Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand progressed to the semifinals of the Hylo Open Super 300 badminton tournament after a hard-fought win in women's doubles competition here on Friday. (More Badminton News)
Treesa Jolly And Gayatri Gopichand Advance To Semifinals Of Hylo Open
The women's pair of Treesa-Gayatri defeated Chinese Taipei's Hsu Ya Ching and Lin Wan Ching 21-17, 18-21, 21-8 to enter the semifinals of the Hylo Open.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (R) in action.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela (R) in action.
World No. 28 Treesa and Gayatri prevailed 21-17 18-21 21-8 over Chinese Taipei's Hsu Ya Ching and Lin Wan Ching, ranked 65th, in the quarterfinals to set up a clash with eighth seeds Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard of Thailand.
However, top Indian men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a straight-game loss to seventh seeded English pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy 17-21 14-21 in a last-8 match.
In the women's singles, Malvika Bansod also was no match to Indonesia's world number 21 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, going down 17-21 10-21 in a lop-sided contest.
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