Gayathri Pullela Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, might have misplaced the ladies’s doubles semifinal within the prestigious All England championship on Friday however they gained the hearts of the badminton lovers throughout India for certain.
Like the die-hard followers from the US who’ve come all the way in which for the All England championship for the second 12 months in-a-row in anticipation of an Indian profitable any one of many titles in London.
Incidentally, for this duo it was the second consecutive look within the final 4 stage of the championship which her father P. Gopi Chand gained in 2001 (males’s singles title).
Just when there was a feeling of disappointment creeping into the badminton fraternity within the wake of poor outcomes by the massive names, Gayathri and Treesa clearly supplied the a lot wanted cheers with a spirited efficiency.
“The love for badminton with a simple wish of expectations that one of our teams or an individual would emulate the feats of the greats like Prakash Padukone and Gopi Chand made us come here,” stated Mahender Korapati, a die-hard sports activities fanatic who hails from Punjagutta in Hyderabad however now settled in U.S.
“We are delighted with the way Gayathri and Treesa fought so gallantly. And, we do believe being so young, they can always come back to London and win the All England title,” he stated.