[미디어펜=석명 기자] Ahn Se-young (21, Samsung Life Insurance), the leading star of Korean women’s badminton and world number one, reached the finals of the China Open.
Ahn Se-young defeated Tai Tzu-ying (Taiwan, ranked 4th in the world) 2-0 (21) in the women’s singles semifinals of the 2023 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour China Open (Super 1000) held at the Changzhou Olympic Center in China on the 9th (Korean time). Pressed to -18 21-14).
As a result, Ahn Se-young reached the finals for the 11th time in an international competition held this year, and is looking to win 4 consecutive competitions and 9 wins of the season.
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Ahn Se-young’s performance this year was dazzling. In January she won the India Open and Indonesia Masters and she also topped the All England Open in March. In June, she won back-to-back titles at the Thailand Open and Singapore Open, and in July she won the Korea Open and Japan Open. In August, she also won the world championship title, becoming the first Korean athlete to do so. While she was on her winning streak, Ahn Se-young was ranked No. 1 in the world.
Ahn Se-young, who is maintaining her peak skills, struggled in the early stages of the first game against Tai Tzu-ying that day. He made one mistake after another and fell behind by 3-9.
However, he had the potential to be number one in the world. He fought on his own, found stability, and set out in hot pursuit. We finally caught up with the score tied at 15-15. Ahn Se-young, who scored 5 points in a row at 15-16, ended his first game with a come-from-behind victory.
Tai Tzu-ying was no match for Ahn Se-young, who was gaining momentum. In his second game, it was a see-saw game in the beginning, and he shook Tai Ziying with sharp attacks from left and right. As the score gap widened little by little, Ahn Se-young pushed even harder and secured victory by not allowing chase.
Ahn Se-young’s opponent in the finals is world No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi (Japan). Yamaguchi won 2-1 in a close match against world number 3 Chen Yufei (China) in the semifinals that day.
Meanwhile, in the women’s doubles match on this day, Sohee Lee (29, Incheon International Airport) and Hana Baek (23, MG Saemaeul Geumgo) defeated Rena Miyaura and Ayako Sakuramoto (Japan) 2-0 (21-18 21-14) in the semifinals. He defeated them and succeeded in advancing to the finals. The pair of Sohee Lee and Hana Baek will meet China’s strongest pair, Chen Qingchen and Zhaifan, in the finals.
The mixed doubles semifinal pair of Seo Seung-jae (26, Samsung Life Insurance) and Chae Yu-jeong (28, Incheon International Airport) also defeated Malaysia’s Tan Kianmeng and Lai Paging 2-0 (21-19 21-11) to reach the final. did.
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2023-09-09 09:37:25
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