Sports news | Treesa-Gayatri advances to the Singapore Open semi-finals after another win

Singapore, May 31 (PTI) Rising Indian women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand recorded another painful victory as they defeated sixth-seeded South Korean duo Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong in a thrilling battle to advance to the semi-finals finals of Singapore Open here on Friday.

The unseeded Indian duo came from behind to claim an 18-21, 21-19, 24-22 victory in the quarter-final that lasted one hour and 19 minutes.

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The Indian duo, ranked number 30 in the world, made up for their defeat against the same opponents at the Asian Games in Hangzhou last year.

On Thursday, the Commonwealth Games bronze medalist duo of Treesa and Gayatri had defeated the world’s No. 2 Korean duo of Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee in the round of 16.

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Treesa and Gayatri will face fourth-seeded Japanese duo Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Treesa and Gayatri are the only Indians vying for a podium finish in the BWF World Tour Super 750 event.

PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy had lost their respective women’s and men’s singles matches on Thursday. PTI PDS

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