Top seeds and defending champions were expected to breeze through the opening rounds of the Syed Modi India international 2025 badminton. Instead, the Indian pair was stretched and scared before prevailing 19-21, 22-20, 21-9 in its tournament opener here on Tuesday.

As one of the few top Indians in action on a day otherwise dominated by qualification matches, the focus was firmly on Treesa and Gayatri but the much lower-ranked Malaysians Cheng Su Hui and Tan Zhing Yi made them work for every point in the first two games. Ranked 80th in the world to Treesa and Gaytri’s 14, the Malaysians raced to a 6-1 lead in the opening game before the Indians fought back to make it 12-12 but conceded the game with errors at the net.

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