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Badminton Se-young Ahn advances to the quarterfinals of women’s singles…

Se-Young Ahn advanced to the quarterfinals of women’s badminton singles. [로이터=연합뉴스]

‘Shuttlecock genius’ Ahn Se-young (19) advanced to the quarterfinals.

World ranking 8th Ahn Se-young won 2-0 (21-15, 21-15) against 13th-ranked Busanan Ongbam Pungpan (Thailand) in the women’s singles round of 16 badminton match at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics held at Musashinonomori Sports Plaza in Tokyo, Japan on the 29th. won a complete victory with Se-young Ahn, who advanced to the quarterfinals according to the scenario, meets Chen Yupei (China), who is ranked second and the first seed of the Tokyo Olympics.

Ahn Se-young opened the first game with a successful straight-line smashing. He succeeded in scoring consecutively with an opposing high-clear penalty, and scored three times with a diagonal drop shot. In 5-3, he pulled his opponent into the front of the net with a drop shot, and then scored with a smashing streak.

But it shook sharply. In the process of conceding the fourth goal, his right knee rubbed against the floor of the court. Ahn Se-young suffered an abrasion in this area in the first leg of the qualifying match against Clara Asurmendi on the 24th. did it affect Ahn Se-young made two mistakes in a row after that and gave the tie. Attack and defense have also changed somewhat passively. In 7-7, Ong Bam Rongpan’s diagonal drop shot conceded a run, allowing for the first comeback, and in the defense that followed, he could not return a smashing and conceded a goal.

The high clear was not good either. At the beginning of the game, Ahn Se-young had a puzzled expression on the shuttlecock that stretched too far for her sense of hand. Even in the first game, there was often a mistake where the high clear went out of line. In 9-11, a high-clear beom room came out.

Overall, the play was rigid. However, in this situation, he induced the opponent’s error with a solid defense. He ran from side to side and blocked Ongban Lumpan’s attack. In 9-12, he led three consecutive offenses and made the tie. In 13-13, they won the hairpin match and came back again.

Ahn Se-young, who found a normal pace, also actively attacked. He delivered a series of strong strokes and led the contest for the score. In 15-15, he scored with a smashing goal, and even in the ensuing situation, he induced a penalty with a strong attack. Se-Young Ahn, who took the victory, scored five consecutive points to win. A successful diagonal smashing ended the first game.

The second game was played at Ahn Se-young’s pace. He scored consecutive goals with diagonal smashing, which he polished ahead of this competition, and also scored additional goals by blocking strong strokes. After the middle of the first set, the show continued. He shook the opponent’s mentality with good defense and widened the score gap. He made a match point (20-11) with a nine-point lead. He was shaken for a while before the victory, and he conceded four points in a row, but he managed to score the 21st goal by inducing Ombam Rongpan’s hairpin error. Ahn Se-young advanced to the quarterfinals.

Reporter Ahn Hee-soo [email protected]



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