Paris, Oct 21 (PTI) Indian pair of Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde made a winning start but Lakshya Sen bowed out of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament after suffering a straight game defeat to Ireland's Nhat Nguyen in the men's singles opening round here on Tuesday.
Lakshya, who had reached the finals of Hong Kong Open, looked off-colour from the start to eventually go down 7-21 16-21 to the world number 29 Nhat.
Later in the day, Rohan and Ruthvika notched up a 21-12, 21-19 victory over the Ukrainian combination of Oleksii Titov and Yevheniia Kantemyr.
The Indian duo will next face local favourite and World Championships bronze medallists Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue, seeded fifth.
Last week, Lakshya, the 24-year-old from Almora, had defeated Nhat in a three-g