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TV9 Bharatvarsh | Edited By: Riya Kasana
Updated on: Mar 17, 2023 | 8:44 PM
The pair of Gayatri and Trisa Jolly reached the semi-finals of the All England Championship last year as well. Although last time she got a wild card entry, this time she directly became a part of the main draw.
India’s challenge at the All England Badminton Championships is now being led by Kevar Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand. In the women’s doubles category, the pair of Trisa and Gayatri has reached the semi-finals. The world number 17 Indian pair defeated China’s Li Wen Mei and Liu Xuan Xuan 21-14, 18-21, 21-12 in a match that lasted 64 minutes. (PTI)
This is the second time when the pair of Trisa and Gayatri reached the semi-finals of this tournament. Last time she failed to make it to the finals. Last time she came in the tournament as a wild card. They will now face either Indonesia’s eighth seeds Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti or Korea’s Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee. (PTI)
Trisa and Gayatri have been showing a great game for some time now. The pair had won a bronze medal in the Commonwealth Games held last year. At the same time, in the Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championship held in February, he defeated Tan Pearly and T Muraleedharan, who were ranked higher than him. In the previous round, they had defeated the former world number one pair of Japan’s Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. (PTI)
In the previous round, they had defeated the former world number one pair of Japan’s Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Treesa and Gayatri continued their good performance and defeated the pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21-14, 24-22 in a thrilling match. (PTI)
Commonwealth gold medalist Lakshya Sen, who made it to the final last time, looked out of touch at any point against Denmark’s Anders Antonsen as he went down 13-21, 15-21 in 52 minutes. The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also bowed out after losing 21-10, 17-21, 19-21 to World No. 10 Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of China. (PTI)
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