Full list of players who have withdrawn from BWF Malaysia Masters 2025

Home favourite Lee Zii Jia set to miss Malaysia Masters.

Olympic silver medalist Kunlavut Vitidsarn headlines a notable list of withdrawals from the Malaysia Masters 2025, set to take place from May 20 to 25 at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur.

Vitidsarn’s absence in the men’s singles category is a significant blow to the tournament, which also sees the withdrawal of India’s Kiran George and Malaysia’s Cheam June Wei. At the same time, Viktor Axelsen and Lee Zii Jia have yet to return to the tour.

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In the women’s singles category, the most prominent withdrawal is An Se Young, the reigning Olympic Champion, who was anticipated to be the top seed. She is joined by compatriot Kim Ga Eun and India’s rising talents Anupama Upadhyaya and Rakshitha Sree, along with Thailand’s Lalinrat Chaiwan.

The doubles events have also been impacted significantly. World Champions Seo Seung Jae and Kim Won Ho lead the men’s doubles withdrawals, along with India’s top pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. In the women’s doubles, top Korean duo Lee So Hee and Baek Ha Na, and India’s Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela have also pulled out.

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In the mixed doubles, key contenders such as Lee Jong Min and Chae Yu Jung of Korea, France’s Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue, and Singapore’s Hee Yong Kai Terry-Jin Yu Jia have withdrawn.

Despite these withdrawals, the tournament still boasts a strong lineup, with top players like Anders Antonsen and Wang Zhi Yi set to lead the singles field.

List of players who have withdrawn from BWF Malaysia Masters 2025

Men’s Singles

1. Kunlavut Vitidsarn
2. Kiran George
3. Cheam June Wei
4. Mads Christophersen
5. Viren Nettasinghe
6. Joshua Nguyen

Women’s Singles

1. An Se Young
2. Kim Ga Eun
3. Julie Dawall Jakobsen
4. Pai Yu Po
5. Rakshitha Sree Santhosh Ramraj
6. Anupama Upadhyaya
7. Lalinrat Chaiwan
8. Polina Buhrova
9. Tanya Hemanth
10. Pitchamon Opatniputh
11. Yevheniia Kantemyr

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Men’s Doubles

1. Seo Seung Jae / Kim Won Ho
2. Na Sung Seung / Jin Yong
3. Ty Alexander Lindeman / Kevin Lee
4. Alexander Dunn / Adam Pringle
5. He Ji Ting / Ren Xiang Yu
6. Sabar Karyaman Gutama / Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
7. Chirag Shetty / Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
8. Lee Jhe-Huei / Yang Po-Hsuan
9. Peeratchai Sukphun / Pakkapon Teeraratsakul
10. Presley Smith / Chen Zhi Yi
11. Matthew Grimley / Christopher Grimley

Women’s Doubles

1. Jennie Gai / Francesca Corbett
2. Allison Lee / Lauren Lam
3. Jeong Na Eun / Lee Yeon Woo
4. Hathaithip Mijad / Napapakorn Tungkastan
5. Varshini Viswanath Sri / Arathi Sara Sunil
6. Lee So Hee / Baek Ha Na
7. Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand
8. Kim Hye Jeong / Kong Hee Yong
9. Phataimas Muenwong / Laksika Kanlaha
10. Angela Yu / Gronya Somerville

Mixed Doubles

1. Chen Zhi Yi / Francesca Corbett
2. Lee Jong Min / Chae Yu Jung
3. Ty Alexander Lindeman / Crystal Lai
4. Ki Dong Ju / Jeong Na Eun
5. Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue
6. Pakkapon Teeraratsakul / Phataimas Muenwong
7. Jafar Hidayatullah / Felisha Alberta Nathaniel Pasaribu
8. Hee Yong Kai Terry / Jin Yu Jia
9. Presley Smith / Jennie Gai
10. Marwan Faza / Aisyah Salsabila Putri Pranata
11. Calvin Devereux / Desiree Toepffer

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