Malaysia Masters: Treesa-Gayatri in Rd 2

Treesa Jolly with Gayatri Gopichand. Pic/PTI

Indian shuttlers Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand progressed to the second round of the women's doubles competition after securing a straight-game win over Chinese Taipei's Huang Yu-Hsun and Liang Ting Yu at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 here on Tuesday. Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa and Gayatri notched up a fine 21-14, 21-10 win over Huang and Liang, ranked 104, in the round of 32. India's other women's doubles pair of Palak Arora and Unnati Hooda lost 10-21, 5-21 to Chinese Taipei's Hsu Yin-Hui and Lin Jhij Yun. Meanwhile, there were four Indians in the men's singles qualification round, but none could make the cut for the main draw.

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