Singapore’s Jia Heng Jason Teh broke a prolonged spell of early exits by winning IKSAN VICTOR Korea Masters 2025 beating Japan’s Yudai Okimoto.

It was Teh’s second HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300 title after the Thailand Masters in early February. Since that title win, Teh made the quarterfinals of the German Open, but he then underwent a prolonged slump, losing in the first or second round in 16 of the next 17 tournaments.

On Sunday he held off world No.62 Okimoto, who was seeking his first Super 300 title, 21-14 21-15.

Teh indicated that he had possibly taken things for granted following his early season success.

“After the German Open I have been losing a lot. I learnt a lot from those defeats and am very happy to win again, and thank you to everyone who has helped ma along the way.

“Training plays an important part. In January everything was smooth for me. I won a Super 300, I thought it was meant to be like that, but there was much more for me to learn. It’s because of those defeats that I could learn a lot and play well again.

“Today I played fine. He’s a good runner, but his attack is not that threatening, So under pressure I played to the back.

“Of course I will aim for a higher level but I still need to learn a lot and be more consistent. There’s still a long way to go.”

In women’s singles, Chiu Pin-Chian won her first Super 300 title beating second seed Thuy Linh Nguyen 21-16 21-15.

Meanwhile, Tokyo 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Kim So Yeong, who had announced that the Korea Masters would be her last international event, couldn’t sign off on a winning note. Kim and new partner Lee Seo Jin fell in a close contest to Japan’s Hinata Suzuki/Nao Yamakita 21-18 25-23.

“It’s my last match, I could reach the final with Seo Jin because she was a good partner,” said Kim. “Even though I lost, if I could have won I’d be happier. But it doesn’t matter, and I have no regrets.

“I’m happy because I could play my last match in Korea as a national player and with Seo Jin who’s in the same club as me. I’d like to say thank you to her and everyone else.”

The Japanese world No.60s, runners-up at the Kaohsiung Masters (Super 100) in September, won the biggest prize of their career.

Korea won the other two doubles, with new pairings Lee Jong Min/Wang Chan (men’s doubles) and Kim Jae Hyeon/Jeong Na Eun (mixed doubles) finding success.

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