Defending champions Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand registered a fighting three-game win over Japan’s Kaho Osawa and Mai Tanabe to retain the women’s doubles title at the Syed Modi International Super 300 here on Sunday. The top-seeded Indian duo produced an attacking masterclass to rally from a game down and outwit the World No. 35 Japanese pair 17-21, 21-13, 21-15 in a pulsating one hour and 16-minute final.

The Indians were playing only their second event since Gayatri’s return from a five-month shoulder injury layoff.