The 2025 Sudirman Cup Round of 8 was swept away, and the Malaysian coach bluntly said that the overall strength of the Chinese team was too strong

After the Malaysian team's singles coaching director, Jonathan, admitted after the Malaysian team lost 0-3 to the host and 13-time champion China in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Sudirman Cup, that the overall strength of the Chinese team is too strong for the current Malaysian team to compete with. The Malaysian team, which qualified as the second in the group, was drawn in the round of 8 and was finally eliminated by the strongest favorite China team with an aggregate score of 0-3, and missed out on the podium again.

After Malaysia's 3-0 defeat to China in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Su Cup, Jonathan (centre) admitted that the overall strength of the Chinese team was too strong.

World No. 4 Malaysian Mixed Doubles Tan Tang Kit and Du Yi Wei were unable to repeat their victory over China's world No. 2 Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping at the Paris Olympics and lost in the first game 17-21. The failure of the Jie Wei duo to snatch the key match of the mixed doubles basically declared that the Malaysian team was over, because the Malaysian men's singles and women's singles were at a disadvantage in this quarter-final meeting, which is also true.

In the second match, Malaysia's men's singles No. 26 Liang Junhao only resisted for 38 minutes, losing 6-21, 14-21 to China's world No. 1 Shi Yuqi, and lost the first meeting between the two sides.

There is still some way to go to challenge the level of reflection of strong opponents. In the third women's singles match, the 21-year-old women's singles Leshana lost to China's Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei 8-21, 7-21, and the Malaysian team missed the semi-finals of the three consecutive Su Cups after the 2021 and 2023 matches.

Speaking after the match, Denmark's Jonathan was frank, "It's clear now that the result of this match did bring a lot of frustration. ”
"We were completely suppressed by the Chinese team, but at the same time, we really realized the true value of playing against a world-class team that is at the top of our game, and we are still some way from that level."

It's better to do the little details well. However, despite the loss, Jonathan still saw some signs of hope in the course of the fight, "I still need a little bit of time to find the positives from this loss, but I do see some opportunities in a few fights. "If we want to challenge China, we have to do better in these little details, it's just that they are too strong in this game."

Zonathan added: "I think when we have the right game plan and we can execute the strategy and believe in ourselves on the field, even if we don't win the point, if we are doing the right thing, then I believe we are capable of challenging the opponent."
The team is heading in the right direction. Jonathan stressed that the week of the Su Cup showed that the team is moving in the right direction, but he also knows that there is still a long way to go to reach the highest level that can consistently compete against the world's top players. "As long as we do the right thing, we have the ability to challenge the strong team," he said. It's all about getting all the details in place and getting it in for everyone to understand, whether it's when you're competing or when you're training on a daily basis. "The most important thing is that the quality has to be in place."