WATCH: Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly become first Indian women’s doubles pair to win Syed Modi International title | Badminton News
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand clinched their first BWF World Tour Super 300 title with a commanding straight-game victory over China’s Bao Li Jing and Li Qian in the Syed Modi International final on Sunday. The Commonwealth Games bronze medalls, who have also secured qualification to the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals in China, looked in scintillating form as they outplayed their Chinese opponents 21-18, 21-11 in just 40 minutes.
Treesa and Gayatri thus became the first Indian women’s doubles pair to win the title at this tournament. The pair had finished runner-up in the 2022 edition. After a tough semifinal where they had to come back from a game down, Treesa-Gayatri were brilliant in the final as a long drought ended for India at the Syed Modi International.
Watch match highlights here:
Bao/Li 🇨🇳 take to the court against No.2 seeds Jolly/Pullela 🇮🇳 for a title shot.#BWFWorldTour #SyedModi2024 pic.twitter.com/sdO5msKHgS
— BWF (@bwfmedia) December 1, 2024
This was one of the rallies of the match, as Treesa went diving to retrieve the shuttle at the front court and then Gayatri nearly single-handedly won the point after that:
Rate this rally from 1-10 Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand 🔋#SyedModiInternational 🏸 pic.twitter.com/3P1vFkbnmK
— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) December 1, 2024
Winning moments of the final as Gayatri and Treesa were overcome with emotion at a milestone win:
Winning moments!!🥇
Gold for Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand in women’s doubles at Syed Modi India International 🥇 pic.twitter.com/huFvSJuCLO
— Doordarshan Sports (@ddsportschannel) December 1, 2024
Earlier in the day, the Indian men’s doubles pair Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K, along with the mixed doubles team of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila, concluded their campaigns with runner-up finishes. Pruthvi and Sai displayed grit and flashes of brilliance in a 71-minute men’s doubles final before falling 14-21, 21-19, 17-21 to China’s Huang Di and Liu Yang. In the first match, fifth-seeded Tanisha and Dhruv squandered an opening game advantage before losing 21-18 14-21 8-21 to Thailand’s sixth-seeded pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran in mixed doubles finals.
