Hangzhou [China], December 12 (ANI): The Indian ladies’s doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand registered a surprising victory over the world quantity six Malaysian pair of Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan on the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, China, on Thursday, conserving their hopes of advancing to the following spherical alive.
Treesa and Gayatri defeated the Commonwealth Games gold medallists 21-19, 21-19 in 46 minutes, climbing to second place in Group A. Leading the group is the Chinese duo of Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning, who defeated the Indian pair on Wednesday, in response to Olympics.com.
This victory marked solely the second win for Treesa and Gayatri in opposition to Pearly and Thinaah in eight encounters.
The Indian pair will subsequent face Japan’s Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in a digital knockout match, with a spot in Friday’s semifinals at stake. In their 4 earlier conferences, the Japanese duo have emerged victorious on three events.
In their match in opposition to Pearly and Thinaah, Treesa and Gayatri began strongly, taking an early 6-2 lead earlier than the Malaysians fought again to safe an 11-10 benefit on the midway mark. However, the Indian duo regained composure and led 19-17, holding their nerves to clinch the primary recreation.
In the second recreation, the Malaysian semifinalists from the 2024 Paris Olympics initially led 8-5, however Treesa and Gayatri fought again, taking a 14-12 lead. With the scores tied at 19-19, the Indians secured two essential factors to seal the match, attaining their first-ever win within the BWF World Tour Finals.
Treesa and Gayatri are solely the second Indian ladies’s doubles pair, after Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy, to compete within the BWF World Tour Finals. They are additionally India’s sole representatives within the match this yr.
The BWF World Tour Finals, the season-ending match, started on December 11 and can conclude on December 15. (ANI)