The Czechs were drawn in Pool A and will face Dutch Olympic medallists Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen in the first match of the main draw, on Thursday – Norwegians Anders Mol and Christian Sørum and Americans Andy Benesh and Miles Partain are the other two teams in the pool.
Italians Daniele Lupo and Enrico Rossi also advanced from the Gstaad qualifier, topping Dutch Steven van de Velde and Matthew Immers in two sets (21-18, 21-16). The Olympians are in Pool B in the main draw and will play against Brazil’s Andre Loyola/George Wanderley, Qatar’s Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan and Chile's Marco Grimalt/Esteban Grimalt.
Joining Pool C from the qualifier will be Austrians Alexander Horst and Julian Hörl, who defeated Brazilians Evandro Gonçalves/Arthur Lanci in the tie-breaker (21-19, 16-21, 15-9). Their first main draw opponents will be Poland’s Michal Bryl/Bartosz Łosiak, France’s Youssef Krou/Arnaud Gauthier-Rat and Brazil’s Pedro Solberg/Gustavo ‘Guto’ Carvalhaes.