The 30-year-old reached the semi-finals of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 500 tournament and has a secret recipe for staying fit

The 30-year-old former world champion Ratchanor Intanon admits that her time is not forgiving, and she is currently focusing on quality over quantity, strengthening muscles and controlling her diet, and she will face the women's singles potential opponent and defending Chinese champion Wang Zhiyi in the women's singles of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 500 on 24 May.

30-year-old former world champion Ratchano Intanon

2013 World Champion Rachano (World No. 11) is currently ranked No. 11 in the world, behind three other teammates, World No. 7 Lee Mei Miao, No. 9 Supanida and No. 10 Bushanan, and No. 4 in Thailand's women's badminton unit.

After 77 minutes of tug-of-war on the 23rd, Rachano narrowly defeated Canada's Lee Boon Shan 24-26, 22-20, 21-12 to reach the semifinals of the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 500 Women's Singles.

It is expected that the top 4 will be another marathon tug-of-war. Rachano said it will be a marathon tug-of-war, even if she holds a 6-1 record against Zhiyi, but she admits that it won't bring any advantage because Chinese women's singles players are traditionally strong. "Wang Zhiyi is a women's singles player who is good at tug-of-war, I want to be prepared for this, after today's narrow victory in the top 8, I have to rest, eat and sleep."

I think I am not young and need to maintain a lot of physical strength and enthusiasm. When asked how she can maintain her full fitness at the age of 30, Rachano said: "She is no longer young and can't be as thin as she used to, so she has worked hard to get more muscle, and laughed at herself for being a little fat." "I can't train as much as I used to, how to maintain full physical strength and enthusiasm for badminton is the key to winning." She revealed that the smoothies she loves to drink can only be drunk less, and even when she drinks, she has less sugar, or half a cup and can't drink it often. She said she had been at a low ebb in the past, but she tried to make herself happy to get back to winning.