Christo Popov made his first final of the season beating No.6 Li Shi Feng in straight games to earn a title shot at YONEX Swiss Open 2025 against Weng Hong Yang.

Popov hadn’t taken a game off Li in two previous meetings but was dominant for the most part against the fourth seed. Li did well to climb back from 13-4 in the first game to level at 17, but once Popov edged ahead 21-19, he was in control for the remainder of the match.

In the final, Popov faces Weng, who outplayed Lin Chun-Yi in straight games, 23-21 21-16.

In women’s singles, Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt bounced back from three straight first round losses on the HSBC BWF World Tour to make the final. The Dane survived a stiff test from Michelle Li to prevail 21-14 12-21 21-17. Awaiting her in the final will be No.5 seed Chen Yu Fei, who proved too strong for Putri Kusuma Wardani, 21-15 21-14.

Other Highlights:

» The only final without Chinese presence will be men’s doubles, with Indonesia’s Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Daniel Marthin facing Thailand’s Kittinupong Kedren/Dechapol Puavaranukroh.

» Feng Yan Zhe/Wei Ya Xin made their second final in successive weeks as they beat Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Supissara Paewsampran, and will take on compatriots Zhu Yi Jun/Zhang Chi, who made their first final in their fourth tournament.

» The women’s doubles final will pit Jia Yi Fan/Zhang Shu Xian against compatriots Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning.

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