Badminton
Malaysia Masters: Treesa-Gayatri advance to the R16 - Highlights
Catch the highlights of Indian shuttlers' qualification and Round of 32 matches from the Malaysia Masters Super 500 in Kuala Lumpur.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will open their campaign at the Denmark Open Super 750 on October 16, 2024. (FILE PHOTO: BadmintonPhoto/BWF)
The Malaysia Masters Super 500 get underway on Tuesday at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur. The biggest names in action on the opening day of the World Tour event are Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand. The women's doubles duo face Huang Yu-Hsun and Liang Ting Yu of Chinese Taipei.
Besides Treesa-Gayatri, emerging players like Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, Sankar Subramanian, Ayush Shetty, Tanya Hemanth and Unnati Hooda will be in action among others.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 21 May 2024 8:24 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayathri 1-4 Yu-Hs/Ting
Much better from Yu-Hs/Ting in the second game and they have started off strongly. But can they keep this up or will the Indian pair have answers?
- 21 May 2024 8:21 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayathri 21-14 Yu-Hs/Ting. Game 1 belongs to the Indian pair!
Although the match started quite evenly, Treesa and Gayatri made light work of the game and won it 21-14. They were helped by the fact that the Taipei duo committed a lot of unforced errors and were not accurate with their shot placements.
- 21 May 2024 8:17 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayathri 17-12 Yu-Hs/Ting
Game 1 is still fought very hard by both sets of players but the Indian pair are looking much the better team and are continuing their dominance.
- 21 May 2024 8:15 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayathri 14-8 Yu-Hs/Ting
Treesa and Gayatri are going strong and are pulling ahead of the Taipei duo. They look set to seal game 1
- 21 May 2024 8:11 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayathri 10-7 Yu-Hs/Ting
The first big rally of the game along and the Indian duo ended up getting the point thanks to a wayward shot from the Taipei player.
- 21 May 2024 8:09 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayathri 6-4 Yu-Hs/Ting
Both teams are refusing to pull their punches and are going hard at one another in what is turning out to be a fiercely contested contest.
- 21 May 2024 8:07 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayathri 3-1 Yu-Hs/Ting
A couple of unforced errors from the Chinese Taipei duo sees the Indians take an early lead in Game 1
- 21 May 2024 8:02 AM GMT
Treesa and Gayatri take on Yu-Hsun and Ting Yu
Treesa and Gayatri take on the Chinese Taipei duo of Yu-Hsun and Ting Yu in the round of 32 in the Women's doubles category of the Malaysian Masters 2024.
- 21 May 2024 5:20 AM GMT
Lin Sih Yun takes the match, Tanya Hemanth crashes out
Despite her heroic comeback to force a deuce in the first game, Tanya couldn't continue as Sih Yun dominated the second game and won it with a score of 21-8 and wins the match.
Hence, Tanya exits the Malaysian Masters 2024 in the qualifying round.
Final Score: Tanya Hemanth 21-23, 8-21 Lin Sih Yun
