Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand rallied well after losing the first game to defeat So Yeong Kim and Hee Yong Kong of South Korea 18-21, 21-19, 24-22 in the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open BWF Super-750 tournament on Friday.
In fact, the Indians were three points from defeat as they trailed 12-18 in the second. But they showed great grit to win five straight points to make it 17-18. Gayatri won four of the five points with a couple of smashes, a drop and a flick. From 17-19, Treesa Gayatri had few problems.