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Ashmita Chaliha's gallant fight goes in vain.
Anmol Kharb outplayed Pornpicha Choeikeewong 21-14, 21-9 in the decider.
World No. 23 pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, world No. 53 Ashmita Chaliha and the 17-year-old Anmol Kharb registered stunning wins in the first doubles and second and deciding singles to take India through to the summit clash.
Orleans Masters winner Priyanshu Rajawat, Denmark Masters winner Kiran George and Sathish Kumar Karunakaran entered the second round with fine victories.
The eighth seed went down fighting to fifth seed Zhi Yi Wang of China.
The most successful Indian at World Championships with five medals, Sindhu lacked any sting in her attack and went down tamely 14-21 14-21 to old nemesis Nozomi Okuhara of Japan, a 2017 gold medallist and silver winner in 2019.
Men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have also been awarded a first-round bye.
Pal clocked 29:33.26 to finish behind runners from Japan and Kazakhstan.
The double Olympic medallist lost to Thailand's Supanida Katethong, 12-21, 20-22.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand notched up a 22-20, 17-21, 21-18 win over France's world No. 29 Margot Lambert and Anne Tran in their opener.