The Indian men's badminton team defeated hosts Japan 3-0 in the Asian Games quarter-finals in Aichi-Nagoya to guarantee a medal.
Lakshya Sen overcame a major third-game deficit to defeat Kodai Naraoka 11-21, 21-5, 21-19, before Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi 21-18, 24-22.
Ayush Shetty defeated Koki Watanabe 21-10, 21-19 in the final match to complete the 3-0 sweep and put India into the semi-finals.