Nick was the runner-up in the year-end finals, and Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen reached the top 8 of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Masters

Chinese Taipei mixed doubles pair Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen defeated the host pair Lu Bingkun/Du Yiwei at the Super 500 Series 2025 Malaysia Badminton Masters on the 22nd with 19:21, 22:20, 21:18 to advance to the top 8 of mixed doubles, and also tied the best results of the two in the 500 event. Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen will face world No. 20 Danish opponents Westgard/Busey in the quarterfinals.

Chinese Taipei Mixed Doubles Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen

World No. 23 Ye Hongwei and Zhan Youzhen have been working together for international tournaments since last year, reaching the quarterfinals of the 500 Korea Open and the top four of the 300 Macau Open, but the two have not had much success this year.

Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen reached the quarterfinals of the Taipei Open before regaining their confidence and finding a way to work together, beating the Danish pair of world No. 7 and No. 5 seeds Toft/Margren 21-19, 21-15 in the first round of the Malaysia Masters.

Du Yiwei and Chen Tangjie worked together in the past to win the runner-up in last year's year-end finals, but the two broke up this year, and Du Yiwei and Lu Bingkun went out. Facing the host's rival with a certain strength, Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen missed the 18:15 lead in the first game, and was conceded by the opponent with a 6:1 offensive.

Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen went from leading to falling behind in the second game, facing a 12:17 disadvantage, but the two successfully stopped the bleeding and scored 6 points in a row to 20:18. Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen trailed by as many as four points in the tiebreaker, and only began to catch up after a technical timeout, and finally completed the comeback victory in 68 minutes.