Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth secured a straight-game victory over Ayush Shetty to reach the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Macau Open Super 300 tournament. In women’s doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also advanced to the quarterfinals. Tasnim Mir fought hard in women’s singles but lost in three games, while the mixed doubles pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy bowed out in the second round.
Indian badminton players Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand secured their spot in the second round of the Macau Open, overcoming a tough challenge from the Japanese pair Akari Sato and Maya Taguchi. Meanwhile, other Indian players also saw mixed results in their respective matches.
Commonwealth Games bronze medalists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand put up a valiant fight but ultimately fell to the second-seeded Chinese pair in the women’s doubles pre-quarters of the Hong Kong Open.
India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s doubles at the Hong Kong Open, while Chirag Sen and Manav Choudhary bowed out in the men’s singles qualifiers. In the Vietnam Open, Alap Mishra, Bharat Raghav, and Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar secured victories in their respective men’s singles matches.
India’s Priyanshu Rajawat and the women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the quarterfinals of the Canada Open. Rajawat defeated Takuma Obayashi of Japan in straight games, while Jolly and Gopichand overcame a game deficit to secure their victory.
India’s Malvika Bansod secured a thrilling victory over Scotland’s Kristy Gilmour in the women’s singles quarterfinals of the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament. Bansod, ranked 49th, overcame a first-game deficit to win in three sets. Meanwhile, Priyanshu Rajawat and the doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fell short in their respective quarterfinal matches.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, bronze medalists at the Commonwealth Games, will spearhead India’s medal hopes at the US Open BWF World Tour, beginning on Tuesday. The pair, ranked 24th in the world, are seeded second in the women’s doubles draw and face a challenging path toward a potential final against the top-seeded Japanese duo of Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi. Meanwhile, other Indian shuttlers like Priyanshu Rajawat, Malvika Bansod, and Krishna Prasad Garaga/Sai Pratheek K will also be competing in their respective categories.
