In the first game, the fourth-seeded Malaysians not only squandered their early four-point lead but failed to break away from their opponents, as the South Koreans continued to match their points three times before snatching two consecutive points for the win.

The South Koreans kept the pressure up in the second game, securing a dominating 11-7 lead and then successfully capitalising on Aaron-Wooi Yik’s errors to win the game by 8 points.

World No 4 Aaron-Wooi Yik, the only Malaysian representatives to have made it to the semifinals of this year’s championship, will have to be satisfied with the bronze as Kang-Seo advanced to the final against home pair Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup, who beat third seeds Liang Wei Keng-Wang Chang of China 17-21, 21-18, 21-19 in the other semifinal match.

Meanwhile, first seed Chen Qingchen-Jia Yi Fan of China will meet Indonesia’s Apriyani Rahayu-Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti in the women’s doubles finals, while the mixed doubles final will be between Chinese Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong and South Koreans Seo Seung-jae and Chae Yoo-jung.

First-seeded South Korean An Se-young will play Carolina Marin of Spain in the women’s singles final, and Thailand’s Kunvalut Vitidsarn will meet the winner of the semifinal between Kodai Naraoka of Japan and Denmark’s Anders Antonsen for the men’s singles title.