“This
is
my
first
experience
playing
at
homeground
in
front
of
such
a
crowd,”
said
19-year-old
Treesa
Jolly
after
her
women’s
doubles
tie
with
partner
Gayathri
Gopichand.
“The
pressure
will
already
go
down
when
they
back
you
like
that.”
With
the
home
support
behind
them,
the
CWG
bronze
medallist
duo
defeated
French
pair
Anne
Tran
and
Margot
Lambert
22-20,
17-21,
21-18
in
the
opening
round
to
reach
the
pre-quarters.
The
chants
of
‘Maaro
Treesa’,
‘Maaro
Gayathri’ could
be
heard
from
the
crowd
every
now
and
then
and
it
did
make
the
teenage
pair’s
day.
“It
works
for
me,”
said
Gayathri.
“It
feels
good
when
they
instruct
you
like
that
from
the
crowd.
It
pumps
you
up
from
the
inside,
you
get
that
boost.”
Lakshya
Sen
can’t
wait
to
get
full
crowd
support
at
India
Open
The
support,
however,
was
divided
for
defending
champion
Lakshya
Sen,
who
defeated
India’s
No.
1
HS
Prannoy
in
straight
games
21-14,
21-15
to
lay
a
strong
claim
to
retain
the
title
once
again.
“Last
year
when
I
played
here,
there
was
no
fans
allowed
so
it
was
nice
to
play
with
so
much
crowd,”
said
the
2022
All
England
finalist.
“There’s
lot
of
support
and
I
am
excited
to
play
a
foreign
opponent,
where
all
the
support
is
for
me
because
today
the
fans
were
divided.”
The
World
No.
10
Indian
will
surely
be
needing
all
the
support
in
the
next
game
as
he
faces
Denmark
Rasmus
Gemke,
who
must
be
feeling
bullish
after
defeating
the
great
Kento
Momota
in
straight
games
21-15,
21-11
earlier
in
the
morning.
India
Open
Day
1
key
results
(Men’s
singles)
Rasmus
Gemke
(DEN)
bt
Kento
Momota
(JPN)
21-15,
21-11;
7-Lakshya
Sen
(IND)
bt
HS
Prannoy
(IND)
21-14,
21-15;
Shi
Yu
Qi
(CHN)
bt
Chico
Aura
Dwi
Wardoyo
(INA)
20-22,
21-16,
21-15;
4-Jonatan
Christie
(INA)
bt
Brian
Yang
(CAN)
21-14,
21-9;
5-Chou
Tien
Chen
(TPE)
bt
Lee
Cheuk
Yiu
(HKG)
22-20,
14-21,
21-11.
(Women’s
singles)
Carolina
Marin
(ESP)
bt
Nozomi
Okuhara
(JPN)
21-13,
21-18;
6-Ratchanok
Intanon
(THA)
bt
Goh
Jin
Wei
(MAS)
21-13,
21-11
(Men’s
Doubles)
5-Satwiksairaj
Rankireddy/Chirag
Shetty
(IND)
bt
Christopher
Grimley/Matthew
Grimley
(SCO)
21-13,
21-15
(Women’s
doubles)
Gayatri
Gopichand/Treesa
Jolly
(IND)
bt
Margot
Lambert/Anne
Tran
(FRA)
22-20,
17-21,
21-18;
Linda
Efler/Isabel
Lohau
(GER)
bt
Shruti
Mishra/Sikki
Reddy
(IND)
21-17,
21-19;
6-Zhang
Shu
Xian/Zheng
Yu
(CHN)
bt
Ashna
Roy/Haritha
MH
(IND)
21-4,
21-2.
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