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Jolly-Gopichand lose in German Open quarters

Source:PTI
March 01, 2024

IMAGE: Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly lost in straight games against China's Li Yi Jing and Luo Xu Min. Photograph: BAI Media/X

The women's doubles pairing of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand bowed out in the quarter-finals of the German Open Super 300 badminton tournament with a straight-game loss to the Chinese duo of Li Yi Jing and Luo Xu Min in Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany.

 

The Chinese pair, seeded sixth in the tournament, overcame the fourth-seeded Indian duo 21-16, 21-14 in just 41 minutes.

On Thursday, it was curtains for India in the women's and men's singles events.

While Aakarshi Kashyap had lost 13-21, 14-21 to sixth seed Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark in the round of 16, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran was shown the door by Ireland's Nhat Nguyen 18-21, 22-24 in the men's singles second round.

Source: PTI
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