The fifth seeds stunned second seeds Songphon Anugritayawon-Kunchala Voravichitchaikul of Thailand in straight games to make their mark in New Delhi. Showing no nerves at all, the young pair scored a convincing 21-13, 21-16 victory in only 24 minutes and will challenge Indonesians Fran Kurniawan-Pia Zebadiah Bernadet for a place in Sunday's final. The third seeded Indonesians reached the last four when they beat Thailand's Maneepong Jongjit-Savitree Amitapai 21-15, 21-10. There could be an all-Indonesian finals as the other semi-final will see fourth seeds Tantowi Ahmad-Liliyana Natsir facing seventh seeded compatriots Muhammad Rijal-Debby Susanto.
Liu Ying failed to make it a double celebration as she and partner Chong Sook Chin were knocked out of the women's competition by Hong Kong's Poon Lok Yan-Tse Ying Suet, who won 23-21, 21-10. Another Malaysian pair, former world No. 1s Wong Pei Tty-Chin Eei Hui were also eliminated when they fell 21-15, 21-16 to fourth seeded Indonesians Meiliana Jauhari-Greysia Polii.
In the men's doubles, top seeds Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong of Malaysia, who are hoping to end a 15-month OSIM BWF World Superseries drought by winning in New Delhi, safely reached the semi-finals. The former Asian Games gold medallists were given a fright by fifth seeded South Koreans Cho Gun Woo-Kwon Yi Goo before prevailing 21-19, 21-16. They will now play fourth seeds Hirokatsu Hashimoto-Noriyasu Hirata for a place in Sunday's final.
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Source : Badminton World Federation
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