On May 13, the BWF Super 500 Thailand Open 2025 will be rekindled in Bangkok, and the Chinese badminton team led by Olympic champions Chen Yufei, Chen Qingchen and Huang Dongping will make an all-round attack in five events, striving to find problems and accumulate experience while achieving good results.

Olympic champion Chen Yufei

From May 13th to 18th, local time in Thailand, the 2025 Thailand Open, a Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 500 event, will be held in Bangkok.

A week ago, the 2025 Sudirman Cup came to a successful conclusion, and the Chinese badminton team continued to write a legendary chapter in the world badminton with a brilliant record of reaching the top for the 14th time. The aftermath of winning the Su Cup is still there, but the Chinese team has started a new journey non-stop - some of the main players have gone to Bangkok to prepare for the Thailand Open.

In view of the continuous high-intensity confrontation experienced by the main team members Shi Yuqi and the men's doubles pair Leung Wei Keng/Wang Chang during the Su Cup, the Chinese team of the Thailand Open took turns to rest the main players, aiming to alleviate the physical and mental consumption caused by high-intensity events, prevent sports injuries through systematic recovery training, and build abundant energy reserves for more important events in the second half of the year.

Here's everything you need to know about the tournament, including schedules, draw analysis, and more.

Singles: Chen Yufei fought alone, Weng Hongyang, Lu Guangzu, and Lei Lanxi hit the championship

In the singles field, most of the main players of the Chinese team are exempt from the fight, and Chen Yufei, who is still in the recovery stage, will become the only hope for the Chinese women's singles.

After announcing that she would be competing for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, Chen Yufei made a comeback in the 2025 season. At the competitive level, Chen Yufei's state gradually rebounded, and she won all 3 games in the Su Cup, making great contributions to the Chinese team winning the championship.

In this tournament, Chen Yufei will be the No. 2 seed in the bottom half of the bracket, facing Malaysia's Goh Pansy in the first round and the winner between South Korea's Shen Youzhen and Chinese Taipei's Lin Xiangti in the second round. In the past encounters, Chen Yufei had obvious advantages, and it was not a big problem to advance to the quarterfinals with normal performance. In the quarterfinals, Chen Yufei's biggest opponent is Indonesia's Vardani, and in the semifinals, she may meet Japan's Yuka Miyazaki or No. 7 seed and Thailand's Intanon.

Chen Yufei has revealed in interviews many times that letting go of pressure and enjoying the game is her biggest gain since her comeback. Although she fought alone in this Thailand Open, I believe that Chen Yufei can still travel lightly and show her best side.

In the men's singles, four players from the Chinese team, Weng Hongyang, Lu Guangzu, Lei Lanxi and Wang Zhengxing, will participate in the main draw, with Lu Guangzu as the No. 8 seed. Lei Lanxi faced the world champion Kunlavut who fought on home in the first round, and it was difficult to break through.

Weng Hongyang, Lu Guangzu and Wang Zhengxing gathered in the lower half of the district, and the competition was extremely fierce. Weng Hongyang faced Malaysia's Huang Zhiyong in the first round, and there is a high probability of meeting No. 4 seed Kodai Naraoka in the second round. Lu Guangzu and Wang Zhengxing will face qualifiers in the first round, and the two are very likely to meet in the second round. If all goes well, the quarter-finals could be a Chinese derby, with Weng Hongyang facing the winner between Lu Guangzu and Wang Zhengxing. And to break through from the bottom half, they will need to overcome No.2 seed Antonsen.

Doubles: The mixed doubles are all in action, and the men's doubles and women's doubles are training

In this competition, the Chinese team only sent the main force in the mixed doubles event, vowing to win the championship and runner-up. World No. 1 Jiang Zhenbang/Wei Yaxin and No. 2 Feng Yanzhe/Huang Dongping will be the top two seeds at opposite ends of the draw and will be expected to meet in the final.

In addition, new All England champions Guo Xinwa/Chen Fanghui are the fourth seeds in the tournament and are in the 3/4 bracket and could meet the "Phoenix" in the semi-finals.

The mixed doubles pairs that pose the biggest threat to China include Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet, Thailand's Dechapol/Supisara and Japan's Daiki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito.

In Men's Doubles, two newcomer pairs, Zhu Yijun/Sun Wenjun and Huang Di/Liu Yang, will represent China. The latter will face the tournament's No.4 seeds Kataman/Isfahani in the first round and will have a tough time qualifying. Zhu Yijun/Sun Wenjun's opponent in the first round is South Korea's Kang Min-hyuk/Qi Dong-joo.

In the women's doubles, Olympic champion Chen Qingchen continued to lead newcomer Wang Tingge to play. In the first half of the European season, the two participated in several low-level competitions, and the results were not ideal, and they hope to learn from the experience and lessons in this competition, and make a breakthrough.

Chen Qingchen/Wang Tingge will face Chinese Taipei Chen Yanfei/Sun Liangqing in the first round, and it is very likely that they will face the local No.7 seeds Benjapa/Lenta Kahn in the second round, which will be a big challenge for them.

The Thailand Open 2025 will kick off on May 13 and will take place over six days, with the first two days being the qualifiers and the first round of elimination. After that, the round of 16 knockout round, the quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the finals will be played on each match day.