All England Badminton LIVE – Gayatri Treesa Enters Semis: Pullela Gopichand’s daughter Gayatri Gopichand & Treesa Jolly has created history for Indian badminton. Gayatri & Treesa shocked World No. 2 Korean pair to enter semifinals of Women Doubles event. This is the first time that any Indian Women Doubles pair has made it to the Last 4 of All England Badminton: Follow All England Badminton LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
All England Badminton LIVE: Pullela Gopichand’s daughter creates history, Gayatri Gopichand & Treesa Jolly enters Women Doubles Semifinals, shocks WORLD NO. 2 pair
Gayatri Treesa Enters Semis – All England Women Doubles: Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand had a tough challenge to handle in the Quarterfinal of Women Doubles.
They were up against World No. 2 pair of Lee SoHee & of South Korea. The young Indian pair lost the 1st game tamely by 14-21 and cameback to win the next 2 games.
Indian pair won – 14-21, 22-20, 21-15
Lakshya SEN in Semifinals: Lakshya Sen assured of BRONZE, Indian ace receives…
Lakshya SEN in Semifinals: Lakshya Sen assured of BRONZE, Indian ace receives walk over to create All England Open history
India’s Lakshya Sen has entered Semifinals of All England Badminton Championships. China’s Lu GuangZu gave Lakshya a walkover due to injury in the last match. The youngster from Uttrakhand earlier defeated World No.3 Anders Antonsen of Denmark to enter Last-8: Follow All England Badminton LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
The fast-rising Indian recently won the bronze at the World Championships and Indian Open title.
Lakshya SEN in Semifinals: Lakshya will now play the winner of Lee Zil Zia of Malaysia vs Kento Momota of Japan for place in the finals on Saturday.
Can Lakshya break 21 years jinx? Lakshya’s coach and mentor Prakash Padukone won the All England title in (1980). Pullela Gopichand was the last man from India to win the prestigious title in 2001.
India at All England Badminton LIVE: Quarter-final matches
- Lakshya Sen [IND] gets WALKOVER from Lu Guangzu [CHN]
- Satwiksairaj – Chirag [IND] lost to Gideon – Sukamuljo [INA] 22-24, 17-21
- Jolly – Gopichand [IND] beat Lee-so-hi- Shin-Seung-Chan [SKO] 14-21, 22-20, 21-15
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Lakshya SEN in Semifinals: Lakshya Sen assured of BRONZE, Indian ace receives walk over to create All England Open history
Lakshya SEN in Semifinals: Lakshya Sen assured of BRONZE, Indian ace receives walk over to create All England Open history
Satwik & Chirag LOSE in Quarterfinals: Meanwhile, men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to top seed Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo of Indonesia 22-24, 17-21.
The Indians were leading 20-15 in the first game before the Indonesians fought back to win the game 24-22. In the second game, the Indians fought hard and it was a see-saw battle till the 15th point before the Indonesians raced ahead to win the match.
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