Women’s badminton ace Sei-Young Ahn advances to the round of 16 at the World Individual Championships

On the 25th, in the round of 16, they played against a US player… Mixed doubles Seungjae Seo and Yoojeong Chae advance to the round of 16

Ahn Se-young (20), the symbol of Korean women’s badminton, showed her perfect performance in the first match of the World Individual Championships and became the first Korean player to make it to the round of 16.

Ahn Se-young defeated Vietnam’s Thuy Linh Nguyen 2-0 (21-18 21-10) in the women’s singles round of 32 at the 2022 World Individual Championships held at Tokyo Metropolitan Stadium on the 23rd.

Ahn Se-young, who went straight to the round of 32 without going through the round of 64 with a bye, showed off her skills and easily won the ticket for the round of 16.

Ahn Se-young, who started to lead in the first set 5-5, won the set first without giving up a lead after that.

In the second set, Ahn Se-young scored seven consecutive goals after 11-6, putting a wedge in the game.

Ahn Se-young will face off against Bayone Jang of the United States in the round of 16 on the 25th to advance to the quarterfinals.

Ga-eun Kim (24), the eldest sister of the badminton women’s singles team, lost to Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi 1-2 (21-9 16-21 13-21) in the round of 32 and was frustrated from the round of 16.

In other sports, the Korean players continued to perform well.

In mixed doubles, Seo Seung-jae (25) and Chae Yoo-jeong (27) advanced to the round of 16, and Choi Sol-gyu (27) and Shin Seung-chan (28) advanced to the round of 32.

Women’s doubles Hana Baek (22) and Yurim Lee (22) also won their first match and entered the round of 32.

On the 24th, the women’s singles Shim Yu-jin (23) and mixed doubles Choi Sol-gyu-Shin Seung-chan will compete in the round of 32 on the 24th.

In the women’s doubles event, Sohee Lee (28), Seungchan Shin (28), Soyoung Kim (30), Heeyong Gong (26), Naeun Jeong (22), Hyejeong Kim (24), Hana Baek and Yurim Lee make their full appearance in the round of 32.

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