On December 13, in the final round of the group stage of the World Badminton Federation Finals, Axelsen's match with Ginting reached 6-13. Axelsen chose to retire due to a thigh muscle injury. In the end, his group points was cleared, and all the previous two games were cancelled

On December 13, in the final round of the BWF World Finals group stage, Axelsen's match with Ginting reached 6-13. Axelsen chose to retire due to a thigh muscle injury. In the end, his group points was cleared, and all the previous two games were cancelled. Ginting unexpectedly qualified first in the group.

Originally, Zhou Tiancheng and Chen Long had already achieved 2 wins and 1 loss, and the hope of promotion was already relatively high. Ginting had previously recorded 1 win and 1 loss. If he wanted to advance, he had to win against Axelsen to have a chance. However, due to Axelsen's withdrawal, all the points he played in the three games were invalid. Ginting instead became the first in the group, and Chen Long narrowly surpassed Zhou Tiancheng in the second place in the group.

According to the Badminton World Federation's competition rules for the finals, if a player becomes ill or injured during the competition and causes a withdrawal, all results in the group stage will be cancelled. After the game, Ginting said in an interview, "Maybe I am lucky. These situations are unpredictable and can happen at any time."

"I am very happy to enter the next round. I never thought it would be like this, and I am in the first round." He lost to Zhou Tiancheng in three games, but luckily he won Chen Long in two games in the second round.