On January 9th, Beijing time, the third match day of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Open saw the second round of the 16 to 8 competition in various events. Cheng Xing/Zhang Chi, Chen Boyang/Liu Yi, and Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping advanced to the quarter-finals one after another. However, after achieving three consecutive victories, the national badminton team suffered three consecutive defeats. The women's singles star Gao Fangjie was like a dreamwalker, losing 0-2 to Singaporean player Yang Jiayi. Subsequently, the world No. 2 in the mixed doubles and men's doubles events, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin and Liang Weikang/Wang Chang, were both swept away by surprise defeats. Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin lost 0-2 to the Thai pair Dechapol/Sapsiree, while Liang Weikang/Wang Chang lost 0-2 to the Korean pair Kim Won-ho/Seo Seung-jae.
On the third match day, the national badminton team had a good start. Cheng Xing/Zhang Chi sealed the Indian pair Kapila/Krastost with a score of 21-13 and 22-20 to advance to the mixed doubles quarter-finals. Chen Boyang/Liu Yi fought three sets to defeat the Chinese Taipei pair Qiu Xiangkai/Wang Qilin 21-17, 16-21, 21-15 and entered the men's doubles quarter-finals. The top seed in the mixed doubles, Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping, easily swept the English pair Dunn/McPherson 21-11 and 21-10 to become the second pair from the national badminton team to enter the mixed doubles quarter-finals after Cheng Xing/Zhang Chi. However, after a wave of three consecutive victories, the national badminton team began to lose, with Gao Fangjie in the women's singles, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin in the mixed doubles world No. 2, and Liang Weikang/Wang Chang in the men's doubles world No. 2 all suffering defeats on various courts. The national badminton team encountered another wave of three consecutive defeats, among which Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin and Liang Weikang/Wang Chang were surprisingly swept by their opponents!
In the second round of the mixed doubles, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin faced Dechapol/Sapsiree. Last year, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin reached the semi-finals of the Malaysia Badminton Open and won four consecutive titles at the Indonesia Open, Australian Open, Japan Open, and Hong Kong China Open from June to October, once winning 16 consecutive victories. Dechapol/Sapsiree have been partners since the Paris Olympics last year, and previously Dechapol partnered with Sasi to win the World Championship title. This game is also the first meeting between Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin and Dechapol/Sapsiree! In the first set, Dechapol/Sapsiree took the lead all the way and won the first set 21-14. In the second set, Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin continued to lose points after the break, and Dechapol/Sapsiree opened the score to 17-10. Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin trailed 13-20 and saved six match points to catch up to 19-20, but Dechapol/Sapsiree took the key point and won again 21-19.
In the second round of the men's doubles, Liang Weikang/Wang Chang faced Kim Won-ho/Seo Seung-jae. Seo Seung-jae previously partnered with Kang Min-hyuk to win the men's doubles world championship title, but Seo Seung-jae also paired with Kim Won-ho from 2017 to 2020. In the first set, it was a pity that Liang Weikang/Wang Chang lost, leading 17-14 but then losing seven points in a row to collapse, continuously making mistakes at crucial points and losing the first set 17-21, suffering a big reversal of seven consecutive points at the end of the set by Kim Won-ho/Seo Seung-jae. In the second set, Liang Weikang/Wang Chang failed to hold the score in the middle stage, and Kim Won-ho/Seo Seung-jae established an advantage of 16-10 and took the lead with a score of 20-15 to get the match point. With a straight shot, Liang Weikang/Wang Chang recovered one point, but Kim Won-ho/Seo Seung-jae then returned the kill directly to the defensive vacuum area of Liang Weikang/Wang Chang to cash in the match point and win again 21-16.
In the second round of the women's singles, although Gao Fangjie's loss to the No. 7 seed Yang Jiayi was not considered a cold upset, her performance throughout the game was like a dreamwalker, with no threat in the attack and not strong enough in defense, almost without any resistance, she lost two sets in a row with scores of 14-21 and 10-21.