China to vie for three doubles titles at 2023 Malaysia Open

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China's Zheng Siwei (L) and Huang Yaqiong in action during the 2023 Malaysian Open semifinal round in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 14, 2023. /CFP

Chinese shuttlers will compete in the men's, women's and mixed doubles finals at the 2023 Malaysia Open on Sunday.

In the semifinal round on Saturday, China's Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang bested India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty 21-16, 11-21, 21-15 in men's doubles, and will face Indonesia's Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto for the title.

In women's doubles, Olympic silver medalists Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan outplayed defending champions Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 21-9, 2-0 before the Indonesian pair retired with injury in the second set.

Chen and Jia will compete for the title against South Korea's Baek Ha-na and Lee Yu-lim.

Mixed doubles duo Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong outclassed Dejan Ferdinansyah and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja of Indonesia 21-16, 21-18 to advance to the final where they will face off against Japan's Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino.

Meanwhile, men's singles world champion Viktor Axelsen from Denmark reached the final after beating Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama 21-7, 21-15 and will next face Japanese Kodai Naraoka.

As China's Chen Yufei crashed out against South Korea's An Se-young 21-12, 19-21, 21-9 in the women's singles semifinal, An will play against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi for the title.

(With input from Xinhua)