Gayatri Pullela Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, who lost in the women’s doubles event at the All England Championships in London on Friday, were welcomed by America’s Mahendra Korapati, who is a Hyderabadi by birth.

Hardcore badminton fans from the US came to cheer the players at the All England Championships in London.

Gayatri Pullela Gopichand and Treesa Jolly may have lost in the women’s doubles semi-finals of the prestigious All England Championships but they won the hearts of badminton lovers across India on Friday.

Like diehard fans from America who have flocked to London for the All England Championships for the second year in a row hoping for an Indian to win any title.

Incidentally, it was the second consecutive appearance in the last four stage of the championship for the pair which was won by his father P. Gopichand in 2001 (men’s singles title).

When a sense of gloom pervaded the badminton fraternity in the wake of poor results from the big names, Gayatri and Teresa clearly provided the much-needed cheers with a spirited performance.

“With a simple desire of love for badminton and hopes that one of our team or an individual would emulate the feats of great players like Prakash Padukone and Gopi Chand, motivated us to come here,” said Mahender Korapati, who is a There are tough sports enthusiasts who admire. From Punjagutta, Hyderabad but now settled in US

“We are happy with the way Gayatri and Trisa fought bravely. And, we believe that being so young, he can always come back to London and win the All England title,” he added.