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Indian badminton duo Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have successfully advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open after a hard-fought victory. The pair demonstrated remarkable resilience by overcoming an early deficit against Ukrainian opponents Polina Buhrova and Yevheniia Kantemyr. Their win came after a challenging match where they had to save match points before securing victory. While other Indian shuttlers faced elimination, Jolly and Gopichand's performance brings hope to the Indian badminton contingent.

Key Points: Treesa Jolly Scores Big at Indonesia Open Badminton

  • Indian women's doubles pair wins crucial first-round match
  • Recovered from early 4-1 deficit against Ukrainian team
  • Clinched victory in tight second-game tie-break
  • Multiple Indian shuttlers compete in Indonesia Open
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Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand advance to women's doubles pre-quarterfinals of Indonesia Open

Indian shuttlers Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand triumph in women's doubles, advancing past Ukrainian opponents at BWF tournament

"We fought back from an early deficit to secure our victory - Treesa Jolly (Implied)"

Jakarta, June 5

Indian women's doubles shuttlers Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand on Wednesday stormed into the pre-quarterfinals after winning straight games at the Indonesia Open 2025 badminton tournament.

Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand, 12th in the women's doubles badminton rankings, beat world No. 19 Polina Buhrova-Yevheniia Kantemyr of Ukraine 21-14, 22-20 in the first round, as per the Olympics.com.

After trailing 4-1 early on in the first game, the Indian badminton players recovered quickly to take the opener convincingly.

The second game was a more tight contest with Treesa-Gayatri trailing 11-10 at the interval.

However, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand wrestled back the advantage only to squander two match points before finally winning the encounter in the tie-break.

In the men's singles, world No. 37 Kiran George was beaten by former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in 32 minutes.

Despite putting up a fight in the opening game, Kiran George lost 22-20, 21-9 to the world No. 10.

Kiran George's exit ended India's challenge in the men's draw following Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy's ouster from the tournament yesterday.

Meanwhile, Sathish Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath fought back from a game down to beat Chinese Taipei's Ye Hong-wei and Nicole Gonzales Chan 15-21, 21-16, 21-17 in their first-round and keep India's mixed doubles hopes alive.

However, the other Indian pairs in the mixed doubles section lost their respective matches.

Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde were beaten 21-14, 21-9 by Japan's Yuichi Shimogami and Sayaka Hobara in 33 minutes.

Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh were beaten 21-15, 21-9 by Mads Vestergaard and Christine Busch of Denmark.

India's top mixed doubles pair and world No. 17 Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto also exited the BWF Super 1000 badminton tournament.

They were beaten 21-11, 16-21, 21-14 by second seeds and world No. 4 Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei of Malaysia.

PV Sindhu and Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy had made it to the second round on Tuesday.

- ANI

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Priya K.
Treesa-Gayatri showing great fighting spirit! 🇮🇳 That second game comeback was thrilling to watch. Our women's doubles team is really coming up strong - hope they can go deep into this tournament. Mixed doubles results are disappointing though.
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Rahul S.
Good performance by our girls! But why is Indian badminton so inconsistent? One day we beat top players, next day we lose badly. Need more consistency if we want to challenge China's dominance in doubles.
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Ananya M.
So proud of our badminton queens! 👑 Treesa-Gayatri have improved so much under Gopichand sir's coaching. That Ukrainian pair was tough but our girls handled the pressure well. Hope they get good support in next rounds!
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Vikram J.
Men's singles performance is worrying. Lakshya, Prannoy, Kiran all out early. We need new talent to step up. At least Satwik-Chirag and Sindhu are still in contention. Focus should be on developing bench strength.
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Sneha P.
The way Treesa-Gayatri kept their cool in that tie-break was amazing! 💪 But mixed doubles needs more attention - we can't just rely on Satwik-Chirag. Need to develop more pairs who can compete at this level consistently.
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Karan D.
Good win but let's not get carried away. The real test will be against top-10 pairs. Our doubles players need to work on finishing matches quicker - wasting match points against lower ranked teams won't work against stronger opponents.

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