The Malaysian pair of Chia Ding Feng and So Wei Yi, who won the Singapore Open Badminton Championships last week, failed to continue their good form at the 2025 Indonesia Open Badminton Championships (Super 1000 Tournament) on the 4th local time, losing to the Danish pair Kjaer and Sogaard in three games in the first round, and unexpectedly missed out on the round of 16.
Translated by Xie Dingfeng and Su Wei
Listed as the No. 3 seeds in the men's doubles of the tournament, Xie Dingfeng and So Wei Yi have faced Denmark for the third time in a row, but this time they failed to repeat the 2-0 victory in the semi-final of the Malaysia Masters and the first round of the Singapore Open, and were avenged by the Danish pair 21-17, 19-21, 21-18 and failed to advance to the next round.
Including the Indonesia Open, the Shesu pair has played Kjaer and Sogard four times this year. Counting the three defeats in the first round of this year's All England Championships, Xie Su and world No. 16 Kjaer and Sogard have won two times each. Kjaer and Sogaard will face India's powerhouses Savisela and Zla in the second round after knocking out Xie Dingfeng and Su Weiyi.