It is “irritating” to be unlucky all the time and perhaps they would need some “divine intervention” to win these crucial matches, a frustrated Satwiksairaj Rankireddy said after he and Chirag Shetty narrowly lost the men’s doubles semi-finals of the World Championships here on Friday.

Satwik and his partner Shetty signed off with a historic bronze medal after going down 22-20, 18-21, 16-21 to Olympic bronze medallists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in the semi-finals here. The high-octane match saw some of the shots hit the net chords and points going against the Indians, who also had to dash out off the court more than once to change their racquets after the strings snapped midway during the rallies in crucial stages.