BWF World Championships: Treesa Jolly -Gayatri Gopichand win bronze after losing to Tan -Liu - Highlights
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand faced China's Tan Ning and Liu Shengshu in the BWF World Championships women's doubles semi-final in New Delhi.
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India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will take on China's Tan Ning and Liu Shengshu in the women's doubles semi-final at the BWF World Championships in New Delhi on Saturday.
The unseeded Indian pair have already secured a historic medal after producing a stunning comeback against fourth seeds Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in the quarter-finals.
The result ended India's 15-year wait for a women's doubles medal at the World Championships and extended the country's remarkable streak of winning at least one medal at every edition since 2011.
Standing between Treesa and Gayatri and a place in the final are Tan Ning and Liu Shengshu, another formidable Chinese combination.
After their breakthrough quarter-final victory, the Indians will now look to go one step further and become India's first women's doubles pair to reach a World Championships final.
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India had mixed results in the competition with several upset wins from Ayush Shetty in men's singles and Treesa Jolly and Gaytri Gopichand in Women's Doubles.
Meanwhile, India's No. 1 men's singles player Lakshya Sen faced a big upset in the second round, and star athletes like PV Sindhu in women's singles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in men's Doubles failed to medal.
In the end, India finished with one medal in New Delhi, with Treesa-Gayatri winning a Bronze.
This is the first time in 17 years that India has hosted the BWF World Championships.
Although there was a disappointing final game, the Indian duo has shown quality badminton in this tournament and won a bronze medal in women's doubles.
The duo started well against the Chinese pair and won the first game, but then the world No. 1 Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning showed their class and outclassed the duo after the second mid-game break.
The Indians were not able to cope up with the high pressure of an explosive attacking display from the Chinese and settled for the bronze medal.
With this, the Indian campaign ended in New Delhi with just one bronze medal, but the young Indian pair continued India's medal-winning streak in every edition since 2011.
Game-3: Treesa-Gayatri (IND) 8-21 Liu-Tan (CHN)
Game-3: Treesa-Gayatri (IND) 7-17 Liu-Tan (CHN)
Game-3: Treesa-Gayatri (IND) 5-11 Liu-Tan (CHN)
It's looking tough for the Indian pair as the Chinese have gained momentum and are troubling Indian with their powerful smashes.
Game-3: Treesa-Gayatri (IND) 5-8 Liu-Tan (CHN)
Game-3: Treesa-Gayatri (IND) 2-4 Liu-Tan (CHN)
Game 2: Treesa-Jolly (IND) 13-21 Liu-Tan (CHN)
After a close start to the game, the Indian pair started to make a lot more errors on their flat returns and lost the game by a big margin.
Game 2: Treesa-Gayatri (IND) 12-19 Liu-Tan (CHN)
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