Overview

• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty fell 19-21, 16-21 to Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee in a 43-minute quarterfinal, ending India’s last remaining challenge at the Super1000 event.
• The world No. 3 pair had earlier recovered from a game down to beat Denmark’s Rasmus Kjaer and Frederik Sogaard 16-21, 21-18, 22-20 in a 68-minute second-round thriller.
• Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu lost 22-20, 10-21, 18-21 to Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong after squandering a 15-11 lead in the deciding game of her second-round match.
• Women’s doubles duo Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly bowed out 13-21, 22-24 to Japan’s Yuki Fukushima and Mayu Matsumoto, while mixed pair Sathish Karunakaran and Aadya Variyath were beaten 7-21, 12-21 by Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Supissara Paewsampran.
• The clean sweep of Indian exits before the semifinals underscores the depth of competition at Super1000 level and the challenge in securing valuable ranking points.