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All England Open LIVE Semifinal: Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand crash out
Follow us for all the LIVE updates from the Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand's semifinal clash at the All England Open 2023.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand (Screengrab/BWF)
The Indian women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, on Saturday, crashed out of the 2023 All England Badminton Open.
They went down 10-21, 10-21 to South Korea's Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee in the semifinals.
Check out the highlights here:
Live Updates
- 18 March 2023 10:37 AM GMT
Early lead for the Koreans
Multiple errors from the Indian pair as they keep hitting the shuttle wide and long. Baek/Lee open up a 5-2 lead early on in the second game.
- 18 March 2023 10:35 AM GMT
Lucky for Gayatri again
The Koreans take the first point after Treesa goes wide, before Gayatri's smash takes the net and falls on the other side. Lucky for the Indians. 1-1 is the score in the second game.
- 18 March 2023 10:32 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri surrender Game 1
It seemed at a point of the Indians are fighting back as Treesa/Gayatri reduced the deficit to 10-14, but Baek and Lee had saved their best for the last. The Koreans win 7 points in a row to shut the resurgent Indians and win the first game 21-10 in 20 minutes.
Can Treesa/Gayatri bounce back in the next game and force a decider?
- 18 March 2023 10:28 AM GMT
Korea running away with this
Another long rally, but this time it falls in the favour of Baek/Lee. The Indians did well to stay in it for most part, but were eventually left stranded on the same side of the court. Treesa/Gayatri trail 10-16.
- 18 March 2023 10:24 AM GMT
Brilliant from Treesa/Gayatri
Longest rally of the match so far and they looked down and out of it. But, Treesa and Gayatri combine well in the end to win that point in their favour. They still trail 9-13.
- 18 March 2023 10:21 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri trail
The Indians have been completely outplayed in this contest so far. They go into the mid-game break with a massive 5-11 deficit. While Gayatri has been decent, Treesa has been rather ordinary so far. The latter needs to elevate her game if the Indians are to pose any trouble.
- 18 March 2023 10:15 AM GMT
Gayatri in her elements
Gayatri seems to be in the zone now even as Treesa looks a bit indifferent. A couple of points more won by the former, but they still trail 3-7.
- 18 March 2023 10:13 AM GMT
First point for India
Good stuff this from Treesa/Gayatri. First they return three or four consecutive smashes well, before the latters return takes the top half of the net and falls on the other side. A slice of luck for Gayatri there and the Indians needed it.
- 18 March 2023 10:12 AM GMT
Not the best of starts for India
Two unforced errors follow from the Indian pair as they trail 0-3 now. Not the best of starts to the semifinal this for Treesa/Gayatri.
- 18 March 2023 10:10 AM GMT
The Koreans take first point
A shot from Treesa goes wide as the Indians concede first to trail 0-1.
