All England Open as it happened: Gayatri-Treesa upset second seeds Lee-Shin, Lakshya into semis

India’s schedule for Saturday

Men’s singles: It was 11-11 and then LZJ unleashed a string of winners to make it 20-11 and earn 9 match points. Needed just one to finish it off and set up a semi-final against India’s Lakshya Sen. A crazy match if there ever was one...

Men’s singles: Only one point in this. LZJ leads 11-10 at the interval but Momota will now move back to his preferred end.

Men’s singles: Momota magic! He was trailing 3-9... then he turned on the class and took the second game 21-13. Starting moving faster and attacking more.

Men’s singles: Momota levels things at 13-13. He was six points adrift earlier in the game.

Men’s singles: Better from Momota but LZJ takes a three-point advantage into the interval.

Men’s singles: LZJ, the defending champion, takes the first game 21-7 in just 14 minutes.

Men’s singles: Well, well... who would’ve thought! LZJ leads 11-1.

Men’s singles: Lee Zii Jia leads Kento Momota 8-0 in the first game. What an extraordinary start!

The evening session is now on and Kento Momota vs Lee Zii Jia is on Court 1.

8.14 pm: A break ahead of the evening session now. Kento Momota vs Lee Zii Jia will kick that off. But two hours to go for that.

Q: How did you feel coming into the big tournament like this?

Jolly: First, I didn’t think we would get entry...

Gayatri: ...but we were happy that we would have the opportunity to play the world’s top players.

Q: Do you feel that now you are in the semis, there might be more expectation?

Gayatri: Definitely yes. But we don’t feel the pressure. We just have to give it our best. Yes, that’s it... just give it our best.

Q: Did you know much about their game? How did you prep?

Treesa: They are good attacking players we know but we didn’t plan that much. We played our best.

The semi-finalists speak...

Treesa Jolly: We don’t have pressure. That is the main thing. We just want to give it our best.

Gayatri Gopichand: We lost the first set, in the second set... we were down 18-20 but we just felt we have to fight. Just one point at a time.

Freeze frame: What a moment... Treesa-Gayatri... take a bow!

Women’s doubles: Treesa paired up with Gayatri only at the start of January 2021 and it sure is going well. The responsibilities are divided well. Treesa unleashes the big smashes and Gayatri picks off everything at the net. Perhaps the fact that their opponents wouldn’t know much about them also helps.

Vinayakk Mohanarangan: Not much was made of their win against the Olympic champs y’day even though they played really well because of an injury to Rahayu. But this is an EPIC WIN. They have had their moments recently. Impressed at Uber Cup against Thailand last year, had to miss out at India Open due to Covid-19, but were brilliant at Syed Modi with two big wins on their way to the final, then thoroughly dominated the field as they should have in Odisha and now.... All England Open semifinalists.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 22-20, 21-15: Gayatri and Treesa have done it! They have beaten the second seeds, who were also silver medallists at the Worlds. The Korean pair just couldn’t handle Treesa’s smashes. Big, big win!

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 22-20, 20-14: Six match points!

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 22-20, 18-13: Nerves will start to become a factor as well.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 22-20, 17-10: We are headed for a big upset here it seems. The Indian pair needs to keep it together for just a few more points.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 22-20, 11-8: A nice three-point gap at the interval in the decider. Very steady play with some nice touches thrown in.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 22-20, 4-2: Treesa’s power and Gayatri’s play at the net have the Koreans off-balance for now. This is superb from the young Indian pair.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 22-20: The Indian trailed for most of the game but seem to have found something that works for them. They take the second game off the second seeds from Korea. We are heading into the decider.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 21-20: Game point for the India. Superb push by Treesa.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 17-18: Steady play by Treesa and Gayatri has seen the Indian pair close the gap to just one point.

Vinayakk Mohanarangan: Lakshya Sen earns a well deserved rest after a gruelling few days on tour. His opponent for today seems to have withdrawn as his match is listed as a walkover. Can sit back and watch Kento Momota vs Lee Zii Jia.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21, 8-11: Lee-Shin doing just enough to stay in a comfortable place. The Indian pair has been good in parts but the consistency is lacking for now.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 14-21: It was close for a while but then the Korean pair pulled away in an instant to win the game.

