Badminton
All England HIGHLIGHTS: Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand reach semifinals
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand reach the semifinals of All England Open.
Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly have become the first Indian doubles pair to make it to the semi-finals of the All England Open (Source: BAI)
The Indian women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, on Friday, made it to their second consecutive All England Badminton Open semifinal.
They defeated the pair from China 21-14, 18-21, 12-21.
Check out the highlights here:
Live Updates
- 17 March 2023 10:15 AM GMT
Errors creeping in for India
Three errors from Treesa/Gayatri as the Chinese pair wins four points in a row. They have equalised at 6-6, after being 2-6 down have Li and Liu.
- 17 March 2023 10:12 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri with the early lead
A beautifully placed shot from Gayatri Gopichand as India open up an early 4-2 lead in this contest.
- 17 March 2023 10:09 AM GMT
First point to India
A shot from Treesa hits the net and drops down on the other side. Lucky point first up for the Indian pair.
- 17 March 2023 10:06 AM GMT
RESULTS SO FAR
This is how Treesa/Gayatri reached the 2023 All England Open semifinal:
- 17 March 2023 10:05 AM GMT
Players stride out!
Both the pairs are out on court number 2. The toss is done and warmups have started.
- 17 March 2023 9:55 AM GMT
Can Treesa/Gayatri reach consecutive semifinals?
Having defeated former world number 1 pair in the pre-quarters, Treesa and Gayatri are up against a much-lower ranked pair today in the form of China's Li Wen Mi and Xuan Xuan Liu.
Can the Indians reach their second consecutive All England Open semifinal?
- 17 March 2023 9:47 AM GMT
Gooood Eveninggg!
The only surviving Indians - Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, at the 2023 All England Championships will compete in their women's doubles quarterfinals today.
Stay tuned!
