Overview
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat world No.1 pair Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin 21-17, 21-15 in a 39-minute quarterfinal to advance.
- The victory comes on the heels of limited training and fitness issues that had hampered their early-season campaign.
- They will face third seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik for a place in their first final of the year.
- PV Sindhu was eliminated by world No.5 Chen Yufei in the second round while HS Prannoy fell to Christo Popov in the pre-quarterfinals.
- Lakshya Sen retired with lower back pain in his opening match, leaving Satwik–Chirag as India’s sole representatives remaining in the tournament.