The hopes of the Malaysian badminton team rested on the shoulders of Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun, but they were unable to secure a spot in the final of the 2025 Malaysia Open.
National men's doubles pair Man Wei Chong - Tee Kai Wun 's hopes of saving the day for Malaysia were shattered when they crashed out of the 2025 Malaysia Open semi-finals here today. With two Malaysian mixed doubles pairs - Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie - already eliminated from the last four earlier today, the country’s hopes rested on Wei Chong-Kai Wun’s shoulders.
However, the unseeded Malaysians failed to capitalise on their promising start despite beating China’s Chen Bo Yang-Liu Yi 26-24 in a tightly contested opening game. The Malaysian pair, ranked world number 14, lost their momentum in the second game, which the Chinese won 21-16 to drag the match into a rubber game. In the decider, it was neck-and-neck with the score tied at 10-10, before world number 18 Bo Yang-Liu Yi raised the tempo to race to a 21-15 victory in a gripping 77-minute duel that left the home fans disappointed. Kai Wun said they had given their all but unfortunately, they could not hold the first-game advantage against their opponents. “We also entered their game which was more solid and from there we can’t control the game,” he told reporters in a post-match interview. Despite the loss, the 24-year-old shuttler said it was a good start to the season following their first-ever appearance at the Malaysia Open semi-finals. In the final, Bo Yang-Liu Yi will meet South Korean scratch pair Kim Won Ho-Seo Seung Jae, who upset the seventh seeds from India, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty, 21-10, 21-15. The last Malaysian to win the Malaysia Open was badminton legend Datuk Lee Chong Wei in 2018 while Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah were the last Malaysian men’s doubles pair to taste glory in 2014. In mixed doubles action earlier, third seeds Tang Jie-Ee Wei failed to upset the top seeds from China, Feng Yan Zhe-Huang Dong Ping, losing 19-21, 14-21 while husband and wife Soon Huat-Shevon went down to Thailand’s new combination Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Supissara Paewsampran 21-17, 12-21, 16-21.
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