[스포티비뉴스=조영준 기자] Ahn Se-young (21, Samsung Life Insurance, world No. 2), a sign of Korean female badminton, reached the semifinals of the World Badminton Federation (BWF) Indonesia Masters.
Ahn Se-young defeated Ratchanok Inthanon (Thailand, world number 6) 2-0 (21-15 21-15) in the women’s singles quarterfinals at the BWF World Tour Super 500 Indonesia Masters held in Jakarta, Indonesia on the 27th.
Ahn Se-young won the Yonex Sunrise India Open at the BWF World Tour Super 750 held in New Delhi, India on the 22nd. The opponent she met in the final was world number one Yamaguchi Akane (Japan). Ahn Se-young, who had been defeated by Yamaguchi four times in a row before this match, took revenge with a thrilling 2-1 (15-21 21-16 21-12).
After reaching the semifinals at the Indonesia Masters this time, he succeeded in advancing to the semifinals for two weeks in a row.
Ahn Se-young, who continued her 8-game winning streak since the Indian Open, continued her upward trend by defeating world number 6 Inthanon.
Ahn Se-young competes with Wang Ji-yi (China), who is ranked 7th in the world, to advance to the final. Top seed Yamaguchi, who was expected to rematch in the semifinals, withdrew due to injury in the first round.
All Korean players who participated in men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles were eliminated.
Meanwhile, TV channels SPOTV and SPOTV ON, as well as sports OTT service SPOTV NOW, will broadcast major matches of the BWF Indonesia Masters live via satellite. It will also be broadcast live on SPOTV ASIA (Spotv Asia). Sporty Asia is a channel broadcasting to 13 countries in Southeast Asia and broadcasts tennis grand slam tournaments such as Wimbledon and US Open, men’s professional tennis ATP tour, motorcycle racing competition MotoGP (GP), WTT (World Table Tennis) table tennis competition, and BWF ( World Badminton Federation) badminton competition, International Sports Climbing (IFSC), Sports Climbing World Cup, etc. are provided.
