Hylo Open 2022: Treesa-Gayatri pair enter semi-finals; Satwik-Chirag, Malvika lose

Saarbrucken (Germany): Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand progressed to the semi-finals of the Hylo Open Super 300 badminton tournament after a hard-fought win in women’s doubles competition in Saarbrucken on Friday. World No. 28 Treesa and Gayatri prevailed 21-17 18-21 21-8 over Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Ya Ching and Lin Wan Ching, ranked 65th, in the quarter-finals to set up a clash with eighth seeds Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard of Thailand. However, top Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a straight-game loss to seventh seeded English pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy 17-21 14-21 in a last-8 match. In the women’s singles, Malvika Bansod also was no match to Indonesia’s world number 21 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, going down 17-21 10-21 in a lop-sided contest. Kidambi Srikanth will play Indonesian sixth seed Jonatan Christie later in the day. Read all the  Latest News ,  Trending News ,  Cricket News ,  Bollywood News , India News  and  Entertainment News  here. Follow us on  Facebook,  Twitter and  Instagram.