In the 2025 Sudirman Cup Badminton Mixed Team Championship on the 4th, world and Olympic champion Ahn Se Ying won the second women's singles match, helping South Korea tie the host China 1-1. China, the 13-time champion, and the four-time champion South Korea face off in this year's Sudirman Cup final, which is the seventh time in history that the two teams have faced each other in the final of this tournament, and China has won four times before.
Ahn Se-ying defeated China's world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi in straight games 21-17, 21-16 to regain lost ground for South Korea
In the second women's singles match, South Korea's world No. 1 An Seying defeated China's world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi in straight games 21-17, 21-16 to regain lost ground for South Korea. In the mixed doubles duel that took place earlier, China's world No. 2 "Phoenix Pair" Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping defeated South Korean world champions Seo Seung-jae and Choi Yoo-hyun 21-16, 17-21, 21-15 after a fierce battle of 1 hour and 24 minutes, helping China take the lead 1-0.
Next up will be the Men's Singles showdown, with China's "Su Cup God of War" Shi Yuqi taking on South Korea's world No. 42 Jeon Yi Chen, followed by Women's Doubles (China's Tan Ning and Liu Shengshu against Korea's Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee) and Men's Doubles (China's Leung Wai Keng and Wang Chang against South Korea's Seo Seung Jae and Kim Won Ho).