Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly Advance To Pre-Quarterfinals At Kumamoto Masters

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The Indian women's doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Kumamoto Masters Japan Super 500 badminton tournament with a straight-games victory over home favourites Hinata Suzuki and Nao Yamakita on Tuesday. The Indian duo, who won a bronze medal at this year's BWF World Championships in New Delhi, secured a 21-17, 21-14 win in 42 minutes in their round-of-32 encounter. However, it was disappointment for the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Radhika Sharma, who suffered a 16-21, 15-21 defeat to the second-seeded American combination of Chen Zhi Yi and Francesca Corbett in the opening round of qualifying.

In men's doubles, the Indian pair of Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun progressed to the next round after their opponents, Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, retired hurt just six minutes into the match.

The Indians were leading 11-6 in the opening game when the Malaysian pair were forced to withdraw.

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