Overview
- A straight-games quarterfinal win over Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik secured a medal, before a semifinal loss to China’s Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi left the Indians with bronze.
- The bronze was India’s only medal at the 2025 World Championships, their second Worlds podium as a pair, and it kept the nation’s medal streak since 2011 intact.
- Chirag Shetty described the victory over Chia–Soh as redemption for last year’s Olympic defeat on the same Paris court.
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy dedicated the medal to his late father, capping a year that included his illness and injuries and Chirag Shetty’s recurring back issue.
- Coach Tan Kim Her, back with the duo since December, has curtailed training load and emphasized recovery as they target the World Tour Finals and build toward New Delhi 2026 and LA 2028.