Text & Visuals: Rajeev Bhatt
New Delhi January 14, 2025: The Indian women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand inked history as they entered the top 10 in the BWF rankings released on Tuesday. With their new World No.9 ranking, they became the highest-ever ranked Indian women’s doubles pair. The pair surpassed the previous best rankings by an Indian women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponappa and Jwala Gutta. Ponappa and Gutta became the world number 10 in 2015.
In the paired events, while fifth seeded women’s doubles combination of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand (daughter of Pulela Gopichand, Chief Coachof India) went down 21-23, 19-21 against Japan’s Arisa Igarashi and Ayako Sakuramoto in the opening round.
The duo won Syed Modi India International last year and then performed in an impressive manner at the world tour final. Their performance placed them at No.11 in the BWF rankings.
Earlier, the Indian duo missed out on the qualification for the Olympics but added crucial points to their tally in the Macau Open and Canada Open. Also, a quarter-final finish at the Malaysia Open helped them get an entry in the top 10.
