Star Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's dream of a third medal at the BWF World Championships ended with a straight-game loss to China's world No. 3 Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the quarter-final in New Delhi on Friday. 

"When emotions fall in, no words could normalise things. They're still very emotional. It takes probably a day for things to digest. Both of them have their own baggage, starting with Gaya (Gayatri) being Gopi sir's daughter. Everyone would say silver spoon and all of that. With this, she would also be relieved that she's a World Championships medallist. That would be a huge medal in her career," Reddy told reporters.

"Treesa has also been very hungry since the start of her career. She wanted to prove a point that she's not playing tournaments just to compete. She always wanted to be the star of Indian badminton. This again is a big achievement in her kitty. That was one of the reasons why she was very emotional," he added. 

Doubles coach B Sumeeth Reddy has seen the struggles of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand from close quarters as they worked their way through injuries, poor form and plummeting rankings before assuring India of a World Championships medal on Friday. Reddy, an Olympian and Commonwealth Games medallist who joined India's national coaching setup after retiring last year, was in the coaches' chair alongside chief coach Pullela Gopichand when Treesa and Gayatri were overwhelmed with emotion after assuring themselves of at least a bronze.

"We were trying our best. But after the first game, we changed our tactics. It was a bit tricky in the beginning. But I think we were calm and managed to win," Gayatri said. Treesa credited the advice of chief coach Pullela Gopichand to remain composed and stay in the present for helping them negotiate pressure situations.

"He always said just calm down and be in the present moment. I think that really worked today. I think that's the kind of advice we got behind us," she said.

India last claimed a BWF World Championships medal in women's doubles in 2011, when Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa won the bronze in London. The medal from Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand is truly a special moment for India now. 

India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand assured themselves of a medal at the World Championships with a come-from-behind win over China's Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in the women's doubles quarterfinal on Friday. The unseeded Indian pair, which is on a comeback trail after Treesa recovered from an injury, toiled for one hour nine minutes to produce one of the biggest wins of their career, a 16-21 21-15 21-13 triumph to cruise to the last four stage and be assured of at least a bronze medal.

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