The withdrawal of these two badminton players saw Lakshya Sen and Viktor Axelsen automatically qualify for the semi-finals.
Group A Men's Doubles is exactly same as the group in Olympics.
India's young sensation Lakshya Sen progressed to the knockout stages as two players from Group A, Kento Momota and Rasmus Gemke pulled out with injuries.
Spearheaded by the resurgent , India will have two qualifiers in men's singles for the first time ever.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu India 3.
In Earlier matches, Sindhu had overcome a stiff fight in the semi-finals where she had defeated Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-15 15-21 21-19.