The second seeded Indian pair defeated third seeds Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia 21-19 17-21 21-17 in an enthralling semifinal that lasted one hour and nine minutes.
Though India lost the keenly contested rubber, they will return home with a first-ever medal -- a bronze -- from the continental tournament.
With the likes of PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy leading the ranks, they will face a stern challenge from Commonwealth Games champions Malaysia against whom they lost in Birmingham. The other team is host UAE.
World no.9 PV Sindhu, seeded fourth, was stunned 15-21 21-12 18-21 by the 38th ranked Wardani in their first-ever face-off at the international level on Thursday night.
Prannoy began the proceedings for India in their final Group B match and had to fight hard against world no.4 Zii Jia Lee before stunning his rival. Sindhu took just 34 minutes to beat lower-ranked Ling Ching Wong.
Satwik had sustained the injury during the India Open Super 750 tournament earlier in the month and was forced to withdraw midway from the tournament in New Delhi.
The eighth seeded Sen looked a pale shadow of himself as he failed to match the level of his rival, losing 18-21 11-21 to bow out of the men's singles competition.
Top Indian shuttlers, including Lakshya Sen, will look to quickly recover from the India Open disappointment when they begin their campaign at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 tournament.
Chirag confirmed that the pair had decided to concede the match, as Satwik pulled his left hip adductur.
Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu was knocked out but defending champion Lakshya Sen looked in fine fettle on way to a straight-game win over compatriot HS...
The world number 5 Indian pair put up a brave effort, but Liang and Wang, ranked 17th, showed better nerves in the closing stages to register a 21-16 11-21...
The Indian pair, seeded seventh, toiled to get the better of the Chinese duo 17-21, 22-20, 21-9 in the men's doubles quarter-finals.
Satwik and Chirag broke new ground in 2022, winning two World tour titles securing the Commonwealth Games gold, anchoring India's epic Thomas Cup triumph, and...
Sixth seed Sindhu, who is returning from injury, lost 12-21, 10-21, 15-21 to Rio Olympics champion Carolina Marin of Spain in 59 minutes.
The BAI once again followed the system of picking the top players directly and conducting trials for the rest of the squad to select a team capable of...
India had a topsy-turvy year in different sports that the players represented.
Former world champion and double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will face her last edition's nemesis Supanida Katethong in the opening round of the BWF World Tour...
The 30-year-old from Kerala, who has been in good form this year, had achieved the number eight ranking in 2018 for the first time before slipping to 34 in...
With Srikanth not competing in Sydney, all focus will be on Sameer Varma and Mithum Manjunnath.
The women's pair of Treesa-Gayatri defeated Chinese Taipei's Hsu Ya Ching and Lin Wan Ching 21-17, 18-21, 21-8 to enter the semifinals of the Hylo Open.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy said that the French Open Super 750 tournament had been a dream tournament, and he along with his doubles partner Chirag Shetty, had...
BAI has announced a cash reward of 5 lakh for Sankar Muthusamy as well as the recent French Open 750 champions, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty.
Indian Badminton pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy And Chirag Shetty added another feather to the cap by winning the French Open Men's doubles, beating Chinese...
Earlier the pair of Satwik and Chirag had defeated former world champions and world no.1 pair of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in the men's doubles...
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face the Korean pair of Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho in men's doubles semifinals of the French Open 2022.
