India’s Medal Hopes Ride on Gopichand-Treesa and Satwik-Chirag on Day 5 of BWF Worlds
· Sports · Times of India, Sportstar, Indian Express
On Day 5 of the BWF World Championships, India has pinned its hopes on two pairs—Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand in women's doubles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in men’s doubles—to clinch a medal. Both quarter-final matches are scheduled on Court 1 at the Hyderabad venue. Treesa-Gayatri, coming off a win over Japan’s Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi, face China’s fourth seeds Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in the quarter-finals at 1:50 PM IST. Satwik-Chirag, who staged a comeback against Malaysia’s Junaidi Arif and Yap Roy King, take on third seeds Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of China around 6:00 PM IST.
Why it matters
Indian badminton fans are hopeful of a historic medal haul at the BWF Worlds, with both remaining pairs aiming to end a decade-long drought for India in mixed-gender doubles at the world stage.
Read the original report — Times of India
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