<figure id="attachment_3062325" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3062325" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-3062325" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2a20256c-kunlavut-vitidsarn-afp-180525.webp" alt="Kunlavut Vitidsarn AFP 180525" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-3062325" class="wp-caption-text">Kunlavut Vitidsarn won the Thai Open men&#8217;s singles final to take his third title this year. (AFP pic)</figcaption></figure>
BANGKOK: Thailand&#8217;s Kunlavut Vitidsarn stormed to victory over Anders Antonsen in the badminton men&#8217;s singles final of the Thai Open today to take his third title this year.
The reigning world and Asian champion took an epic 92 minutes to dispatch the Dane 21-16, 17-21, 21-9.
It was only the second time in nine matches Kunlavut beat his formidable opponent, who is third in the World Rankings and 2024 China Masters winner.
In the women&#8217;s singles, Chen Yu Fei of China saw off Thailand&#8217;s top seed Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-16, 21-12.
The victory for the 2025 Asian Champion came off the back of a two-game semi-final where she knocked out Japan&#8217;s Tomoka Miyazaki.
There was another two-game win in the women&#8217;s doubles as Malaysia&#8217;s Pearly Tan and M Thinaah beat South Korea&#8217;s Jeong Na-eun and Lee Yeon-woo 21-16, 21-17.
Malaysia took an additional doubles win in the men&#8217;s category as second seeds Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik beat William Kryger Boe and Christian Faust Kjaer of Denmark 20-22, 21-17, 21-12 in an hour.
It was the third World Tour title – their first ever Super 500 – for the pair after they won the Denmark Open in 2023 and the Korea Masters last year.
The mixed doubles final was an all-China affair as Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dong Ping won two games to beat their compatriots Gao Jia Xuan and Wu Meng Ying 24-22, 21-16.
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Homegrown star Kunlavut wins Thai Open men’s singles

The reigning world and Asian champion beat Anders Antonsen 21-16, 17-21, 21-9 in today’s final.

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