Overview
- The Indian top seeds, who edged Malaysia’s Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin 19-21, 22-20, 21-16 on Saturday, advanced to their first final of 2026.
- The semifinal in Bangkok lasted about 82 minutes and swung on a tight second game that Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty closed out 22-20 before pulling clear in the decider.
- The pair will play the winners of the other semifinal between Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin and China’s He Ji Ting and Ren Xiang Yu.
- Earlier in the week, they reached the semifinals by beating Japan’s Takumi Nomura and Yuichi Shimogami 21-12, 21-13, while PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen exited in quarterfinals to Akane Yamaguchi and Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
- The Thailand Open is a BWF Super 500 tournament at Bangkok’s Nimibutr Stadium, and the two-time past champions here (2019 and 2024) are chasing their first title in roughly two years after drawing confidence from India’s recent Thomas Cup bronze.