Wang Zhiyi became the first Chinese women's singles player in history to successfully defend her title at the Malaysia Badminton Super 500 Championship

As the current world No. 2 women's singles player, Wang Zhiyi said she was thrilled to finally win her first title at the 2025 Malaysia Badminton Super 500 after nearly halfway through this year. As the defending champion, Wang Zhiyi defeated her teammate Han Yue, ranked No. 3 in the world, 13-21, 21-13, 21-18 in the women's singles final of this year's Malaysia Masters on the 25th local time, becoming the first Chinese women's singles player in history to successfully defend her title in this event.

Towards the halfway point of the year, Ong Chee Yee finally won her first title at the Malaysia Badminton Super 500, and she said she was thrilled.

This is the last three times Wang has successfully reached the final in Malaysia, winning the Malaysia Masters in May last year, and then losing to Korea's Ahn Se Ying in the final of the Malaysia Open (Super 1000) in January this year, and then defending her title at this year's Malaysia Masters.

Wang Zhiyi became the second women's singles champion to win two consecutive titles at the tournament after Thailand's Intanon in 2018 and 2019. This is also Wang Zhiyi's second championship in five months after the BWF World Tour Finals in December last year.

I really enjoy playing in Malaysia. Speaking after the race about winning the first title of the year and making history in this event, Wang Zhiyi said: "I think I'm very happy and excited now. But I probably don't think about the result so much before I play, it's more important to focus on the game. "I think it's a very, very happy thing for me to be able to defend the title here, and it will make me look forward to the next time I come to Malaysia."

With the excellent results in the past two years in Malaysia, Wang Zhiyi revealed that many people said that Malaysia is her "blessed land", she said: "This time, everyone seems to say that Malaysia is my blessed land, and personally, I like to race in Malaysia very much, because I think I like the climate, the food, and the atmosphere of the competition here. ”