In the Malaysia Open Badminton Championships (Super 1000) for two consecutive years, the men's singles finals were all dominated by Danish star Antonsen and the world's No. 1 brother Shi Yuqi. In a men's singles semifinal of the 2025 Malaysia Open Badminton Championships on the 11th local time, Danish second seed Antonsen successfully passed another hurdle in his title defense journey and defeated Japan's No. 8 seed "King of Grinding" Kodai Naraoka 21-14 in 2 games.

The men's singles final was staged again Danish star Antonsen and Chinese world No. 1 Shi Yuqi competed for hegemony

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. In the men's singles final, Antonsen will meet Shi Yuqi again. Last year, the two sides also fought for hegemony, when Antonsen defeated Shi Yuqi in the second game and won the king.

In the other Men's Singles semi-final, top seed Shi Yuqi won 16-21, 21-12 against teammate and seventh seed Li Shifeng. Shi Yuqi also advanced to the men's singles final at the Malaysia Open last year, and finally lost to Danish star Anton Senjuya This time he returned as the world's No. 1 brother, can Shi Yuqi be ashamed and win the Malaysia Open men's singles championship for China since 2019 (Lin Dan)?