Thailand's men's singles world champion Kunlavut defeated China's men's singles Weng Hongyang in two games in the first round of the 2025 All England Badminton Super Series on Wednesday local time to reach the round of 16. Fifth seed Kunlavut defeated Weng Hongyang 22-20, 21-11, beating the Chinese after the first round of last year's Arctic Open.

Kunlavut defeated Weng Hongyang 22-20, 21-11 to beat the Chinese player after the first round of last year's Arctic Open

In the rest of the men's singles first round, Japan's Yushi Tanaka defeated No. 8 seed Kodai Naraoka in three games, and Li Jiahao of Chinese Taipei narrowly defeated Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu 2-1 in a "double-Lee duel".

On Tuesday, China's two former All England champions, Shi Yuqi and Li Shifeng, also made their way through. Malaysia's Lee Zi Jia and Leong Jun Ho both suffered a round of tours, announcing the early end of Malaysia's singles journey. 2018 champion and top seed Shi Yuqi swept past Indonesia's Chico in two games and Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Cheng in the round of 16. 2023 champion and No. 6 seed Li Shifeng defeated Canada's Yang Can in three games and faced France's Tomapopov in the second round.

In the first round of the Women's Singles, China's No. 2 seed Wang Zhiyi defeated Japan's former world and former All England champion Nozomi Okuhara and former Olympic champion Chen Yufei of Denmark in two games, 21-6, 21-9. Jacksfield, South Korea's top seed and favorite Ahn Se Ying defeated China's Gao Fangjie in two games, along with Japan's No. 3 seed Akane Yamaguchi and No. 7 seed Yuka Miyazaki.