Asian Games: Treesa-Gayatri Keeps India Hopes Alive Women's Team QF, Beat Yuki-Mayu In Third Rubber

Asian Games: Treesa-Gayatri keeps India hopes alive womens team QF, beat Yuki-Mayu in third rubber (New Delhi: BWF World Championships 2026)

Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium: World Championships bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have kept India's hopes alive in the badminton women's team quarterfinals against Japan by beating Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto in the third rubber.

As India trailing 0-2 after PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda lost their respective singles matches, Treesa-Gayatri made the perfect start in a must-win tie as they registered the straight games 21-17, 21-16 win the world no. 3 Japanese pair.

Earleir in the second rubber, Unnati Hooda lost to Akane Yamaguchi here at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium as Japan are leading India 2-0.

Unnati was leading 11-10 at the break in the first game, but the Indian lost momentum, allowing the Japanese shuttler to make a comeback and take the opening game 21-16.

The Indian was leading 11-4 in the second game, but as the finish line approached, she was trailing 15-16, and the Japanese didn't let the Indian come back in the game, wrapping up the match by taking the second 18-21.

Unnati was leading 11-10 at the break in the first game, but the Indian lost momentum, allowing the Japanese shuttler to make a comeback and take the opening game 21-16.

In the first rubber, after rallying to win the first game in a tie-break, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu lost 21-23, 21-18, 21-11 against three-time world champion Yamaguchi.

Article Source: IANS