Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Reach World Championships Quarterfinals
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand are an Indian badminton team.
They won their match at the World Championships in New Delhi.
They beat Japan’s Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi in two games.
The final score was 21-16 and 21-12.
This victory put the Indian pair into the quarterfinals.
They are now one match away from winning a medal.
Treesa had been recovering from a serious ankle injury.
The pair returned to tournaments before winning the Philippine International Challenge.
India’s unseeded women’s doubles pair defeated Japan’s seventh seeds 21-16, 21-12.
Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi were beaten in a one-sided straight-game contest.
The quarterfinal appearance puts Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand one victory away from a medal.
Treesa returned after an ankle injury suffered during training earlier this year.
The pair resumed competition at the Indonesia Open and later won the Philippine International Challenge.
- Who
- Indian women’s doubles players Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Japan’s Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi.
- What
- Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the BWF World Championships quarterfinals with a straight-game win.
- When
- Thursday; the articles do not specify the calendar date.
- Where
- New Delhi.
- Why
- The victory advanced the unseeded Indian pair to the quarterfinals, placing them one match away from a medal.
- Match result
- Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won 21-16, 21-12.
- Opponent
- Japan’s seventh-seeded pair Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi.
- Tournament stage
- Quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships.
- Pair status
- The Indian duo entered the event unseeded.
- Injury
- Treesa Jolly’s MRI showed two high-grade muscle tears and two ligament tears after an ankle injury.
- Recent return
- The pair returned at the Indonesia Open, played the US Open, and won the Philippine International Challenge earlier this month.
- Previous achievements
- They reached the All England Open semifinals in 2022 and 2023 and won Commonwealth Games bronze in 2022.
