Archive · 22 Aug 2026
Treesa-Gayatri End Historic World Championships Run With Bronze
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand are badminton players from India.
They played at the 2026 BWF World Championships in New Delhi.
The unseeded pair won a bronze medal after losing their final reported match.
Their opponents were China’s top-ranked pair, Tan Ning and Liu Sheng Shu.
India won the first game 21-18.
China then won the next two games, 21-13 and 21-8.
The Indian players had already created several upsets during the tournament.
Their medal was India’s first women’s doubles World Championships medal since 2011.
It was also India’s only medal at this tournament.
One report describes the match as a semifinal, while another calls it a quarter-final.
Unseeded Indians Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won a bronze medal at the 2026 BWF World Championships.
They lost to China’s top-seeded, world No. 1 pair Tan Ning and Liu Sheng Shu.
The Indians won the opening game 21-18 before China won 21-13 and 21-8.
The medal ended India’s 15-year wait for a women’s doubles World Championships medal.
Reports differ on whether the loss was a semifinal or quarter-final; the bronze was India’s only medal at the tournament.
- Who
- India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand played China’s Tan Ning and Liu Sheng Shu.
- What
- The Indian pair won a bronze medal after losing their match to the Chinese duo.
- When
- At the 2026 BWF World Championships; the match was reported as taking place on Saturday.
- Where
- The match was reported at the Indira Gandhi Arena or Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
- Why
- The Indian pair’s campaign ended after a three-game loss to the world No. 1 Chinese team.
- Tournament
- 2026 BWF World Championships
- Event
- Women’s doubles
- Medal
- Bronze for Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand
- Match score
- 21-18, 13-21, 8-21
- Opponents
- Top-seeded Chinese pair Tan Ning and Liu Sheng Shu
- Previous Indian women’s doubles medal
- Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won bronze in 2011
- India’s tournament tally
- One medal, the bronze won by Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand
- Reporting discrepancy
- Articles identify the match as either a semifinal or a quarter-final
