Defeating top seed Li Meimiao, Chen Yufei won her third title of the season and returned to the top 5 in the world

On the 18th local time, Chinese player Chen Yufei defeated the host top seed Li Meimiao in straight games in the women's singles final of the 2025 Thailand Open Badminton Championships 21:16 and 21:12, winning the third crown of the season, and her world ranking will also return to the top 5.

Chen Yufei (right) defeated Li Meimiao to win the championship.

According to the data of "Statminton", Chen Yufei will rise three places after winning the championship, surpassing Japan's Miyazaki Yuka, Indonesia's Dongzong, and Thailand's Li Meimiao, jumping to No. 5, while the top 4 in the women's singles world are South Korean queen An Seying, Chinese Wang Zhiyi, Chinese Han Yue, and Japan's Akane Yamaguchi.

In the men's singles final, Thailand's host and top seed Kunlavut defeated second seed Antonsen of Denmark in three games, 21-16, 17-21, 21-9, to keep the title in Thailand and his third Super Series title of the year.