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Treesa-Gayatri win India’s first women’s doubles BWF medal since 2011
India's women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have entered the semifinals of the BWF World Championships, securing a medal for the country. The unseeded Indians came from a game…
India's women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have entered the semifinals of the BWF World Championships, securing a medal for the country. The unseeded Indians came from a game down to defeat the world No. 4 Chinese pair of Ji Yifan and Zhang Shuxian 16-21, 21-15, 21-13 in the quarterfinals in New Delhi.
The duo become only the second Indian women's doubles pair to win a World Championships medal, after Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa's bronze in 2011. India's first ever World Championships medal was Prakash Padukone's men's singles bronze in 1983. Treesa and Gayatri trailed early but found their rhythm with powerful smashes and net play, winning seven straight points in the decider to take control.
Later on the same day, men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty face Chinese third seeds Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang in their quarterfinal. A win would give India a second medal at this edition and a third World Championships medal for the pair, who won bronze in 2022 and 2025.
Indian Opinion Analysis
Treesa and Gayatri had shown promise but never crossed the quarterfinal hurdle at a World Championships before this. Their breakthrough comes at a time when Indian women's doubles has lacked a consistent medal contender since Jwala and Ashwini. The semifinal opponent is yet to be decided, but the pair will need to maintain the attacking intensity that dismantled the Chinese. For Indian badminton, this is the first women's doubles medal in 14 years, and it arrives alongside Satwik-Chirag's sustained medal run in men's doubles. The next match will determine whether it is bronze or a shot at silver or gold.
Source: assamtribune.com
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