 "Swiss Open 2024: Treesa-Gayatri pair bow out in quarter-finals; Kidambi Srikanth into men's singles semis")
The women’s doubles campaign for Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand at the 2024 Swiss Open in Basel ended on Friday following a straight-game defeat to Australia’s Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu. The eight-seeded pair went down to the Aussie duo in just 35 minutes with the match ending with a scoreline of 14-21, 15-21. The Indian pair struggled from the beginning and was playing catch up the entire match as Mapasa and Yu brushed aside the world No 26 duo with ease.
Later on Friday, former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth defeated Chinese Taipei’s Lee Chia Hao 21-10, 21-14 to reach the semi-finals.
Treesa and Gayatri currently share the 14th place in the Olympic Games qualification ranking. The loss will hurt their chances of making the cut for the Paris Olympics later this year. In doubles, two pairs can qualify only if they are both in the top 8 by the end of April rankings, or else the top pair inside world number 16 will make the cut for the Olympics.
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