The 2025 Malaysia open is set to take off from January 7 to January 12 ,2025 at Kuala Lumpur .
This tournament marks the beginning of the 2025 BWF tour with a total prize pool of USD 1,450,000
The first round of the Malaysia open will involve Indian representatives like Lakshya sen, H.S.Prannoy and Priyanshu Rajawat in MS , Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty for MD
In the Women Singles, Pv Sindhu is missing but what is a bigger news is we have three women Singles players in BWF1000 event. Aakarshi Kashyap, Malvika Bansod and Anupama Upadhyay for WS
We also have three Women Doubles pair, Treesa jolly and Gayathri Pullela , Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, Rituparna and Shwetparna Panda in WD
In 2024 edition , the Indian men doubles players Satwik and Chirag reached finals but could not secured the title.
Indian Badminton star P.V.Sindhu was absent due to injury. Men Singles players failed to clear the 1st round and Srikanth Kidambi did not proceed to the quarterfinals.In Women Singles all the players failed to clear the 1st round while in Women Doubles Tanisha and Ashwini reached quarterfinals but failed to proceed further.
Players to watch:
In men singles defending champion Anders Antonsen is eager to defend his title with top contenders include Viktor Axelson, ShiYuqi and Kunlavut Vitidsarn. In women singles An Se Young and Wang ZhiYi are Favourites to win the title .
When it comes to Men Doubles winner Liang Wei Keng and Wang Kang are defending Champion and will be looking forward to retain the title. In women doubles , Liu Sheng Shu and Tang Ning are strong Contenders.
Lee Zii Jia withdrew from the tournament due to ankle injury he sustained during BWF tour finals 2024.
As the Malaysia open is approaching, all eyes will be on how badminton stars navigate this prestigious tournament.
Indian badminton fans eyes will be on Indian players who will be hoping for good start of the year.
As the badminton season kicks off everyone will be looking at Axiata Arena on Kuala Lumpur for some thrilling badminton action.
