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Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, India’s only representatives at World Tour Finals, aim to be more resilient
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Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, India’s only representatives at World Tour Finals, aim to be more resilient

Treesa Jolly giggles and mock-clucks her disappointment recalling that she’s not tried eating anything crazy, since relishing spiced crispy grasshoppers as a 16-year-old.Now 21, the enforcer of the women’s doubles team, with Gayatri Gopichand, bites back the mirth, seriously stating, “When you start traveling so much for competitions away from home, you learn to not fuss, and eat everything.” Treesa-Gayatri’s badminton has been a tad like that. Gobble up every challenge for sustenance on the Tour, chew meaningfully on the losses in quiet stadium and hotel corners, smack lips at the hard-fought wins. And forget what home comfort food tastes like, while scrolling down critical comments on social media about their performance.The duo are India’s only representatives at the World Tour Finals...
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Where do Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand stand amongst top women’s doubles pairings as they debut at World Tour Finals
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Where do Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand stand amongst top women’s doubles pairings as they debut at World Tour Finals

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand start their campaign at the World Tour Finals, debuting at the season ending event at Hangzhou starting Wednesday. They are the only Indians to qualify this year. While the pair of 21 year olds have 5 Top 10 scalps in 2024, the three back-to-back matches against the world’s Top 10 will be their biggest challenge. Here’s how the stats stack up, according to data put forth by Statminton. OPEN GROUP Treesa-Gayatri would seem to be in the relatively lighter competition group of the two at the World Tour Finals, grouped alongside World No 1 Liu-Tan, World No 4 Matsuyama-Shida and World No 6 Tan-Thinaah. While Liu-Tan boast of 6 titles – the highest for any WD pair at Hangzhou, the entire Pool A had only 8 titles compared to Group B’s 12 this season, including...
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Border Gavaskar Trophy: India vs Australia 4th Test in Melbourne Cricket Ground sold out for Day 1
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Border Gavaskar Trophy: India vs Australia 4th Test in Melbourne Cricket Ground sold out for Day 1

The ongoing Border Gavaskar Trophy has attracted much attention from the Australian crowd. With World Test Championship final spot on the line and Australia not winning the series at home against India, the last two times the anticipation for the series has notched up certain decibels. “All available public tickets for Day 1 of the NRMA Insurance Boxing Day Test have been sold,” Cricket Australia posted on their ‘X’ account on Tuesday. “There will be a possible final release of a small number of public tickets on December 24 for non-members to get their seats,” CA added. The pink ball Test in Adelaide drew a crowd of 135,012 across three days, setting a record turnout during a five-day game featuring the two sides. As many as 36,225 fans went to the Adelaide Oval on the first day of the se...
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