WEMBLEY ARENA, July 30: After losing their first match, this was truly a do-or-die situation for the Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa who were facing 10th ranked Chinese Taipei pair of Wen Cheng and Yu Chin Chien at the Wembley Arena.

Leading the first game from the start the Indian pair was put under a lot of pressure by the Taipei player as they fought back from being down at 19-16 to extend the game to 23-23. But it was the Gutta and Ponnappa who took the initiative to win the game 25-23.

The Chinese Taipei lady started the second game from where they left the first game, playing their natural game which meant always on the front foot and by doing so easily won the second game by 16-21.

With Chinese pair needing only a win to book their place in the QF while the India pair were fighting to continue their Olympics journey, it was finally onto the final game to decide the fate of both the team. After a well fought 20 minutes, it was Gutta and Ponnappa who were able to keep their nerves to win the final game 21-18.

Now the equation stands like this: If Gutta and Ponnappa win their next game tomorrow against the Singapore pair of Shinta Sari and Lei Yao then they will easily be through to the Quarter Final irrespective of the other results.