In the final, the Indians will face fourth seeded English pair Ben Lane and Sean Vendy, who defeated Sabar Karyaman Gutama and M. Reza Pahlevi Isfahani of Indonesia 10-21, 21-16, 21-13 in 47 minutes in the other semi-final match.

However, the other Indians lost on Saturday. In the women's singles semi-finals, fourth seed Saina Nehwal Saina lost to unseeded Line Christophersen of Denmark 17-21, 17-21 in just 28 minutes.

In the women's doubles semi-finals, eighth-seeded pair Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy went down to Thai top seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 18-21, 9-21 in 37 minutes.

In a mixed doubles semi-final match, Niclas Nohr and Amalie Magelund of Denmark defeated Indians Dhruv Kapila and Ashwini 21-9, 21-23, 21-7 in 54 minutes.