It was her net game. After a brutal injury in 2016, she spent weeks on a bench, relearning badminton; one serve, one dribble at a time. Coach Gopichand’s radical plan? Ignore the smash. Master the net. And it worked; against Olympic champ Jia Yifan, no less. The Chinese team expected an attack. Instead, they got finesse. Treesa’s quiet tap-and-serve game became a weapon nobody saw coming. Gayatri Gopichand covered the backcourt while Treesa waged war at the net; calm, clever, and completely unpredictable. Even when Treesa got a card for squishing a feather (yes, really), the team stayed cool. No panic. No theatrics. Just strategy. The secret? Turning injury into reinvention. The smash still dazzles; but now, it’s a decoy. The real magic happens inches from the net. And that’s how a bronze was forged; not in the air, but at ground level.