2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 500 Tournament seeks to defend title, Wang Zhiyi will meet "nemesis" in the semi-finals

China's Wang Zhiyi will face Thailand's Rachano (Intanon) in the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 500 Women's Singles 4 on the 24th.

Seeking to defend her title, Wang Zhiyi will face her "nemesis" Rachano's semi-final after beating Nguyen Trai Ling in two games in the Women's Singles quarterfinals

Wang's only win over Rachano was at the Malaysia Masters. Wang Zhiyi defeated Vietnam's Nguyen Trai Ling 21-11, 21-15 in the women's singles quarterfinals on the 23rd, and will usher in the 8th meeting with her old rival Rachano on the 24th; In the last seven meetings between the two sides, Wang Zhiyi has the upper hand with 1 win and 6 losses, the first meeting was in the round of 16 of the 2020 Malaysia Masters, when Wang Zhiyi narrowly won in three games, but then swallowed a six-game losing streak against Rachano.

However, Wang Zhiyi, who is listed as the top seed in the women's singles, will go all out to defend her title, and she said after the match that she believes that every match is a new beginning, so she will not be affected by her past matches. She said she and Rachano only met in the group stage of the Sudirman Cup last month, which ended in a 2-1 defeat, so she will learn from the defeat.

When asked how to improve on her performance in the last defeat, she said she needed to be more detailed, better and more tactically determined when it came to key points. For the top 8 match on the 23rd, she said that this is her first time playing against Ruan Chuiling, and her opponent has also had a lot of wonderful performances in the past. "So, I'm mentally prepared for this game, everything is under control, even if I am passive at times, it is not affected."