Slow-moving Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand caught in fast conditions by Chinese Taipei pair of Hung En-Tzu and Hsieh Pei Shan | Badminton News
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand once again fell wretchedly short against the left-right combination of Hung En-Tzu and Hsieh Pei Shan of Chinese Taipei, as they lost out on yet another chance to nail down a Super 300 title at the Macau Open. There was a strong fightback in the mid-set, but eventually the Indians, ranked No 23, went down 17-21, 21-16, 10-21 against the World No 54. The Taiwanese have been a thorn in their flesh for three straight matches now, carrying forward the three-set losing streak from Canada and China onto Macau inside three months. In whipping fast conditions, the court side of the drift played a massive role, as the Indians fell back 13-8 in the opening set, and were in a torrid state at 2-14 down in the decider, never recovering from those lopsided leads that were conceded. Hung En-Tzu especially has delectable drops that caught Gayatri at the net, and sent Treesa the wrong way at the back court. While Treesa’s flatter smashes going deep pegged things back for the …