Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from the semi-finals of the BWF World Championships 2022 in Tokyo, Japan.

Creating history by ousting the reigning World Champion’s Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi, the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have already confirmed a bronze medal for India – the first-ever in men’s doubles, from the WCH.

They will be taking on Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik for a place in the semi-finals.

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