India shuttler duo Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand's run in the Kumamoto Masters Japan 2024 badminton tournament was cut short after they conceded a defeat in the opening match of the women's doubles event on Tuesday.
Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen will return to action along with Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand who will spearhead India's challenge in the upcoming Kumamoto Masters Japan 2024 badminton tournament this week.
India faced significant setbacks at the Denmark Open on Wednesday. In the men's singles Round of 32, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran lost a hard-fought match against Chinese Taipei's SU Li Yang. SU claimed the first set 21-15, but Sathish fought back to win the second set 21-17. However, SU ultima
Treesa and Gopichand, ranked world number 23 in Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, lost to the Chinese Taipei pair of Hung En-Tzu and Hsieh Pei Shan, ranked 54th in the world by 17-21, 21-16, 10-21, as per Olympics.com.
Rajawat, a part of India's historic Thomas Cup winning team back in 2022, succumbed to Japan's Takuma Obayashi 9-21, 21-16, 9-21. On the other hand, Kiran lost to Chinese Taipei's Su Li Yang 16-21, 16-21 in two straight games, as per Olympics.com.
India shuttler duo Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand stormed into the round of 16 in the women's doubles event, while, Chirag Sen and Manav Choudhary suffered an early exit in the single's event in the ongoing Hong Kong Open 2024.
Ace shuttler, Lakshya Sen, is set to spearhead India's challenge at the Canada Open 2024 badminton tournament which is set to spearhead the nation's challenge on Tuesday.
At the Fort Worth Convention Center, Malvika, ranked 49th in the world in badminton, overcame a game deficit to defeat Scotland's two-time Commonwealth Games medallist Kirsty Gilmour.
The Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand progressed to the quarter-finals of the women's doubles event at the US Open 2024 badminton tournament in Texas, United States.
With India's star badminton players gearing up for the upcoming Paris Olympics, Gayatri Gopichand/Treesa Jolly, Priyanshu Rajawat and Malvika Bansod will take the spotlight in the US Open 2024 badminton tournament which kicks off in Texas on Tuesday.