Malaysia Masters 2025 Final Highlights: Li Shi Feng beats Kidambi Srikanth 21-11, 21-9; Wins fifth BWF World tour title
Malaysia Masters 2025 Final Highlights: Li Shi Feng beats Kidambi Srikanth 21-11, 21-9; Wins fifth BWF World tour title
Li Shi Feng wins the second game and with that clinches his first Malaysia Masters title.
Shi Feng has 11 championship points after just 33 minutes.
Shi Feng intercepts Srikanth’s net play. He’s just two points away from the title now.
Brilliant cross court smash by Srikanth. He needs more of those and quickly too.
Srikanth gets a point.
Too much power from Li Shi Feng for the Indian to contain with.
Srikanth pushes it long. If it was two consecutive points maximum in Game 1, right now Srikanth has not won more than one consecutive point in Game 2.
Srikanth gets the point.
Shi Feng climbs another step towards the title.
Srikanth overhits a dolly and hands Shi Feng the point.
Ohh boy!! Another error from Srikanth.
That’s it, what a point for Srikanth. The Indian gets the final laugh at the end of a 46 shot rally.
Shi Feng ends a long rally with a brilliant cross court shot that dips on Srikanth.
It is 11-5 in favour of the Chinese at the break.
Another easy point for the Chinese shuttler.
Another error from Srikanth. Shi Feng is cruising to the title it seems.
Srikanth is aided by the net as he gets the point.
The Chinese is not letting Srikanth to settle.
Now, Shi Feng goes wide.
Srikanth goes deep and wide. He’s unable to keep his game error free.
A couple of venomous smashes hands Shi Feng points.
The Indian gets the service back with good net work.
The Indian comes back with a winner.
What a smash by Shi Feng!!! Srikanth looks rattled.
Srikanth with yet another error.
Srikanth with the first successful jump smash of game 2.
Shi Feng starts game 2 with a point.
Game two starts after change of ends.
Shi Feng wraps up game 1 in just 15 minutes. Srikanth needs to come back quickly.
Shi Feng is on game point after just 15 minutes of action.
Wonderful drop-shot by Srikanth.
The longest rally of the match ends in Srikanth being outsmarted by Shi feng.
Srikanth goes for a jump smash but only finds the net.
Srikanth hits back with a brilliant winner.
Another easy point to Shi Feng.
Shi Feng is lot more compact in his game, while Srikanth is making too many mistakes.
A misjudgement from Shi Feng gives Srikanth a point.
Shi Feng with a clever play gets back the service.
Good attacking intent from Srikanth. He gets the point with a backhand smash.
Good defence from Srikanth. He earns a point after a while.
Good court coverage by Shi Feng. H is forcing mistakes from Srikanth.
Srikanth with another error. He has to regroup now.
Shi feng leads Game 1 at the mid-game break. The Chinese gifted a few points to the Indian, however, looks in complete control of the tie.
Another error from the Indian hands his opponent a point.
Shi Feng gets back the serve.
A brilliant jump smash at 402kph by the Indian.
What a smash by the Chinese shuttler. Srikanth had no answer for it.
Another point for the Indian.
SriKanth strikes back. he needs to hold on to his serve for sometime now.
Shi Feng in complete control of the game, while Srikanth is yet to find his groove.
Too many mistakes from the Indian at the start. Nerves are yet to settle!
Srikanth is unable to hold on to serve.
A brilliant return from Srikanth forces Shi Feng to commit an error.
Shi Feng wins another point with his superior reach.
The Indian shuttler’s attempted cross court smash goes wide.
Srikanth with a vicious smash gets the point.
Srikanth tries to go for the baseline but overhits.
Shi Feng strikes back immediately.
Srikanth wins the first point of the finale. A good start for the Indian.
Srikanth starts the match with serving to Shi Feng.
Srikanth wins the toss and chooses the court.
Players are emerging on the court. The match will begin in a few minutes.
The last time Srikanth was in the final of BWF World Tour event was all the way back in 2019.
Kidambi Srikanth is set to play his first individual event men’s singles final since late 2021 as he takes on second seeded Chinese Li Shi Feng in the summit clash on Sunday.
World No. 4
World No. 65
The men’s singles final between Kidambi Srikanth and Li Shi Feng will be live-streamed on JioHotstar app and website.
The men’s singles final will begin shortly after the conclusion of the ongoing women’s singles final.
“I’m pretty happy. It’s been a while,” Srikanth said after the semifinal win.
“Physically I’ve been feeling well, but also the fact that I haven’t played too many matches last year, playing qualifying, so may be kind of lost that touch of playing matches. And yeah, somehow everything worked out this time.
“I’ve been working hard last month. It’s just these wins, after a very long time, that is what has been my emotions,” he added.
Asked about his plans for the final, Srikanth said: “I haven’t really planned anything. It’s just about being physically fit, being injury-free, and then playing as many tournaments as possible. I don’t really have a target of playing the next tournaments this year.
“So it’s just about training and being physically fit and obviously if I play, I will obviously play to win. I really want to give myself enough time to recover, to train, and then play this time.”
Kidambi Srikanth stormed into his first men’s singles final of a BWF event in six years with a straight-game win over Japan’s Yushi Tanaka.
Played – 4
Srikanth won – 1
Shi Feng won – 3
Hello and welcome to Sportstar’s live coverage of the mens’s single final of Malaysia Masters where India’s Kidambi Srikanth faces Li Shi Feng of China in Kuala Lumpur.
