Young shuttlers Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly were the lone bright spots for India on the first day of the Malaysia Open BWF Super-1000 tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
Gayatri and Treesa defeated Yeung Nga Ting and Yeung Pui Lam of Hong Kong 21-19, 21-14 without breaking sweat. In the second round, the Indians will face Bulgarian sisters Gabriela and Stefani Stoeva. The Bulgarians stunned inform Malaysian pair of Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan 21-19, 21-14.