No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying in full games. Tai will take on Japan's Yamaguchi Akane, who upset second-seeded Sindhu Pusarla.

In men's singles, which saw many top names falter, eighth-seeded Srikanth Kidambi of India held off challenges from teammate Prannoy 14-21, 21-19, 21-18.

20-year-old Anders Antonsen's magical journey in Paris came to an end as the Dane lost to Japanese shuttler Nishimoto Kenta.

The French Open was the 10th leg of 12 BWF World Superseries of the season with a total prize money of 325,000 U.S. dollars up for grabs.

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