Men’s singles: India’s Lakshya Sen has got a walkover. He was scheduled to take on China’s Lu Guang Zu a little later in the day.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa vs Lee-Shin, 11-11: All even now. Here we go. The second half is a clean slate.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly vs Lee-Shin, 9-11: The second seeds are just ahead but the Indian pair has given a pretty good account of itself.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24, 17-21: The Minions were given a mighty scare by the Indians in the first game but Satwik-Chirag weren’t able to close it out. In the end, the guile and the class of the Minions shone through. The H2H record now stands at 11-0.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24, 16-20: Four match points for the Minions.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly vs Lee/Shin, 7-9: The Indian pair doing enough to keep things close in the early going. Important they do that against the second seeds.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24, 16-18: What a point! It has everything. People diving around the court, some wonderful retrieves and then the shuttle taking the net before tipping over.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24, 15-17: The Minions staying ahead but if the Indians need inspiration, they just need to remember what happened in the first game.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24, 13-14: The Indians now closing the gap. Some good play and forcing a few errors out of the Minions too.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24, 9-11: Two point lead for the top seeds against the Indian pair. Mentally a good place to be in.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24, 8-10: The Minions sneaking ahead in what has been a tight second game.

Women’s doubles: Gayatri-Treesa will be on court soon as well. They will face the second seeds Lee-Shin from Korea on Court 2

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24, 3-3: Tight, almost nervy start to the second game. Errors from both teams.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24, 1-1: Misjudgment from Satwik, it fell in. 1-1 in the early going and so important for the Indians to start well and stay ahead.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-24: The Minions find a way to win this! A rather crazy turnaround after being 15-20 down. They just believed but it will be so difficult for the Indian pair to put this behind them quickly.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-23: Satwik unable to kill it at the net. Into the net and the Indonesians have a game point.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-22: The shuttle got stuck in Chirag’s racquet! Never seen that happen. 22-22. Start again. The Indians need this game badly.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 22-21: Sixth game point for Chirag-Satwik. Good finish at the net.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 21-21: Finally, the Indian pair gets a point. A run of six points for the Minions and what a stage to get it at!

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 20-20: From 20-15 to 20-20! This isn’t good. Not good at all.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 20-19: One point game! What is happening here...

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 20-18: The Minions take three points in a row. Nerves....

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 20-15: Five game points!

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 19-15: Three points in a row and some breathing room. Four point lead.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 16-15: In the past too we have see Satwik-Chirag do well in the initial part but then the Minions take over later. One point game.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 16-13: This has become a tight game now. The Indians have lifted well and made the Indonesians generate the power all on their own.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 13-11: The Minions are making their move. They are dominating the flat exchanges.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 13-9: And the Indians come back with two points of their own as well. This is a nice lead to have.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 11-9: Two points for the Minions after the resumption of play. Here they come!

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 11-7: The Indians have caused plenty of problems for the World No 1s. They have forced the lifts and then finished well. Most importantly, they have kept things simple so far.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 9-6: Wonderful point. Satwik with some big smashes but Sukamuljo with a lovely disguised push to the back of the court and then the finish.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 7-5: The Minions are not at their best but they are keeping things close in terms of the score at this point.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 5-3: Unsuccessful challenge by the Indians. Bright start by Satwik-Chirag though.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo - 4-2: Shetty closing down on the net very quickly and finishing the point off.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo: The Indian pair has been playing well but they will have to be on guard during the short, flat exchanges.

Men’s doubles, Chirag-Satwik vs Gideon-Sukamuljo: The Indonesian pair leads the H2H 10-0.

Men’s doubles: Satwik-Chirag up next and they won’t have it easy against the top seeds, the Minions.

Women’s doubles: The matches have ended and that means it is time for Chairag-Satwik to step on the court now.

Women’s doubles: The matches are taking a while but there is some hope that Satwik-Chirag will be on the court soon.

Women’s singles: Tai Tzu Ying in unstoppable form against Nozomi Okuhara. Just too good. It was 8-6 in the first game and then TTY just took it to another level. It was almost unfair.

Doubles action first up: Lakshya Sen’s match is a little later in the day but first up we will have two tough doubles matches for the Indians. Satwik-Chirag will run into top seeds, the Minions, while Treesa-Gayatri will face the second seeds Lee-Shin from Korea.

Hello and welcome to live coverage of the All England Open. Two Indian doubles teams and Lakshya Sen, in the men’s singles, still remain in contention.

Here’s a look at India’s schedule for the day: