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India’s Badminton Pair Upsets World Number Four Chinese Team to Reach Semifinals

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand overcame a one‑game deficit to defeat the world number four Chinese pair of Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian.

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Key Points

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Match score: 16‑21, 21‑15, 21‑13.

India’s pair became the second Indian women’s doubles team to win a World Championships medal.

Key factors: powerful smashes, solid defence, and momentum swing after a decisive smash in the third game.

The victory sets up a semifinal match and a chance for India’s first women’s doubles medal in over a decade.

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They won the second and third games 21‑15 and 21‑13, using aggressive smashes and effective cross‑court attacks.

The comeback gave India its first women’s doubles medal opportunity since 2011 and placed the pair in the semifinals.

A win in the semifinals would guarantee India a historic medal at the Badminton World Federation World Championships.

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9 words

upset

when a weaker team beats a stronger team

semifinals

the round before the final match

medal

a special award for finishing near the top

smash

a very hard hit in badminton

rally

a long back‑and‑forth exchange of hits

net

the thin cloth that the shuttle must go over

cross‑court

hitting the shuttle from one side of the court to the opposite side

momentum

when a player gets stronger and wins many points in a row

seed

a ranking that shows how good a team is expected to be

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