JAKARTA – South Korea and China each brought home two titles from the Malaysia Open 2026, a Super 1000-level BWF tournament that opens the series of tournaments on this year’s calendar.
The Malaysia Open 2026 final round match series at Axiata Arena, Kuala Lumpur, came to an end on Sunday (January 11, 2026). China and South Korea dominated the stage.
South Korea has already secured the title thanks to world number one badminton player An Se-young and world number one men’s duo Kim Won-ho/Seo Seung-jae.
Both representatives last year dominated the BWF World Tour with 11 titles, except Seo who won a 12th title personally as he had previously won another title with his former partner, Yong Jin.
An Se-young reached the highest podium by defeating Wang Zhiyi (China) with a score of 21-15 and 24-22. This is the third time in a row that An Se-young has won the Malaysia Open and extended her record of consistency after finishing the 2025 season with a number of records.
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As for China, it dominates in the women’s and mixed doubles. In the women’s doubles, Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning became the champion after defeating South Korea’s representative Baek Ha-na/Lee So-hee in the final with a score of 21-18, 21-12.
Next, in the mixed doubles, Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping managed to reach the highest podium after defeating their compatriots Jiang Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xing with a score of 21-19 and 21-19.
At the same time, in the men’s singles sector, the title has already been predicted by Kunlavut Vitidsarn from Thailand. He secured the title by defeating Chinese defending champion Shi Yu Qi, who decided to withdraw due to injury when the score was 23-21, 6-1.
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