New Delhi [India], August 21 (ANI): India’s girls’s doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand registered an exceptional comeback victory over China’s Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian within the quarterfinals to storm into the semifinals of the continued BWF World Championships 2026 in New Delhi on Friday, assuring themselves of at the very least a bronze medal.
The Indian duo recovered from shedding the opening sport to register a 16-21, 21-15, 21-13 victory in a match that lasted over 70 minutes on the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
Jia and Zhang began strongly and managed the tempo within the opening sport, capitalising on errors from the Indian pair to take a 1-0 lead.
Treesa and Gayatri responded impressively within the second sport, enhancing their defence and controlling the web exchanges to determine an early lead. They maintained their benefit to stage the competition at 21-15.
The Indians carried their momentum into the decider, racing to a 10-5 lead earlier than preserving the Chinese pair below stress. They finally closed out the sport 21-13 to finish a memorable comeback.
With the win, Treesa and Gayatri turned solely the second Indian girls’s doubles pair to win a World Championships medal, following Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa’s bronze in 2011.
Earlier, Treesa and Gayatri produced a scientific straight-game victory to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Championships on Thursday. They defeated Japan’s seventh-seeded duo of Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi 21-16, 21-12 of their Round of 16 encounter. Treesa and Gayatri set the tempo early within the opening sport, asserting authority with sharp play. Despite disciplined defence from the Japanese pair, the Indians maintained a gentle cushion, closing out the primary sport 21-16.
The second sport noticed the Indian duo widen the hole rapidly. With momentum firmly on their aspect, they sealed the 21-12 win to e-book their place within the match’s final eight. (ANI)