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[스포츠서울 | 김경무전문기자] This time, it was a thrilling come-from-behind victory. As if he had overcome his lack of stamina, his back mind became stronger.
Ahn Se-young (21, Samsung Life Insurance), a leading Korean badminton star, tasted the thrill of winning the international competition for two weeks in a row. It was at the World Badminton Federation (BWF) 2023 Indonesia Masters women’s singles final held in Jakarta on the afternoon of the 29th.
World No. 2 Ahn Se-young, the winner of last year’s European Championship, defeated left-handed Carolina Marin (30, Spain), who was ranked 9th, 2-1 (18-21, 21-18, 21-13) to win the gold medal. It was a blood clot for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
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Ahn Se-young led 9-5 in the first game of the day, allowed a 10-10 tie, and then allowed a turnaround and was dragged away. She then went on to score 14-18 and 17-19 before dropping the game 18-21. In her 2 games, she fought 10-10, 13-13, took the lead 15-13, 16-14, 18-15, and eventually finished 21-18, returning the game to square one.
Ahn Se-young was once pushed back to 8-10 in 3 games, but after making a tie at 10-10, he widened the score to 17-11 and finally achieved a thrilling victory.
This tournament is the BWF Super 500 Series. Ahn Se-young’s rival, Akane Yamaguchi (Japan), ranked number 1, also participated, but he withdrew in the first round (roof of 32). China’s Chen Yufei did not participate, and the formidable enemy, He Bingjiao, appeared.
Ahn Se-young achieved a balance of 4 wins and 4 losses in the match against veteran Marine with the victory that day. Marin is also a gold medalist in women’s singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In the semifinals of this tournament, Ahn Se-young defeated China’s Wang Zhiyi, who ranked 7th, 2-1 (21-19, 10-21, 21-16).
Earlier, on the 22nd, in the women’s singles final of the India Open (BWF 750 series), Ahn Se-young won a come-from-behind victory over Akane Yamaguchi 2-1 (15-21, 21-16, 21-12) and reached the top for the first time in the new year. She was even more thrilled because it was her first win she had won against him after she had suffered four straight losses since last May. [email protected]
