Defeating the Japanese pair, Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen advanced to the semi-finals of the mixed doubles of the 750 level competition for the first time in their careers

Chinese Taipei Mixed Doubles pair Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen on the 30th at the Super 750 Series 2025 Singapore Open Badminton Championships, although they missed four final points in the second game, but the two showed their strength in the tiebreaker, and finally defeated the Japanese pair ranked 28th in the world, Yuichi Frost and Saixia Hohara, 23:21, 20:22, 21:15, and advanced to the top four of the 750 level competition for the first time in their careers.

Chinese Taipei mixed doubles pair Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen

World No. 21 Ye Hongwei and Zhan Youzhen teamed up to the international tournament last year, reaching the top 8 of the 500 Korea Open, the top four of the 300 Macau Open, and one 100 Kuala Lumpur Masters. The two also scored in the semi-finals of last week's big Marseille, writing the best result in the 500 class.

Continuing last week's good performance, Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen pushed down the third seed Malaysian pair Chen Tang Kit/Du Yi Wei, this time meeting Japan's Yuichi Frost / Hohara Saixia, Ye Zhan and his opponent tied many times in the first game, and the Japanese pair got 2 game points first, all of which were resolved by the Chinese Taipei combination, and scored consecutive points to take the lead. Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen took the lead in the second game, but was chased to a 15:15 draw by the opponent, and the two won 4 final points in another wave of 5:1 offensives.

Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen, who failed to win in straight games, readjusted and effectively suppressed the opponent's performance in the deciding game, and it took 57 minutes to win. Ye Hongwei/Zhan Youzhen will face Thailand's Dechapo/Subi Sarah in the semi-finals, who have won the Malaysia Open and Thailand Masters this season in three games against Malaysia's top seeds Goh Xun Valve/Lai Jie Min.