‘She Feels Almost Like Another Student’
Gayatri Gopichand Pullela has carved out an identity for herself rather quickly. In just over a year, the young Indian has earned a name as a top women’s doubles prospect, with her partnership with Treesa Jolly…
· DEV SUKUMAR
Gayatri Gopichand Pullela has carved out an identity for herself rather quickly. In just over a year, the young Indian has earned a name as a top women’s doubles prospect, with her partnership with Treesa Jolly having taken the spotlight at two consecutive All Englands, where they made back-to-back semifinals.
Her father, India’s head coach and 2001 All England winner Pullela Gopichand, wasn’t courtside at the All England, but he returned to the coach’s chair at the KAPAL API GROUP Indonesia Open 2023 after a long hiatus.
Excerpts from an interview on his daughter and world No.17: