In 2009, he won the Gulf and Kuwaiti 800 m titles and had a series of wins on the Asian Athletics Grand Prix circuit. On his third consecutive appearance at the World Championships, he was ousted in the heats stage. He was second at the 2009 Arab Athletics Championships and in November he went on to claim the silver medal at the 2009 Asian Indoor Games in an indoor Kuwaiti record of 1:48.93 minutes. The Asian Indoor winner Sajjad Moradi also left Al-Azemi in the runner-up spot at the 2009 Asian Athletics Championships in Guangzhou. In Moradi's absence, however, he won the gold medal at the 2010 Asian Indoor Athletics Championships. This gained him a berth for the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but he was eliminated in the first round. He attempted to reach the podium at the 2010 Asian Games, but was in poor form and ended up in sixth.