Odense, 16 October (H.S.): India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have advanced to the women’s doubles quarter-finals of the Denmark Open 2026 badminton tournament after defeating Indonesia’s fifth-seeded pair of Rachel Allessya Rose and Febi Setianingrum in straight games on Thursday. The Indian duo won their Round of 16 encounter 21-16, 21-17.

The Indian pair took control after a closely contested opening game. Although the Indonesian players attempted to stage a comeback in the second game, Treesa and Gayatri remained composed and maintained their momentum to seal the victory.

Treesa adopted an aggressive approach from the back of the court, while Gayatri held her ground firmly at the net. After an initial tussle, the Indian players strengthened their defence and reduced unforced errors to claim the opening game 21-16. They maintained the same rhythm in the second game, securing a 21-17 win to book their place in the last eight.

Straight-games victory in the opening round as well

Treesa and Gayatri had also registered a straight-games victory in the Round of 32, defeating Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yan-Fei and Hsieh Pei-Shan 22-20, 21-14 to progress to the Round of 16.

In the quarter-finals, the Indian duo will face the winners of the match between Malaysia’s Asian Games bronze medallists Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan and Hong Kong’s Ng Tsz Yau and Pui Lam Yung.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar