Prior to the semi-final, the Indian pair had advanced to the semi-finals by defeating the Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik in the quarter-finals with a score of 21-12, 21-19. In doing so, they avenged their losses to the Malaysian pair from the Paris Olympics quarter-finals and the 2022 World Championship semi-finals. Meanwhile, Indian star PV Sindhu’s dream of winning her sixth World Badminton Championship medal was cut short in the quarter-finals, where she lost a hard-fought match against Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia.
