The Badminton Finals today (2025.12.20) feature Shi Yuqi and the Liang-Wang pair competing, with live broadcasts on CCTV-5 and the CCTV video platform.
According to the schedule, the semifinals are held today, with detailed participation of the Chinese national team shown in the chart below.
At 10:20 AM today, women’s singles Wang Zhiyi will compete against Indanon.
At 11:10 AM today, mixed doubles Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping will face Midorikawa Daiki/Saito Natsu.
At 5:00 PM today, mixed doubles Wei Yaxin/Jiang Zhenbang will play against Chen Tangjie/Du Yuewei.
At 5:50 PM today, women’s doubles Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning will compete against Bai Hena/Li Shaoxi.
At 6:40 PM tonight, men’s singles Shi Yuqi will face Kunlavut.
At 8:20 PM tonight, men’s doubles Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang will play against Lankireddy/Xie Ti.
The detailed live broadcast schedule on CCTV-5 and the CCTV video platform is shown in the image below.
The CCTV video platform will provide full free live coverage.
CCTV-5 will broadcast live from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM.
The CCTV-5+ channel will air live coverage between 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM today.
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The finals are essentially a prize money tournament with a total purse of 3 million USD; we hope our national team can win many prizes.
Judging from the semifinal matchups, women’s singles Wang Zhiyi, women’s doubles Liu Shengshu/Tan Ning, and mixed doubles Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping have about a 90% chance of winning and advancing to the final.
Men’s singles Shi Yuqi and mixed doubles Wei Yaxin/Jiang Zhenbang each have about a 50% chance to reach the final.
Men’s doubles Liang Weikeng/Wang Chang have a greater than 50% chance of being eliminated.