On January 20th, the second major event of the Badminton World Federation in 2025, the India Open, came to an end. After the first two major events, a rare new situation has emerged in the world of badminton doubles: "second marriages" are thriving while original partnerships are cold and quiet. Let's take a look at the doubles situation in this year's first major event, the Malaysia Open: Men's Doubles: The champions were South Korea's men's doubles pair, Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae. Kim Won-ho used to play mixed doubles with Jung Na-eun, winning the silver medal at the Paris Olympics; Seo Seung-jae played both men's doubles and mixed doubles, partnering with Kang Min-hyuk in men's doubles and Chae Yoo-jin in mixed doubles, winning the men's doubles and mixed doubles titles at the 2023 World Championships. This year, they are "second marriages," with a world ranking of over 180 before the tournament (qualifying based on tour rankings, as below). The new pair of Kim Won-ho/Seo Seung-jae defeated the well-known Liang Weikang/Wang Chang, Rankireddy/Sethi, and then won against Chen Boyang/Liu Yi in the final to claim the championship. They defeated all the original pairs. Women's Doubles: The champions were the Japanese pair of Fukushima Yuki and Matsumoto Mayu. Fukushima Yuki is already 32 years old, her past partner was Hirota Ayaka, but they didn't achieve much; Matsumoto Mayu is also 30 years old, her past partner was Nagahara Wakana, and they won the World Championship title. This year, they are also "second marriages," with a world ranking of around 100 at the…

The Chinese badminton team is currently participating in the Malaysia Badminton Open. For this Malaysia Badminton Open, the Chinese badminton team has sent many outstanding players to compete. Among these excellent players, everyone is particularly concerned about a women's doubles pair, Li Yijing and Luo Xumin. Everyone hopes that these two excellent players can represent the Chinese badminton team to achieve a breakthrough. These two players performed exceptionally well in the previous games, advancing all the way to the semifinals. For these two players, being able to enter the semifinals is an extraordinary achievement. Everyone hopes they can adjust their mentality and state to strive for a place in the final. In the semifinals, they faced a Japanese pair, but unexpectedly, the two of them faltered. In the women's doubles semifinal of the Malaysia Badminton Open, the national feather team combination of Li Yijing/Luo Xumin faced off against the Japanese combination of Fukushima Yuki/Matsubara Mayu. The national feather team combination lost to the opponent with scores of 13:21 and 21:23, missing out on the final. In this game, these two young players were directly overwhelmed by the Japanese combination. 0-2! A crushing defeat with a 13-21 set score! The national feather women's doubles team was swept, netizens say: failing to deliver in the clutch. This young pair not only suffered a crushing defeat with a 0:2 score but also lost a single set by a wide margin of 13:21, completely unable to fight back against the opponent. Seeing this, some people expressed that it is indeed very inappropriate for this…

On January 11th, Beijing time, the fifth match day of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Open began, with the semi-finals of various events set to take place one after another. The first match was a women's singles semi-final where former world champion Ratchanok Intanon suffered a 0-2 defeat, being swept by world number one An Se-young, swallowing her ninth consecutive loss to An Se-young as An Se-young advanced to the women's singles final. The second match was a women's doubles semi-final where the national team pair of Li Yijing/Luo Xumin lost 0-2 to the Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima/Mayu Matsumoto, losing this China-Japan clash, which meant that the national team's women's doubles missed out on the opportunity to win the championship in advance. The other women's doubles semi-final was an internal battle between Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning and Jia Yifan/Zhang Shuhuan. The women's singles semi-final between An Se-young and Ratchanok Intanon marked the start of the fifth match day. Both An Se-young and Ratchanok Intanon are world champions, with An Se-young also being the Paris Olympic champion and currently ranked world number one. The 22-year-old An Se-young is at the peak of her career, while the 30-year-old Ratchanok Intanon, although not in the twilight of her career, has seen a decline in competitive form compared to her peak. Previously, they had met nine times, with An Se-young losing their first encounter but then winning eight consecutive matches. After the start of the game, An Se-young quickly took a commanding lead of 9-2, with Ratchanok Intanon closing the gap slightly. An Se-young still…