[BWF 배드민턴] Ahn Se-young advances to the Malaysian Masters finals.. ‘Natural enemy’ Cheon Yu-fei faces off

[스포티비뉴스=조영준 기자] Ahn Se-young (20, Samsung Life Insurance, world ranking 4th), a leading female badminton player, advanced to the BWF Malaysia Masters finals.

Seyoung Ahn defeated Indonesia’s Gregory Mariska Tunjung (World No. 31) 2-1 (21-18 13-21 51-8) in the women’s singles semifinal of the BWF Super 500 Series Malaysia Masters held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the 9th.

Ahn Se-young lost to China’s ambush Han Yu (23rd in world ranking) 1-2 (23-21 18-21 16-21) in the Malaysian Masters singles round of 16 match held last week. She failed to advance to the semi-finals in her Super 1000 Series Indonesia Open quarterfinals held on the 17th of last month, where she lost to another ‘natural enemy’ Bingjiao Heo (World No. 9).

Ahn Se-young, who was unable to exert her strength against Chinese players this season, secured a silver medal in this tournament. In addition, he will challenge to win the BWF singles title for the second time this season after winning the Korea Open in Suncheon, Jeollanam-do in April.

Ahn Se-young’s opponent in the final was Chen Yu-fei. Chen Yupei, the women’s singles gold medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games held last year, defeated Ahn Se-young 2-0 in the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Ahn Se-young lost 7 matches against Chen Yu-fei. The two players played an ‘ace match’ in the first singles event of the Uber Cup, a women’s badminton team event held in May.

Ahn Se-young, who showed off her fighting spirit at the time, was unfortunately defeated by a 1-2 at the end of a close battle.

Ahn Se-young will challenge her lust against Chen Yu-fei in the final of this tournament.

Na-eun Jeong (21, Hwasun-gun Office) and Hye-jeong Kim (24, Samsung Life Insurance), who entered the women’s doubles semifinals, lost 0-2 (22-24 13-21) to Japan’s Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida Group of Japan and finished this tournament with a bronze medal. .

Meanwhile, the TV channel SPOTV ON and the sports OTT service SPOTV NOW will broadcast the main BWF Malaysia Masters matches live by satellite. It will also be broadcast live on SPOTV ASIA. Sporty Asia is a channel that is broadcast to 13 countries in Southeast Asia. Wimbledon, a tennis grand slam competition, Motozippi (GP), a motorcycle racing competition, World Table Tennis (WTT) table tennis competition, BWF (World Badminton Federation) badminton competition, international sports climbing ( IFSC) is providing various contents such as the Sports Climbing World Cup.