World No 40 Tang Jie-Yen Wei, who are also the 2018 Malaysia International champions, had been expected to overcome their world No 182 opponents but never recovered from a shaky start at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi.

The Singapore pair took home US$31,600 as mixed doubles champions while the Malaysians received US$15,200.

Tang Jie-Yen Wei qualified for their first Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour Super 500 event final after stunning their more illustrious seniors, Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing, 21-19, 21-23, 21-14 in a hard-fought 71-minute semifinal yesterday.

The Singaporeans, who clinched the 2021 Czech Open title last October, came into the final still fresh, having received a walkover from Russians Rodion Alimov-Alina Davletova after Alimov tested positive for Covid-19 before the semifinals.

Terry-Wei Han also received a walkover in the second round when their opponents, India’s Akshan Shetty-Simran Singhi, also withdrew over a positive Covid test.