The Malaysian and South Korean men's doubles split is still going on, and who will reach the top of the 2025 Singapore Badminton Championships

The men's doubles split between Malaysia and South Korea continues. In the 8 high-level badminton tournaments (BWF World Tour Super 500 or above + Super 1000 Asian Badminton Championships) that have been held so far in the 2025 season, all the men's doubles titles will still be shared between the Korean and Malaysian pairs, and the Singapore Badminton Super 750 tournament this week will be directly contested between the two top men's doubles groups of Malaysia and South Korea.

Xie Dingfeng (left) and Su Weiyi, who have ushered in an all-round improvement in technical, tactical and psychological aspects this year, are currently in the best period of their careers.

In the men's doubles final of this year's Singapore Open, the world's No. 3 Malaysian No. 1 men's doubles pair "Xie Su" Xie Dingfeng and Su Wei Yi will face off against South Korea's world No. 10 "Kim Seo" Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae, the two men's doubles pairs are currently the hottest in the world badminton world, so the two sides will face off at the pinnacle.

Xie Su reached the finals for 4 consecutive stops. From the Thailand Super 500, Malaysia Super 500 and Singapore Open, the pair reached the finals for three consecutive weeks, playing a total of 15 matches, including the Thailand Open. Counting last month's victory at the Asian Badminton Championships, Cheah Su has reached four consecutive finals, and the former world champions are undoubtedly in the best period of their careers under the tutelage of Malaysia's new men's doubles head coach Pang Wai Shun since this year.

Jin Xu won 5 finals in 7 competitions. The pair reached five finals in seven tournaments this year, winning the Malaysian Super 1000, All England and German Super 300 tournaments, becoming the only men's doubles team to win two Super 1000 titles on the World Tour so far this season.

Kim Won-ho (left) and Seo Seung-jae, who only started to partner this year, rose rapidly at the speed of a meteor

Xie Dingfeng: We're ready for a tough battle. In a post-match interview, Xie Su was asked how confident they are in their current state to beat the Jinxu combination, Xie Dingfeng said: "We will do our best, step by step, we know it will be a tough battle, but we are ready. ”

Xie Su and Jin Xu have only met once before, in the semifinals of the Indian Super 750 in January, when Xie Su lost. In addition to the four high-level titles won by Xie Su and Kim Xu respectively this year, the other three titles were won by two other Malaysian pairs, with libero Wu Shifei and Noi Zuting winning the Indian Super 750 Championship, and Malaysia's Men's Doubles "Cong Wen" Wan Wei Cong and Cheng Kaiwen winning the Super 500 in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Xie Su: The fans are the biggest motivator. In addition, when asked what drove them through the "marathon" three weeks, So said, "There are a lot of Malaysian fans supporting us, which is a great encouragement to us. I think they all know that we've been playing a lot of back-to-back games lately and they know our physical condition, they're supporting us wholeheartedly and we can really feel that strength and that's what keeps us going. ”

In the semi-finals of the Singapore Tournament, Xie Su defeated India's Twitsa Visaira and Zla 19-21, 21-10, 21-18. After the game, when he lost the first game and led 20-11 in the deciding game, he was once chased by the opponent to 20-18, how to stabilize his mentality, Xie Dingfeng emphasized that he kept focus at the critical moment, "After we got the match point in the deciding game, we may have been a little slack, allowing them to slowly chase back, but we still maintained focus at the critical moment and bit the last point." ”

Su Weiyi said: "They are a very experienced combination, and we have played against them many times before. We know that every point is very important and even if we are one or two points ahead, we can't relax, we have to concentrate because they have a lot of tactics and every goal is crucial.