Olympians Chetan Baboor, Mouma Das, along with Sharath Kamal and Montu Das, kept the Indian challange alive in the World table tennis championships, in Paris,�all�moving�into the main draw.

Three-time Olympian Chetan Baboor proved too formidable for�Ruddy Raga of Aruba, reducing�the match to a no-contest as he emerged an 11-9, 11-9,11-7,11-7 winner to record his second successive victory�in his group.

Baboor's compatriot, Sharath Kamal, also scored�a straight-games win over Lithuania's Arturas Orlovas, winning 11-4, 11-4, 13-11, 12-10.�Kamal too�scored his second win in the three-player group.

The Indians�face tough opponents�in their next assignments.

Baboor takes on Toshio Tasaki of Japan while Sharath faces French�challenger Chistophe Legoutance for a place in the quarter-finals.

In the women's section, Olympian Mouma Das and Mantu Ghosh resistered�contrasting victories on their way to the main draw.

Mouma overcame�stiff resistance from Manzura Inoyatova before emerging�a 12-10, 11-7, 11-6, 9-11, 11-9 winner.

In another match, down 0-2, Mantu Das waged a grim battle and staged a remarkable�rally to oust Elmira Aliyeva 8-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5.

Another Indian, T Pradeepa, scored an inconsequential victory�over�Peri Campbell of Austria 11-9, 13-11, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10. The Indian girl had already lost a match in her group and hence�failed to qualify.

Mouma Das faces Georgina Pota (Hungary) and Mantu Ghosh meets Yaolin Jing (China) in their next matches.

UNI