Wang Zhi Yi’s opponent in the final, An Se-young is ready to defend her title

Jakarta, Beritasatu.com – Women’s singles An Se-young will try to defend her title when she appears in the final of the Malaysia Open 2025 against Wang Zhi Yi, Sunday (12/1/2025) at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur.

This is the second consecutive Malaysia Open final for the athlete from South Korea. Last year, he managed to become champion after defeating Tai Tzu-ying from Taiwan in the final with a score of 10-21, 21-10 and 21-18.

This year’s women’s singles final will be an ideal match because An, who is currently in first place, will meet Wang, who is in second place. The badminton players’ second match will be presented in the second match of the final round at the Axiata Arena. Second

Meanwhile, the first match in the final round of the Malaysia Open 2025 will pit women’s doubles Jia Yi Fan/Zhang Shu Xian from China against Japanese representatives Yuki Fukushima/Mayu Matsumoto. Jia/Zhang, who are currently ranked fourth in the world, are expected to be able to overcome the resistance of Yuki/Mayu, who are only ranked 93rd.

Meanwhile, in the mixed doubles final, first seeds Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping will be challenged by Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Supissara Paewsampran from Thailand who are currently seventh in the world. This mixed doubles final match will be the third match in the Malaysia Open final.

In the men’s singles event, first seed Shin Yu Qi will meet Anders Antonsen from Denmark. This is also an ideal final considering that both of them are in first and second place. They will meet in the fourth match of the final round of the Malaysia Open 2025.

This final match will start at 13.00 local time or 12.00 WIB.

The final of the BWF Super 1,000 level championship will be closed by a men’s doubles match between Chen Bo Yang/Liu Yi from China and South Korean representatives Kim Won-ho/Seo Seung-jae.

The 2025 Malaysia Open tournament offers high prizes. The championship, which has a BWF Super 1,000 level, promises a prize of US$ 1.45 million (Rp. 23.5 billion). This amount is an increase compared to last year which provided prizes of US$ 1.3 million.

The single number winner in this championship will receive US$ 101,500 (Rp. 1.6 billion), runner-up won US$ 49,300 (Rp. 799.7 million), semifinalists won US$ 20,300 (Rp. 329.3 million), quarter finalists took U$ 7,975 (Rp. 129.4 million), the top 16 won US$ 4,350 (Rp. 70.6 million ), and the top 32 received US$1,450 (Rp. 23.5 million).

Meanwhile, in the doubles event, the champion will win US$ 107,300 (Rp. 1.7 billion), runner-up get US$ 50,750 (Rp. 823 million), semifinalists get US$ 20,300 (Rp. 329 million), quarter-finalists get US$ 9,062.50 (Rp. 147 million), doubles who lose in the top 16 get a prize of U$ 4,712.50 (Rp. 76.4 million), and the loser in the top 32 US$ 1,450 (Rp. 23.5 million).

Meanwhile, the doubles and singles who win the 2025 Malaysia Open will get 12,000 points, and runner-up 8,400. Those who lose in the semifinals receive 6,600 points, the quarterfinals 4,800 points, and the top 16 3,000 points.