Weng Hongyang became a major player on the BWF World Tour, and Chen Yufei accumulated confidence before the 2025 Asian Championships

Weng Hongyang, the Chinese men's singles champion in the 2025 Swiss Badminton Super 300 Tournament, completed the BWF World Tour Championship Grand Slam and became the sixth person in the badminton world. In the men's singles final last weekend, world No. 17 Weng Hongyang swept away France's Christo 21-18, 21-3. Popov won his first title of the season.

After Weng Hongyang won the Swiss Super 300 tournament, he won all the World Tour championships and became a Grand Slam player on the Tour

Christo Popov is definitely the dark horse of the men's singles tournament, although he is only ranked 31st in the world, he has overcome strong opponents to break into the final, especially in the semi-finals against China's world No. 7 Li Shifeng's attacking performance, which left a deep impression on the fans. However, in this men's singles final, Weng Hongyang defeated Christo Popov in the battle of attack, and even turned on the hanging mode in the second game, locking the victory with a disparity of 21-3.

The victory is of great significance to Weng Hongyang, who has now won all the World Tour divisions of Super 300, Super 500, Super 750 and Super 1000 to become a Grand Slam player.

He won the Swiss Badminton Super 300 in 2025, the Korea Badminton Super 500 in 2022, the Australian Badminton Super 500 in 2023, the Denmark Badminton Super 750 in 2023 and the China Badminton Super 1000 in 2024.

Not only that, but Weng Hongyang also became the sixth men's singles player to win both Super 300 and Super 1000 tournaments, after Kento Momota, Axelsen, Shi Yuqi, Anthony and Jonadam. Weng Hongyang said after the game: "After this European competition, I have become more mature in terms of mentality and tactics. In the future, I will play the right tactics and strive for better results. ”

After 10 months, Chen Yufei won the women's singles championship of the tour again, breaking the 300-day championship drought

Confidence returned at an important moment, and Chen Yufei won the first championship after her comeback. In the women's singles final, China's Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yufei defeated Denmark's Lini Jaksfield 21-17 in two games to win her first title since her comeback, successfully breaking a 300-day title drought.

This championship will help Chen Yufei boost her morale and confidence in the face of important events such as the 2025 Asian Badminton Asian Championships and the Sudirman Cup next month, and will test and make up for her physical, technical and tactical shortcomings after the Paris Olympics due to her long-term absence, which is of great significance.

After the game, Chen Yufei updated her social media and wrote: "On March 3, 2025, the 20-day European season is over, back-to-back, for me, it's not cool to return, 4 months without touching the ball, and after 3 weeks of practice, I "should" defeat my former opponent." I imagine a return to revisiting the path we came from, and the starting point of that path should be 2017. ”

"4 years is a long time, I will not be in a hurry to prove what to get back, the past honor and position are not worth mentioning, I don't crave ethereal things, I just want to take every step with my original intention, I am confident that at important moments, I will come back better, thank you for your patience."