Gayatri-Treesa Reach Japan Open Pre-Quarterfinals

India’s Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly began their Kumamoto Masters Japan Super 500 campaign with a straight-game victory over Japan’s Hinata Suzuki and Nao Yamakita on Tuesday.

The Indian pair, who won bronze at this year’s BWF World Championships in New Delhi, secured a 21-17, 21-14 win in 42 minutes to enter the pre-quarterfinals.

Gayatri-Treesa Continue Winning Run

Facing the home favourites in their round-of-32 clash, Gayatri and Treesa maintained their composure to seal the contest in two games.

The Indian combination will now look to build on its opening-round performance as the tournament progresses.

Dhruv-Radhika Exit, Men’s Pair Advances

It was a disappointing outing for Dhruv Kapila and Radhika Sharma, who lost 16-21, 15-21 to second seeds Chen Zhi Yi and Francesca Corbett of the United States in the opening round of qualifying.

Meanwhile, India’s men’s doubles pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun advanced after their Malaysian opponents, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, retired hurt just six minutes into the round-of-32 match.

The Indians were leading 11-6 in the opening game when the second-seeded Malaysian pair withdrew.