: All England Open: Treesa-Gayatri, Lakshya make semis; heartbreaking loss for Satwik-Chirag #IndiaNEWS World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen advanced to the men’s singles semifinals of

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All England Open: Treesa-Gayatri, Lakshya make semis; heartbreaking loss for Satwik-Chirag #IndiaNEWS
World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen advanced to the men’s singles semifinals of the All England Championships after receiving a walkover from Lu Guang Zu on Friday.The 20-year-old from Almora was joined in the semis but the unlikely women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand.All England Open, Day 3 live: Gayatri-Treesa upset second seeds Lee-Shin, Lakshya into semisGayatri-Treesa, ranked 46 in the world, stunned Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan, world No 2 and world championship silver medallists in three games 14-21, 22-20, 21-15.At 18-20 down in the second game, it seemed like it was curtains for the Indian pair who had lost the first game too. But they decided to fight on, saved the match points to force the decider and it resulted in a big upset. In the final game, the Korean pair just couldn’t deal with Jolly’s big smashes from the back and that played a huge role in the Indian pair winning.Oh how they pulled it offTreesa Jolly: We don’t have pressure. That is the main thing. We just want to give it our best.Gayatri Gopichand: We lost the first set, in the second set... we were down 18-20 but we just felt we have to fight. Just one point at a time.Did you know much...Read more

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