However, the men’s duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost 27-25, 21-23, 19-21 to Japan’s Hiroki Midorikawa and Kyohei Yamashita. Kidambi Srikanth and H S Prannoy also exited, losing to France’s Christo Popov, and Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew respectively

PV Sindhu moves into the Malaysia Open semi-finals after Akane Yamaguchi retires due to injury, while India’s men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty exit in the quarters