Overview
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat China’s Ren Xiang Yu and Xie Haonan 21-14, 21-14 to enter the Li-Ning China Masters semifinals.
- It is their third consecutive World Tour semifinal and seventh of the season as they pursue a first title of 2025.
- Earlier rounds saw wins over Malaysia’s Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap 24-22, 21-13 and Chinese Taipei’s Chiu Hsiang-chieh and Wang Chi-lin 21-13, 21-12.
- The Indians are set to face Malaysia’s second seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in Saturday’s last-four match.
- PV Sindhu exited in the quarterfinals with a 14-21, 13-21 defeat to world No. 1 An Se Young after defeating Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-15, 21-15 in the previous round.