The 2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 500 Tournament saw a wave of retirements, and Malaysian rising star He Shouwei was promoted to the main event

Danish men's singles star Antonsen, China's Tokyo Olympics women's singles champion Chen Yufei, Malaysia's national badminton team's mixed doubles "Rong Yun Pair" Xu Bang Rong and Zhong Shuyun and "Ye Zi Pair" Ye Ruiqing and Xiao Zixuan withdrew from the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 500 Tournament.

He has advanced from the qualifiers to the main draw, where he will face Japan's No.4 seed Kodai Naraoka in the first round

A number of stars are absent. In this year's Malaysia Badminton Masters, China's world No. 1 Shi Yuqi, Thailand's world No. 2 Kunlavut, Denmark's defending champion Viktor Axelsen and Malaysia's last tournament runner-up Lee Zi Jia are out of action, and now several more stars are absent. After Antonsen withdrew from this week's Malaysia Badminton Masters after finishing runner-up in the Thailand Badminton Super 500 last week, China's Hangzhou Asian Games gold medallist Lee Sze Fung became the highest-seeded player in the men's singles draw.

Chinese Taipei's No.3 seed Chou Tien Cheng will take Antonsen's place in the first round against India's Satish on Wednesday. Tan Yufei also announced her retirement after the closure of the Thailand Open last week, and her place in the draw was replaced by Thailand's No.6 seed Rachano, so Malaysia's top women's singles player Goh Jin Wei was replaced by Racchano.

The 21-year-old has advanced from the play-in round to the main draw and will make his debut in the first round against Japan's No.4 seed Kodai Naraoka. Other singles and doubles pairs that withdrew from the tournament include Thailand's Women's Singles Bushanan, Denmark's Men's Doubles Sodergaard and Toft, and Malaysia's Mixed Doubles Rong Yun and Ye Zi.

The Badminton Masters Qualifiers and Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles main events kicked off at 10am local time on Tuesday, with 10 men's doubles and four women's doubles teams in action. Three Malaysian men's singles liberos Kwok Jing Hong, Edil and Tan Ka Kit will compete in the qualifiers against rising Chinese star Hu Zhe An, Chinese Taipei's Huang Yu Dai and Vietnam's Nguyen Hai Deng.