It was a day that was truly memorable for the finalists at the Malaysian Masters badminton championships at the Axiata Arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China\u2019s Li Shifeng retained his men\u2019s singles title as former World Champion Ratchanok Intanon turned back the clock to claim her third women\u2019s singles Malaysian Masters crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The doubles competition also saw three pairs claiming their first titles on the circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But it was also heartbreak for several others, especially the hosts, who saw their hopes in the men\u2019s doubles snuffed out by the Danish pair ofDaniel Lundgaard-Mads Vetsergaard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Playing in the final of a BWF 500 event for the first time ever, the Danish duo showed their potential with a dominating 21-16, 21-17 defeat of Malaysians Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Malaysian third seeds had shown top seeded teammates Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik in the semi-finals and were favoured over their sixth seed, whom they had beaten in their previous two meetings this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It took the Danes 42-minutes to dismantle the Malaysians to avenge their defeats at the Indonesian Masters and Malaysian Open in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt feels crazy. Oh, I have no words on how to describe the feeling. I just think we are very, very happy at the moment. We\u2019ll just try to enjoy the day as much as you can, and then try to prepare for Singapore next week,\u201d said Lundgaard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Shifeng claimed his first title of the season with a 21-16, 21-17 win over Thailand\u2019s Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is only the second player after the legendary Lee Chong Wei to retain the title. Chong Wei had won the title four times on trot between 2009-2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It has been a while since I won a championship. I had some injuries and various physical limitations previously, so winning this championship gives me a good motivation ahead of upcoming competitions,” said Shifeng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was his first title since winning the Hong Kong Open in September last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was too excited, and I could not control the shuttle. All these days the shuttle was fast, but today it was quite slow, so I couldn\u2019t control it. I tried to play faster in the second game and I did well, but I need to improve,\u201d said Panitchaphon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was also despair for Panitchaphon\u2019s twin brother Pakkapon in the mixed doubles final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Debutants Gao Jiaxuan-Wei Yaxin won their first international title as a pair when they romped past Pakkapon and his partner Sapsiree Taerattanachai 21-13, 15-21, 21-11 in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy performance wasn\u2019t that good. I\u2019m very thankful for my senior\u2019s motivation because of which I started to believe in myself, and I could do better,\u201d said Jiaxuan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was also a first title forChenFan Shutian-Luo Xumin as they denied Japan\u2019s Sayaka Hirota-Ayako Sakuramoto in the women\u2019s doubles final. They Chinese duo\u2019s 21-16, 25-23 win also meant that they dashed a wining comeback for Sayaka. The Japanese was playing with a new partner, after two major knee injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was also a record breaking day for Thai veteran Intanon, who won her first title of the season, beating an opponent she had beaten only three times in 22-meeting previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 31-year-old showed she was far from finished with a compelling 21-17, 21-15 win over top seeded Chen Yufei in the women\u2019s singles final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMy best game? I don\u2019t know, but I was focussing on my mentality,\u201d said Intanon, who barely made a mistake all match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why I watched her (videos) of beating me. I could not think only of gameplan, but also mentality because she tried to break my rhythm, and sometimes she plays with my mind \u2013 like \u2018You want this? But you cannot take it.\u2019 So I feel she tried to play like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEven if I am a senior, my heart is still young. My knees (though) are not young, but I\u2019m happy. Maybe I\u2019ll keep playing for two or three years, I don\u2019t know, but I will try to achieve what I want to get, like a medal at the Asian Games, or if I can qualify to the Olympic Games, I want to win an Olympic medal,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FINAL RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s singles: <\/strong>Li Shifeng (Chn) bt Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul (Tha) 21-16, 21-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s doubles: <\/strong>Daniel Lundgaard-Mads Vetsergaard (Den) bt Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin (Mas) 21-16, 21-17<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s singles: <\/strong>Ratchanok Intanon (Tha) bt Chen Yu Fei (Chn) 21-17, 21-15<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s doubles: <\/strong>ChenFan Shutian-Luo Xumin (Chn) bt Sayaka Hirota-Ayako Sakuramoto (Jpn) 21-16, 25-23<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mixed doubles: <\/strong>Gao Jiaxuan-Wei Yaxin (Chn) bt Pakkapon Teeraratsakul-Sapsiree Taerattanachai (Tha) 21-13, 15-21, 21-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was a day that was truly memorable for the finalists at the Malaysian Masters badminton championships at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-13102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-badminton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles-.jpg",1066,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles--150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles--300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles--768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles--1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles-.jpg",1066,600,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles-.jpg",1066,600,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles--825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles--590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Malaysian-masters-mens-doubles-.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13104,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13102\/revisions\/13104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}