Defending Danish champion Antonsen and China's world No. 1 Shi Yuqi have met for the second year in a row to win the men's singles final of the Malaysia Badminton Super 1000 Championship, while An Se Ying is just one win away from winning the women's singles title. On the 11th local time, in a men's singles semifinal of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 1000 Tournament, Denmark's second seed and defending champion Antonsen defeated Japan's No. 8 seed "King of Grinding" Kodai Naraoka in straight games. After the top 8 men's singles in last year's tournament, Antonsen eliminated Yuta Naraoka in two consecutive Malaysia Opens, and won 5-4 in the overall head-to-head record.

Danish defending champion Antonsen

The tournament's top seed Shi Yuqi defeated teammate and No. 7 seed Li Shifeng in a national feather civil war to reach the men's singles final again. The last time China dominated the men's singles at the Malaysia Open was in 2019 (Lin Dan), and it will be interesting to see if Shi Yuqi, the runner-up of the last edition, can go to the next level. In the men's singles final of last year's Malaysia Super 1000 Championship, Antonsen also faced Shi Yuqi, and Antonsen won the second game at that time.

Shi Yuqi, the world's first brother in China

In women's singles, South Korea's world No. 1 Ahn Se-ying will play a pinnacle match with China's world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi in the final. Top seed "The Great Devil" An Se Ying faced off against the current and former world champions in the first Women's Singles quarterfinals against the Thai star Rachano, who also became famous at a young age. The World Championship showcased Rachano with nine straight victories over eventual Olympic gold medallist An Se Ying, who defeated world No. 16 Rachano 21-14, 21-18 to make it nine straight victories in the match.

An Se Ying proved that she is an insurmountable mountain, beating Rachano in straight games in the Women's Singles semi-finals on Saturday to make it a nine-game winning streak against the latter

This is the third consecutive year that the 22-year-old has reached the final of the Malaysia Open Women's Singles, reaching the final for the first time in 2023, but was defeated by Japan's Akane Yamaguchi to finish runner-up. Last year, Ahn Se Ying regrouped and advanced to the final again, and finally successfully defeated Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying to win the Malaysia Open for the first time.

Women's singles seed Wang Zhiyi ended Thailand's Ponbicha's dark horse journey 21-16, 21-12 and reached the final for the first time.

Second seed Wang Zhiyi defeated Thailand's Ponbicha (world No. 44) 21-16, 21-12 to reach the final for the first time. Wang Zhiyi will be aiming to win the Malaysia Open Women's Singles title for China for the first time since 2014 (Li Xuerui). Before the start of the tournament, Ponbicha, who was ranked the lowest in the world in the women's singles, broke through three consecutive hurdles in this tournament, including a strong 8-strong defeat to China's No. 3 seed Han Yue, and the overall performance was amazing.