BADMINTON
Hong Kong Open Jolly, Gayatri go down in pre-quarters
Commonwealth Video games bronze medal-winning duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fought exhausting earlier than taking place to Liu Sheng and Tan Ning within the girls’s doubles pre-quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open badminton right here on Thursday.
Liu and Ning gained 21-11, 22-20.
The primary sport was a one-sided affair because the second-seeded Chinese language pair broke away from 3-2 to win it 21-11.
However the unseeded Indian duo returned strongly within the second sport the place they fought exhausting and have been degree until 15 after which 20-all earlier than the Chinese language wrapped it up 22-20. The match lasted 41 minutes.
For the Indians, who’re ranked twenty sixth on this planet, this was their second loss in a row to the Chinese language, ranked third on this planet, who now lead 2-1 on head-to-head.
Jolly and Gayatri earlier acquired previous Ukraine’s Polina Buhrova and Yevheniia Kantemyr 21-14, 21-13 of their opening spherical conflict.
Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy are the one different Indians in fray within the BWF World Tour Tremendous 500 occasion. They’ll face eighth-seeded Goh Quickly Huat and Lai Shevon Jemie of Malaysia within the blended doubles pre-quarters later within the day.
– PTI