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The third match was a must-win for India, and it brought the best out of the experienced women’s doubles pairing of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who took on Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto. The first game was close and at 17-17, could have gone either way. But the Indian pair was better in tense moments and won the next four points to win 21-17. In the second game, they continued the momentum and won 21-16, helping India pull one back and make the score 2-1. Tanvi Sharma also faced a must-win situation against Nozomi Okuhara, but failed to match the level of the Japanese and lost 12-21 and 10-21.