Star Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stood one step away from another World Championships medal in badminton after reaching the quarter-finals with a three-game win over Indonesia's Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin here on Thursday.

The world No. 2 pair, who had claimed a maiden bronze in the last edition, bounced back from a mid-game slump to outwit Carnando and Marthin, ranked 10th, 21-15, 19-21, 21-9 in the round-of-16 match that lasted a little over an hour.

Satwik and Chirag showed great anticipation and execution to dish out an attacking game. Chirag was simply superb with his interceptions as he glided through the court and punished any weak returns from their rivals.

The Indian pair had a slow start but Chirag and Satwik soon stepped up, bringing more discipline in their approach.

The Commonwealth Games champions, who won four titles this season, will meet either 11th seeds Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen from Denmark or the Malaysian seventh-seeded combination of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi next.

However, the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who reached the semi-finals of the All England Championships in the last two editions, couldn't sustain the attack and went down 14-21, 9-21 in 42 minutes against the top-seeded Chinese duo of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan.

It was only the second meeting between Gayatri-Treesa and the Chinese pair with the Indians having lost to the world No. 1 Chinese team at the German Open last year. Chen and Jia are three-time gold medallists at the World Championships.