Ahn Se-yeong (21, Samsung Life Insurance), a Korean female badminton player, advanced to the final of the World Championships by beating her “nemesis,” Chen Yu-fei (25, China). A Korean badminton player, for the first time, is aiming for the highest spot in the men’s and women’s singles category at the World Championships.
Women’s badminton Ahn Se-young. / AP Yonhap News
World No. 1 Ahn Se-young defeated world No. 3 Chen Yu-fei by game score 2-0 (21-19 21 -15) overpowered.
At the beginning of the first set, Ahn Se-young shook Chen Yu-fei around and took an early 5-1 lead. However, after that, a fierce rally battle unfolded, and at one time faced 16-16, and an unknown match continued. However, Ahn Se-young took the first set with the guts of putting a shuttlecock in an empty spot in the court with a 20-19 lead.
In the second set, the tight battle continued with the score 15-15 until the middle. However, Ahn Se-young put an end to the match by winning 6 points with a combination of iron wall defense and surprise attack.
After Ahn Se-young confirmed the victory, he roared as he kissed the Taegeukgi on his uniform.
National badminton women’s singles Ahn Se-young is training openly at the national badminton team media day held at the national athlete’s village in Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do on the 16th. /news1
Ahn Se-young lost 6-10 against Chen Yu-fei in the previous record, but this year he faced 7 times and took an advantage of 5 wins and 2 losses, making Chen Yu-fei’s talk cold.
Ahn Se-young is leading the revival of Korean women’s badminton singles, which has been stagnant for a long time. He, who won the youngest championship (17 years old) at the French Open in 2019, is particularly showing off his peak skills this year. She has participated in 11 international competitions, reached the finals 10 times and has already lifted the championship trophy 7 times.
In the women’s singles world rankings announced by BWF on the 31st of last month, Ahn Se-young rose to the world’s No. 1 spot. It has been 27 years since Bang Su-hyeon (51), a gold medalist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, has ranked first in the world in singles for a Korean female badminton player.
Currently, no Korean badminton players have won the men’s and women’s singles division at the World Championships. Bang Soo-hyun made it to the finals in Birmingham, England in 1993, but bowed her head to the ‘Indonesian hero’ Susie Susanti (52) at the time.
Ahn Se-young’s final opponent is Carolina Marine (30, Spain), who is ranked 6th in the world. In the semifinals, Marine defeated Akane Yamaguchi (26, Japan), the second in the world, 2-0 (23-21 21-13). Marin is a gold medalist in women’s singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and she is also a strong player who has reached the top three times (2014, 2015, 2018) in women’s singles at the World Championships.
Ahn Se-young and Marin will face off in the final around 5 p.m. on the 27th.
2023-08-26 16:04:02
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