New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand ensured India's medal streak at the BWF World Championships continued after fighting back from a game down to stun fourth seeds Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian of China and reach the women's doubles semifinals, but hopes of adding another podium finish ended with fifth seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashing out in the men's doubles quarterfinals at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Friday.
The women's pair won 16-21, 21-15, 21-13 in the quarterfinals to become only the second Indian women's doubles combination to win a medal at the World Championships. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were the first, winning bronze in London 15 years ago and starting India's run of ...